Click one of the buttons above, or cut and paste the following link to share this page with your network.
This link will automatically track your referrals to Joyful Belly:
Recipes with Fennel Seeds: Cardamom, Ginger & Fennel Tea
Pick a random Indian restaurant in the United States, and you are more than likely to be greeted by a little bowl of bright green roasted fennel seeds, placed near the entrance door. You can toss a few in your mouth and chew on them as you scan the menu and place your order. As you wait for the food to arrive, these little seeds do their magic: perking up the palate, stimulating hunger, priming the digestive system. Enjoy the food at leisure, savoring each bite with awareness and relish. On your way out, feel free to help yourself to a few more seeds. Skip the breath mints tonight; fennel seeds function as excellent mouth fresheners and what's more, they aid the digestive process as well.
Digestive & Mouth Freshener
Sweet and stimulating, fennel possesses a unique combination of warming and cooling qualities that stimulate the appetite before meals and facilitate digestion afterward. Ate a little too much and feel bloated? Was the food a tad too spicy? Fennel relieves gas and bloating; it also functions to reduce burping, acid reflux, and alleviate nausea and indigestion. Fennel improves the digestive agni by stimulating blood flow to the stomach.
For Babies
Babies can experience relief from colic pains by drinking fennel water with sodium bicarbonate and glycerine. Fennel is estrogenic in nature, so it increases growth of breast tissue. It also has diaphoretic properties that increase the flow of milk in lactating mothers.
A Rare Cooling Spice
Although many spices are heating, fennel is tempered by a cool quality the calms the mind and increases clarity. As a diuretic it relieves Pitta, flushing and soothing burning sensations in the urinary tract and detoxifying the blood. Fennel has been shown to protect the liver of experimental animals from chemical toxicity.
Relieving Spasms
Fennel, like many aromatic herbs, is effective in relaxing smooth muscle spasms. It specifically relieves bronchial spasms in the lungs, colic in the GI tract and uterine cramping, thereby helping with diverse conditions from asthma to menstrual cramps. Fennel's aromatic quality also relaxes blood vessels and opens circulation, reducing swelling and pain. Its circulatory stimulating qualities are effective in countering rheumatism.
Other Uses
Many lung formulas utilize fennel to clear phlegm and relieve cough. Ancient Romans regarded fennel as the herb of sight and rightly so, for root extracts of fennel have been used to clear cloudiness of the eyes and cure glaucoma.
In Chinese medicine, fennel has the properties of soothing liver Qi, warming the kidney, expelling cold and alleviating pain. It specifically regulates & harmonizes stomach Qi. Like licorice and cardamom, it may be used to help harmonize other formulas. Western herbalists use fennel for its anti-cancer properties.
Recipes with Fennel Seeds: Almond Milk Chai with Mint & Fennel
About Fennel Seeds
Cool and soothing, verdant and fragrant, fennel is a member of the carrot family that includes other popular spices such as cumin, coriander, dill and celery. Fennel is used as a flavoring in some natural toothpastes and mouth fresheners. Fennel seeds may be confused with those of anise; however anise seeds are smaller in size. Cuisines of India, Iran, Afghanistan and the Middle East feature fennel seeds prominently. In many parts of India and Pakistan, roasted fennel seeds are consumed as after-meal digestive and breath freshener. India leads worldwide in production of fennel.
Buying & Preparation
Fennel fronds are delicate in flavor and resemble dill. Fresh fennel seeds are brown/green in color but as they age, the color changes to a dull grey. Store fennel seeds in the refrigerator to retain their freshness for a longer period.
Cooking Fennel Seeds
Be it a warming cup of tea or a piquant 5-spice mix, a simple salad with crisp cabbage shreds and matchstick carrots or an elaborate curry preparation with butternut squash, peppers and coconut, fennel seeds add their own little fragrant punch, distinctive and bright in flavor. Fennel fronds cook up in minutes and can be added to lentils, leafy greens, summer slaws, lettuce and arugula salads, etc. In Syria and Lebanon, fennel is used in combination with flour and onions to prepare a special kind of omelette. Many sausage and pickle recipes employ fennel as a flavoring ingredient. The fennel bulb is often sliced thin and eaten braised, marinated or even raw. Fennel sugar candies provide the perfect sweet ending to a meal, popular with adults and children alike.
Learn about the health benefits of fennel seeds for FREE
You'll receive free access to our entire website including
healthy recipes,
nutritional diet plans,
medicinal uses of ingredients,
& ayurvedic health tips.
Sign in once and you can use our website indefinitely..
Find out by taking this free, easy quiz.
You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Fennel Seeds' is a good fit.
Complete the basic quiz in 1 minute, or go deeper with additional quizzes
at your own leisure to learn more about your body.
AYURVEDA'S GUIDE TO VITALITY & WHOLESOME NOURISHMENT
Your Ayurvedic diet is tailored to your individual body and your specific imbalances.
With an Ayurvedic diet you feel joy and satisfaction because what you are eating truly nourishes and balances you.
Disease results from diets and lifestyles that are incompatible with your nature.
By eating a personalized diet matched to your body, you experience optimal health.
See How it Works.
Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics
(gunas).
Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance.
By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick.
Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold).
You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.
Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food.
Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body.
Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food.
Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods.
Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion.
Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste.
One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes.
The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent.
Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?
Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.
Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.
Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.
Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.
The 3 metabolic body types
(doshas),
are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.
Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.
Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia.
They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature.
Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.
Hot and oily with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body. Vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.
Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.
Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.
Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.
Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Fennel Seeds
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary.
The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.
STRONG CARMINATIVE
Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.
An herb that strengthens spleen function by improving strength of the blood. Spleen tonics Builds agni, brighten the person's appearances & firms up tissues.
An herb that increases appetite or settles a nauseas or nervous stomach. These generally increase the digestive fire, therefore relieving symptoms of sluggish or difficult digestion.
Expectorants help you eliminate mucus from the lungs. These herbs often work by increasing the quantity of mucus, or thinning the mucus. Expectorants are indicated when phlegm congests the lower respiratory tract.
Strengthens the lungs. Lung tonics include antifibrotic, vessel tonic, or nourishing herbs with an affinity for the lungs. They aid recovery in acute or chronic lung conditions.
Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.
In each study below, students from the
Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda ate the selected food for 3 days and reported the effects.
See other studies of food & herbs at Joyful Belly.
TEMPERATURE/CIRCULATION
How did Fennel Seeds affect your temperature?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
6
11
6
0
Much colder
Slightly colder
Same
Slightly warmer
Much warmer
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your ear temperature?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
20
2
Hotter
No Change
Cooler
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your sweat quantity?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
2
19
1
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the color of your skin?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
2
0
0
20
Yellower/Greener
Paler
Redder
Grayer
No Change
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the color of your tongue body?
20
16
12
8
4
0
3
3
0
17
Paler
Redder
Bluer
No Change
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the swelling of your tongue body?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
6
17
More Swelling
Less Swelling
No Change
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your appetite/hunger?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
1
9
10
3
Much less hungry
Slightly less hungry
Same
Slightly hungrier
Much hungrier
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your digestion speed?
15
12
9
6
3
0
3
7
11
2
0
Much faster
Slightly faster
Same
Slightly slower
Much slower
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
TOXINS
How did Fennel Seeds affect the amount of gas & bloating?
15
12
9
6
3
0
2
8
11
2
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your stool smell?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
17
3
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
Tongue: How did Fennel Seeds affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
7
12
3
0
Much smaller
Slightly less
Same
Slightly larger coating
Much larger
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the color of your tongue coating?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
0
1
2
20
Yellower
Browner
Grayer
Whiter
No Change
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your throat soreness?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
20
2
More sore
No Change
Less sore
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your urine smell?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
18
3
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
19
3
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Many more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your sweat smell?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
18
3
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your acne?
20
16
12
8
4
0
4
18
1
More acne
No Change
Less acne
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your freckles/moles?
25
20
15
10
5
0
2
20
1
Darker
No Change
Lighter
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?
20
16
12
8
4
0
3
0
0
0
2
Redder/Bloodshot
Yellower
Grayer
Browner
Whiter
18
No Change
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the color of the lower eye lid?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
20
2
More green/dark green
More purple
No Change
Less green/purple
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
HYDRATION
How did Fennel Seeds affect your urine frequency/quantity?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
0
16
5
2
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the dryness of your skin?
20
16
12
8
4
0
5
1
17
Drier
Oilier
No Change
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
20
2
Puffier
No Change
Less Puffy
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the cracks on your tongue?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
16
5
0
Larger/longer/more cracks
Slightly more
Same
Slightly less/smaller/shorter
Much less
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
FLUID-THICKNESS
How did Fennel Seeds affect your ear pressure?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
20
2
More pressure
No Change
Less pressure
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your congestion?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
17
6
More congestion
No Change
Less congestion
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
17
6
More thick
No Change
Less thick
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
NERVOUS-SYSTEM
How did Fennel Seeds affect your energy levels?
15
12
9
6
3
0
2
1
12
7
1
Much less energy
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more energy
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your muscle tension?
20
16
12
8
4
0
3
3
15
2
0
Much less tension
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more tension
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your anxiety?
15
12
9
6
3
0
3
6
13
1
0
Much less anxiety
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more anxiety
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the stillness of your tongue?
21
17
13
9
5
1
4
17
2
More still
No Change
More Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
DIGESTION
How did Fennel Seeds affect your digestion speed?
15
12
9
6
3
0
3
7
11
2
0
Much faster
Slightly faster
Same
Slightly slower
Much slower
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the amount of gas & bloating?
15
12
9
6
3
0
2
8
11
2
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect burning sensations in digestive tract (do not include acid reflux)?
20
16
12
8
4
0
2
2
17
2
0
Much relief
Slight relief
Same
Slightly more burning
Much more burning
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your appetite/hunger?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
1
9
10
3
Much less hungry
Slightly less hungry
Same
Slightly hungrier
Much hungrier
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
TONGUE
How did Fennel Seeds affect the color of your tongue body?
20
16
12
8
4
0
3
3
0
17
Paler
Redder
Bluer
No Change
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the stillness of your tongue?
21
17
13
9
5
1
4
17
2
More still
No Change
More Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the color of your tongue coating?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
0
1
2
20
Yellower
Browner
Grayer
Whiter
No Change
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the cracks on your tongue?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
16
5
0
Larger/longer/more cracks
Slightly more
Same
Slightly less/smaller/shorter
Much less
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
Tongue: How did Fennel Seeds affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
7
12
3
0
Much smaller
Slightly less
Same
Slightly larger coating
Much larger
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the swelling of your tongue body?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
6
17
More Swelling
Less Swelling
No Change
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
STOOL
How did Fennel Seeds affect your stool lightness?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
4
17
1
1
Much lighter
Slightly lighter
Same
Slightly darker
Much darker
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your stool smell?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
17
3
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your stool consistency?
20
16
12
8
4
0
1
5
14
2
1
Much softer
Slightly softer
Same
Slightly harder
Much harder
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your stool frequency/quantity?
20
16
12
8
4
0
1
1
14
7
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your stool color?
25
20
15
10
5
0
2
0
0
0
21
More yellow
More gray
More green
More orange
Same
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
URINE
How did Fennel Seeds affect your urine clarity?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
19
3
More cloudy
Same
More clear
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your urine smell?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
18
3
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your urine lightness?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
3
19
1
0
Much lighter
Slightly lighter
Same
Slightly Darker
Much Darker
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your urine frequency/quantity?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
0
16
5
2
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
19
3
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Many more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
SWEAT
How did Fennel Seeds affect your sweat quantity?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
2
19
1
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your sweat smell?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
18
3
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
SKIN
How did Fennel Seeds affect the dryness of your skin?
20
16
12
8
4
0
5
1
17
Drier
Oilier
No Change
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the color of your skin?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
2
0
0
20
Yellower/Greener
Paler
Redder
Grayer
No Change
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your freckles/moles?
25
20
15
10
5
0
2
20
1
Darker
No Change
Lighter
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your acne?
20
16
12
8
4
0
4
18
1
More acne
No Change
Less acne
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
EYE
How did Fennel Seeds affect the color of the lower eye lid?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
20
2
More green/dark green
More purple
No Change
Less green/purple
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
20
2
Puffier
No Change
Less Puffy
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?
20
16
12
8
4
0
3
0
0
0
2
Redder/Bloodshot
Yellower
Grayer
Browner
Whiter
18
No Change
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
ENT
How did Fennel Seeds affect your congestion?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
17
6
More congestion
No Change
Less congestion
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your ear pressure?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
20
2
More pressure
No Change
Less pressure
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your throat soreness?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
20
2
More sore
No Change
Less sore
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
17
6
More thick
No Change
Less thick
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your ear temperature?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
20
2
Hotter
No Change
Cooler
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
HEART
How did Fennel Seeds affect your heart pain/pressure/cramping?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
0
21
1
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your heart rate?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
4
17
2
0
Much slower
Slightly slower
Same
Slightly faster
Much faster
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your heart rhythm?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
21
1
More palpitations
Same
Less palpitations
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
SYSTEMIC
How did Fennel Seeds affect your energy levels?
15
12
9
6
3
0
2
1
12
7
1
Much less energy
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more energy
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your muscle tension?
20
16
12
8
4
0
3
3
15
2
0
Much less tension
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more tension
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your anxiety?
15
12
9
6
3
0
3
6
13
1
0
Much less anxiety
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more anxiety
Much more
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
How did Fennel Seeds affect your temperature?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
6
11
6
0
Much colder
Slightly colder
Same
Slightly warmer
Much warmer
Total Responses: 23 Study ID:52 (2021-05-05 - 2021-05-29)
Fennel Seeds may be beneficial for these symptoms.
The suitability of any food for a condition is highly dependent on the individual.
Please see your doctor before using this food to treat a medical condition.
We will use this information to better predict food that helps you.
CONTRAINDICATED FOR THESE SYMPTOMS
Fennel Seeds may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms.
Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications.
Please see your doctor before using this food to treat a medical condition.
Eating Ayurvedically makes you feel nourished and energized. Food digests with ease when
right for your body type (dosha). Healthy digestion is seen as the cornerstone of well-being in
Ayurveda. Healthy digestion generally prevents illness. If you do get sick, a strong digestive fire
reduces the severity of illness and increases your resilience. It also improves your mood. Once
you begin eating Ayurvedically, you will feel refreshed, vital and strong.
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a
healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda.
His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful.
John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda,
offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.
John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy,
& botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University.
His wife and family of 7 kids live in Asheville, NC.
“Hello Bhairavi! Can you be a bit more precise about the type of pain in your neck? I have been dealing with neck pain for almost 2 years now, and would be interested to see if it ressembles your pain... because I have been using CCF tea for about 2 years!... How did you pinpoint that the fennel was giving you your neck pain? Many thanks for your help! ;-)"
“Interesting information Debra, thank you for sharing! From an Ayurvedic perspective, fennel is a unique herb because it is both cooling and a digestive - which is rare. Most herbs and spices have an overall heating effect on the body and at the same time boost the digestive fire. Fennel has an overall cooling effect on the body, but does boost the digestive fire - so I think Ayurveda would agree that it has a hidden fire in it."
“I love the richness of this article. It motivates me to go out and get fennel seeds! The article reaches beyond seeds to fronds, etc. I wonder, what part is referenced in this statement: "Like licorice and cardamom, it may be used to help harmonize other formulas"?"
Want our top Ayurvedic recipes and health tips? Subscribe to our free newsletter!
* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
The information and products on this website are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any
disease.
On MeWe
On Pinterest
On Facebook
On Twitter
On WhatsApp
On Email
Create a recipe with it
Compare with other spices
Ayurvedic Perspective
Biocharacteristics & Herbal Actions
Similar foods and herbs
Impact: On tongue, nerves, elimination, etc.
Indications / Benefits
Contraindications / Aggravates
Comments and reviews
