Fennel oil

A plant called common fennel is especially common in Crimea, the Caucasus and Central Asia. In Ukraine, it is cultivated almost everywhere, and in the Crimea fennel often diets. In our country, it is also known as sweet dill, which is due to the similar taste and aroma properties of these plants.

Raw fennel can be consumed as a dessert, added to salads, braised with flour seasoning, butter and broth. Among the peoples of the Mediterranean, fennel is used as a vegetable plant. In the cuisine of the Caucasus, fennel leaves are used as a spice in the process of preparing national dishes. In addition, juicy leaves, along with young umbrellas, can be preserved, used when salting vegetables, and seeds can be added to bakery products.

Fennel essential oil is also popular, which is the result of steam distillation of the plant's seeds. Fennel fruits contain two to six percent of essential oils, and to get one kilogram of such a substance, you need to process more than twenty kilograms of seeds.

The useful properties of fennel oil are due to the composition of this natural concentrate, in which components such as fennol, anetol, camphene, limonene, pinene and fellandrene are present. This natural oil is characterized by a sweet and slightly spicy aroma that vaguely resembles the smell of anise.

Fennel oil is used to make dill water, which is recommended to be given to children with flatulence. In the food industry, the aromatic and taste properties of fennel oil are used in the production of liqueurs, brandy and other alcoholic beverages with a pronounced taste. In addition, this oil can act as a starting material for the production of anetol, and the substitute for cocoa butter can be fatty oil.

The essential oil of fennel is characterized by the presence of a large number of properties that can curatively act on a variety of organs in the human body. Thanks to this oil, you can complex cleanse the body, removing slags and toxins. Due to the light diuretic and laxative effect, fennel oil can stimulate the activity of the digestive system, eliminate constipation, and reduce bloating.

Fennel oil is unusually useful for the beautiful half of humanity of various ages - imitating the hormone estrogen, it begins to activate the work of the endocrine glands and contributes to the production of its own estrogen. This greatly relieves a woman's condition with monthly soreness, and also helps to solve problems that are associated with menopause.

And during lactation, the use of fennel essential oil leads to an increase in milk production, so it is added to most homeopathic products intended for this purpose.