Benefits

Digestion

• Excellent digestive tonic
• Helps quiet hiccups
• Helps prevent nausea
• Especially beneficial for protein digestion and processing protein waste
• Promotes improved bowel function
• Especially helpful in eliminating intestinal gas (either passing from the bowel or belching)

Mucus

• It’s digestive support helps to clear excess mucus
• Helps clear phlegm for the lungs

Vision

• As a Vitamin A source, helps alleviate light sensitivity
• Improves night vision
• Helps prevent sudden “blindness” when encountering bright lights
• Has been used topically as an eyewash

Gall Bladder, Liver & Kidneys

• Helps minimize the production of uric acid
• Helps reduce lower back pain issues
• Tonic effect for kidney & bladder problems
• Has been used to break up kidney stones
• Functions as a gall bladder and liver cleanser

Nursing Mothers & Children

• As a poultice, has been used to help relieve breast swelling in nursing mothers
• Has been shown to enrich quality and quantity of milk for nursing mothers
• Improved milk quality helps alleviate colic in nursing babies

Poison Mushrooms

• May work as an antidote to poisonous mushrooms

Fennel Tea

• Supports removal of mucus from the intestinal tract
• Is used as a gargle and breath refresher

Parasites

• Has been used to expel worms

Nutrient Source

• Excellent source of Vitamin A

Parts of the plant used for therapeutic purposes:  the whole plant