{"id":975,"date":"2012-11-14T16:01:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T16:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=975"},"modified":"2012-12-16T06:13:02","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T06:13:02","slug":"fennel-foeniculum-vulgare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=975","title":{"rendered":"Fennel &#8212; Foeniculum vulgare"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Fennel<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Foeniculum vulgare<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Umbelliferae (parsley family) Herbal Healing Mod 1 page 53<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: seed<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to the Mediterranean region; widely cultivated<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: volatile oil, flavonoids (rutin, quercetin), coumarins (bergapten, xanthotoxin), limonene<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: warming, aromatic, sweet, spicy<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">carminative<\/span>, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, galactagogue, stomachic<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: phytoestrogenic, mild expectorant<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: flatulence and colic in adults and infants; indigestion<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: coughs<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: infusion: 1 tsp crushed seeds\/cup water; 1:4 tincture: 10-60 gtt qd-qid<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy (possible)<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: overdose of essential oil can cause nausea, vomiting, seizures, and pulmonary edema<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fennel Latin name: Foeniculum vulgare Family: Umbelliferae (parsley family) Herbal Healing Mod 1 page 53 Part used: seed Habitat: native to the Mediterranean region; widely cultivated Main constituents: volatile oil, flavonoids (rutin, quercetin), coumarins (bergapten, xanthotoxin), limonene Energetics: warming, aromatic, sweet, spicy Main herbal actions: carminative, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, galactagogue, stomachic &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,70,91,72,109,1,130,43,78,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-inflammatory","category-antispasmodic","category-areomatic","category-carminative","category-galactagogue","category-module1","category-spicy","category-stomachic","category-sweet","category-warming","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1148,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions\/1148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}