Xiao Hui Xiang
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Xiao Hui Xiang in TCM:

Explore the properties of Xiao Hui Xiang according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):


Factoids:
English Name: fennel seed, fennel fruit
Pharmacuetical Name: Fructus Foeniculi
Properties: acrid, warm


Temperature: warm

Channels: ST, SP, KD, LV

Flavors: pungent

Special Properties:
disperses cold


Actions / Indications:
  • Warms LV and KD; disperses cold; relieves pain (cold hernia disorders, prolapse sensations in the abdomen, lower abdominal pain due to cold lower back pain due to KD deficiency)
  • Regulates Qi; harmonizes ST (stomach cold with epigastric and abdominal pain, indigestion, nausea, bloating, reduced appetite, vomiting)
  • (cc: yin def. w/ heat)

    Special Notes:
  • Can be applied topically as a compress for sensations of cold and pain in the abdomen.