Fennel in the people is called fennel pharmaceutical. Its fruits and branches are used in cookery as spicy seasoning to food. But very few people know that fennel – also the excellent assistant at digestion problems, at diseases of the upper airways, at flu, for inflow of milk at the feeding woman, at the complicated urination, at diseases of kidneys and even helps normalization of a menstrual cycle from a blindness. But for each of methods of application this wonderful plant needs to be made correctly.
Instruction
1. At respiratory diseases or flu. Prepare infusion from 5 g of dried seeds of fennel on a glass of boiled water. Cover, let's cool down, filter. Fenkhelevy tea they can have or rinse a throat. If daily to use 50 ml of infusion, fennel will serve as excellent prevention against cold and flu.
2. At colitis, a meteorizm, gastritis, intestinal gripes. Make infusion from 1-2 teaspoons of seeds of fennel on a glass of boiled water. Single intake of infusion promotes relaxation of muscles of an intestinal path, removing spasms in intestines. The enema from 5 g of dry seeds on a mug of boiled water will help (to cool, filter) to the child to remove gripes and gas generation in a tummy.
3. Increase in milk at feeding and normalization of a menstrual cycle. Make 1-2 teaspoons of seeds on a glass of boiled water. Drink 3-4 glasses of tea from fennel in day (it is possible to drink with a deposit). Fennel has estrogenic effect and in action is similar to female sex hormone. Therefore the menstrual cycle and a lactation stabilize. Consumption of tea from fennel isn't recommended to pregnant women.
4. For weight loss and a loss of appetite. Fennel seeds, dried or fresh, it is recommended to chew to quash feeling of hunger. The second effect of such "having a snack" seeds - diuretic. That is the spoon of seeds will quickly bring excess liquid out of an organism. It is possible to make and have fenkhelevy tea during a diet: pound 20 g of seeds and fill in them 250 ml of boiled water. You boil broth of 4-5 minutes. Let stand 30 minutes. Broth for weight loss is ready.
5. In ancient times people believed that fennel treats even for a blindness. It, of course, is far from the truth, but health giving qualities of a plant are applicable also to eyes. Lotions from fenkhelevy tea are used for washing of inflammations and during the burning and dryness of eyes. The fennel tablespoon on a glass of boiled water suffices. Ambassadors of cooling wash with broth of an eye and put cotton tampons for 5-10 minutes.