Health Benefits of Fennel Seeds or Sauf: Fennel or Shauf is widely used as a spice in food. Also, many people also use it as a mouth freshener. Chewing fennel does not only get rid of the bad odor of the mouth but also has many other benefits. Actually, fennel is rich in medicinal properties, it is easy to digest food after its consumption.
India is the largest exporter of fennel. People in India eat fennel after eating food. It refreshes the mouth. But not only this, copper, potassium, calcium, zinc, and manganese are found in fennel. It also contains vitamin C, iron, selenium, and magnesium. From this, you can understand how beneficial fennel is. But fennel water is twice as beneficial.
Fennel water can be prepared in two ways. Keep the fennel in hot water for a while, then filter and drink the water or put one spoon of fennel in a glass of water overnight and filter it in the morning and drink.
An ayurvedic expert explains that the fennel is cold according to Ayurveda, so its use increases in summer. Fennel contains many nutrients that are very important for staying healthy. Aniseed contains many mineral elements like calcium, sodium, iron, and potassium. Apart from this, its aroma is also very good and gives a feeling of freshness, so it has been used in India as a great mouth freshener for centuries. The high amount of fibers makes it a major disease of stomach disease.
However, drinking fennel water is more beneficial than chewing fennel. It can give you health benefits in many ways. Fennel water provides great benefit in stomach related problems. Let’s know more about the benefits of fennel water.
Benefits of Fennel Water
Fennel water is beneficial in stomach problems
Aniseed water is rich in nutrients. Its use provides relief in indigestion, acidity, and stomach gas problems. Fennel water also provides relief in nausea and vomiting. If you have stomach related problems, you should consume fennel water regularly.
Can help you in weight loss
Consuming fennel water or Sauf water in the morning with an empty stomach is beneficial in weight loss. This increases metabolism, which enables the body to burn (burn) more fat. For this, soak the fennel seeds in water overnight and consume it in the morning.
Can get relief from menstrual pain
Every month girls have to go through the pain of menstruation, but every time the intake of medicines is not right for this. Therefore, drink fennel water. It provides relief from pain and spasms that occur in the menstrual period. Fennel water is also beneficial in vomiting and nausea during menstruation.
Increase immunity
Fennel helps in increasing the immunity of our body. This is because vitamin-C only works to increase the immune cells in our body. Vitamin-C helps in increasing white blood cells ie WBC count in the body.
Controls blood sugar
Fennel water can also be helpful in controlling blood sugar. A study in Bangladesh has found that taking a certain dose of fennel water reduced blood sugar levels compared to drugs.
Cleans blood
Fennel water is a diuretic. Also, a good amount of fiber is found in it, due to which it removes the body’s toxic material and cleanse the body’s dirt. It also clears the blood. For this, soak one teaspoon of fennel in a glass of water and leave it overnight and wake up in the morning and consume that water. This will help a lot.
You should consult your doctor or specialist before consuming anything.
Fennel Seeds or Saunf to Lose Weight
Fennel seeds or Saunf is very beneficial for obesity and to reduce weight. Including fennel seeds in the diet is very effective for weight loss. Fennel tea or fennel water can be added to your morning diet.
How to make Fennel water
Soaking two spoons of fennel in the water overnight can be done. After waking up in the morning, drink it.
How to make Fennel tea
Take a spoonful of fennel or fennel seeds. Put them in hot water. Make sure that you do not boil them. Excessive boiling can destroy their nutrients. Now keep it covered for about a minute. Drink it two to three times a day.
How to Use Fennel seeds
Let us now know how fennel can be used for health.
Drinking fennel tea helps in reducing obesity.
Fennel seeds enhance your digestive power. Also, it cleans your blood.
You can also use fennel as a mouth freshener. It can relieve bad breath.
If roasted fennel is eaten with sugar candy, then the relief of cough and sweetness of voice can be increased.
Side Effects of Fennel
There are benefits of fennel for health, in addition to it, there are disadvantages of fennel, which is necessary for everyone to know. Below we are talking about the loss of the fennel.
If you take any kind of medicine, you should consult your doctor before consuming more fennel.
The sensitivity of the skin increases with excess use.
Breastfeeding women should avoid excessive consumption of Shauf.
Excess intake of fennel can cause allergies.
By:-
Prakhar Sharma
Founder, Upgrading India
