Fennel is a very aromatic perennial plant, up to 120 cm high, very branched, with feathery leaves and yellowish flowers, grouped in umbels. It is very common in ditches, edges of crops and lowland forest margins.

The main medicinal properties of fennel are:

• Digestive, stimulates gastric motility and gastric juice secretion.
• Carminative, it favors the expulsion of gases and prevents abdominal bloating and meteorism.
• Diuretic, it promotes diuresis and the elimination of toxins through urine.
• Antispasmodic, it combats general discomfort and pain with spasms.