Chinese Name:小茴香

Chinese Spell:Xiaohuixiang

English Name：Fructus Foeniculi

Fennel is the dried ripe fruit of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (Fam. Umbelliferae). The plant is cut in autumn when the fruit nearly ripe, dried in the sun, and then the drug is tapped off and removed from foreign matter.

Origin Distribution

Inside Inner Mongolia,shanxi,jilin,liaoning,heilonhjiang;Also produces in gansu,shangxi,sichuan,Henan,Hebei,shangdong province.

Specifications

F.A.Q Quality,long grain,green,aroma.

Proassing

Processing Fructus Foeniculi Eliminate foreign matter. Fructus Foeniculi (processed with salt) Stir-fry the clean Fructus Foeniculi as described under the method for processing with salt-water to yellowish.

Action

Action To dispel cold and relieve pain, to regulate the stomach function. Fructus foeniculi (processed with salt): To dispel cold from the interior and relieve pain.

Storage

Storage Preserve in a cool and dry place.

Packing

In gunny bags of 50 kgs net each.