Description
Description
The fruit is an ovule that breaks into two half-fruits (mericarp). Mericarpius oblong, almost cylindrical, naked. At the top there are the remains of a five-toothed calyx and a suprastatic disc with two diverging columns. The outer side is convex, the inner is flat. Each mericarp is with five strongly protruding longitudinal ribs: three of them are on the convex side and two more developed ones are on the sides. Seed in the mericarp is one, fused with pericarp. The length of the fruit is 4-10 mm, the width is 1.5 – 4 mm.
The color of the fruit is greenish brown.
The smell is strong, fragrant. The taste of the water extract is sweet and spicy.
Pharmacological action
Infusion of fennel fruits has a carminative, antispasmodic, and also expectorant effect. Pharmacological activity is largely due to reflex reactions associated with irritation of the nerve endings of the gastrointestinal tract and respiratory tract.
Indications
Flatulence (as a carminative).
Inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract (as an expectorant) – as part of complex therapy.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to the components of the drug.
Composition of
fennel fruit.
active substance
fennel fruit
dosage form
raw vegetable
