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Pin Yin: xiao hui xiang-
Common name: fennel seed
Botanical family: Umbelliferae
Botanical name: Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
Primary action: Warm Interior
Secondary actions:
Rectify Qi
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid
Entering Channel: Sp, St, Lv, Kd
Actions:
Moves Qi and relieves pain; warms and Moves Qi in the Liver
Channel and Lower Burner; used in Cold-hernia pain or other Cold abdominal
pain.
Warms Middle Burner and promotes proper flow of Stomach Qi; used for indigestion
with decreased appetite, vomiting and abdominal pain.
(See
Liver Channel Cold Stagnation
;
Stomach Vacuity Cold
;
Stomach Qi Stagnation
.)
Dosage:
1-3 qian.
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