Fennel

Taste: Sweet, Pungent

Natural Attributes: Oily, Light, Sharp

Tissue impact (Vipak): Sweet, nourishing

Thermal impact (Virya): Cooling

Dosha impact: V-, P-, K0 

Digestive impact (Agni): easy to digest

Channels (Srotas):  open the channels

Feces: Moves

Urine: diuretic

Strength (Bala): Improves strength 

Mind (Manas): Sattva

Effect: appetizer, alkalizing, carminative, digestive, spleen tonic, detoxicant, cardiac stimulant

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Medicinal properties 

• Nourishment (rasa):
• Blood-circulation-liver: detoxifying liver from drugs and alcohol
• Bones-joints-tendon-ligaments: joint pain
• Nervous system: alleviate pain
• Reproductive and hormonal systems: menorrhagia caused by deficiency 
• Respiratory system: digest phlegm, asthma
• Digestive system: facilitate downward movement of the intestines, aid carbohydrate metabolism, abdominal pain, flatulence, distension