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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Shih Lo; Tzu Mu Lo; Anis Vert; Hui Hsiang Chiu; Karasu-Uikyo; Fennel; Rezene; Shamar; L'Anis; Adas landi; Hinojo; Anis; Uikyo; Adas pedas; La Nuit; Shbint; Raziyane; Adas londa; Comino; Ama-Uikyo; Kaneer Razbana; Finocchio Forte; Tzu Mo; Hsiao Hui Hsiang

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abdomen Malaya *
Abdomen China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Abdomen China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Abdomen China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Abortifacient Elsewhere *
Ache(Back) China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Ache(Back) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Ache(Stomach) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Ache(Tooth) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Aerophagia Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Amenorrhea Elsewhere *
Anodyne China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Anodyne China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Anodyne China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Aphrodisiac China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Balsamic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Balsamic Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Balsamic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Bite(Snake) China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Cancer Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.