Badian ,Sonf (100gm) بادیاں،سونف

Badian, Sonf , بادیاں، سونف.  It is also known as fennel seeds. It is a highly aromatic and flavourful herb. Fennel seeds are mostly eaten after meals, as they aid digestion and also act as a mouth freshener. People associate fennel with longevity, courage, and strength. They recognise it for its medicinal properties.

Other names:

  Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

Arabic Name : Raaziyaanaj, Shamaar, Shamra

Bengali Name : Marui, Panmauri

Chinese Name : Xiao hue xiang, Wooi heung, Hui xiang

English Name : Fennel, Sweet Fennel, Fenkel

French Name : Aneth doux, Fenouil

German Name : Gemeiner Fenchel, Fennekel, Fennichl, Fennkol

Gujarati Name : Variyali, Variari

Kannada Name : Badisopu, Doddasopu

Kashmiri Name : Badiyan

Latin name : Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

Marathi Name : Badishop

Persian Name : Raaziyaana, Raaziyaam

Punjabi Name : Saunf

Sanskrit Name : Madhurika, Mishreya, Shatapushpa

Urdu Name : Saunf, Badiyan

Recommended Dosage:

Fruit : 5 to 7 g; Oil : 0.1 to 0.6 ml.

Nutritional element:

It contains essential nutrients, antioxidants, dietary fiber, minerals, and vitamins. These seeds are rich in flavonoid antioxidants like kaempferol and quercetin. Hence, these antioxidants combat harmful free radicals, offering protection against cancers. They also protect against infections, aging, and degenerative neurological diseases.

Similar to caraway, badian are a plentiful source of dietary fiber, with 100 grams providing 39.8 grams of fiber. Most of this fiber is insoluble. Therefore, it aids in increasing food bulk by absorbing water in the digestive system. Hence, alleviating constipation. Moreover, dietary fibers bind to bile salts and reduce their re-absorption in the colon. They contribute to lowered serum LDL cholesterol levels and protect the colon mucosa from cancers.

Additionally, badian contains volatile essential oil compounds such as anethole, limonene, and fenchone. Therefore, these possess antioxidant, digestive, carminative, and anti-flatulent properties. They are a rich source of minerals like copper, iron, calcium, potassium, manganese, selenium, zinc, and magnesium. Hence, these minerals are essential for various bodily functions including red blood cell formation, enzyme regulation, and maintaining heart health.

Additionally, fennel seeds are abundant in vital vitamins including A, E, C, and various B-complex vitamins. So, these vitamins are crucial for overall health and well-being.

Precaution:

Women should exercise caution when consumming fennel during pregnancy, as it is contraindicated. Infact, they should avoid essential oil  during pregnancy. You should not administer it to infants or toddlers.

Medicinal uses:

Traditionally, people has used fennel to alleviate flatulence and indigestion. People use its decoction or include it as a spice in food. It enhances breast milk secretion in nursing mothers. Generally, the water infused with fennel is often given to newborn babies to relieve colic pain and aid digestion. Fennel seed oil is utilized to alleviate coughs, bronchitis, and as a massage oil for joint pains.

Generally, people use it in  Abdominal Distention, Amenorrhoea, Arthritis, Asthma, Bloating, Blood Impurities, Bronchitis, Catarrh. Moreover they also use it in Colic, Constipation, Cough, Depression, Dysmenorrhoea, Erectile Dysfunction, Fatigue, Fevers, Flatulence, Frigidity, General Debility, Gout, Halitosis (Bad Breath), Heartburn, Hyperacidity, Hypertension, Incontinence, Indigestion, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Jaundice. Additionally, they use it in Kidney Stone, Lack of Appetite, Laryngitis, Menopausal Changes, Nausea, Obesity, Oedema, Phlegmatic, Cough, Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), Rheumatism, Sexual Debility, Sinusitis, Stomachache, Suppressed Post-partum Lactation, Under-developed Breasts, Vomiting, Weakness of Eyesight, Wheezing.

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