Common Name: Fennel
Botanical Name: Foeniculum vulgare
Culinary Uses of fennel
Fennel has a strong licorice flavour. Finely Chopped leaves paticularly enhance potato salad and fish.
Fennel is the best herb to flavour fish .
Growing
Fennel
Sow seeds in spring in a sunny position in light well drained soil.
Once growing fennel prefers dry soils and grows best near the coast.
Medicinal Uses of Fennel
Important! Do not use of herbs for medicinal purposes without consulting your medical doctor. Herbs have medicinal qualities and can react with other medication.
Use Fennel seed tea to bathe sore eyes.
Fennel is a good diuretic.
Fennel aids in the digestion of rich and fatty foods and can be used to relieve flatulence.
Fennel will also increase milk in feeding mothers and relieve colic.