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Common Name: FENNEL - BRONZE
Scientific Name: Foeniculum vulgare purpoureum
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Description:
  • Biennial
Culinary Uses:
  • Aniseed flavour
  • Tea, sauces, stuffing, marinades, soup, salad and vegetable dressing
  • Traditional seasoning for fat meats like pork.
  • Poultry and lamb.
  • Counteract oiliness of some fish
  • Chopped/ whole/ cooked/ raw in soup, salad, yoghurt
Parts Used:
  • Leaves, flowers, seeds
Medicinal Uses. It is said that:
  • Strengthen eyesight.
  • Wash/Compress for sore, inflamed eyes
  • Carminative action - wind problems, flatulence
  • Reduce griping effect of laxatives
  • Winds a baby, relieves colic better than commercial Gripe water
  • Diuretic - combat water retention
  • Arthritis
  • Menstrual disorders
  • Chronic coughs and catarrh of upper respiratory tract (adults and children)
  • Calms the nerves - promotes mental clarity
  • Boost metabolism - weight loss

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