Xiao Hui Xiang
| 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.
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