What exactly is the birth flower for Libra?

Fennel greens were originally also called Xiaohuaixiang, also known as Xiangsicai, Xiaohuixiang, Huixiangzi, Guxiang (Sichuan, Guizhou), and Hunxiang. The stems and tender leaves of fennel can be used as a vegetable, and the seasoning fennel is the dried ripe fruit of the fennel plant.

Fennel was first recorded in the Tang Bencao. Su Song said that northerners call it Huixiang, and the sound is close to Huaixiang. Tao Hongjing said: when cooking stinking meat, add a little, and there is no stench; even when put into stinking sauce it becomes fragrant, hence it is called Huixiang. Li Shizhen said that common people often chew it held in their bosoms, so perhaps the name Huaixiang comes from this. The fruit (fennel) is used as a spice and also for medicinal purposes; the roots, leaves, and the whole plant can all be used as medicine.

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Flower arrangement material:

Fennel is a very good scattered flower material for flower arranging. It blooms with yellow flowers in summer, in compound umbels. It is suitable for filling in the gaps between massed flower materials to increase the sense of layering.

Flower meaning: possessing both talent and beauty. Suitable pairings: roses, cornflowers, blue mallow, rose hips, hibiscus flowers, lemongrass...

Spice plant:

Fennel is an important spice plant. Both the leaves and the fruit have a distinctive aroma. After the tender leaves are washed and finely cut, they can be mixed with salt, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, and other seasonings and eaten; the taste is fresh and fragrant and can stimulate the appetite. They can also be used as dumpling or steamed bun filling. The fruit is mostly used as a spice, used in alcohol and candies, or added to fish, meat, and sauces, where it removes fishiness and enhances aroma, and can also increase appetite; ground into powder, it can be used to make five-spice powder, used for seasoning noodles and other foods. Fennel can also be used in medicinal cuisine, such as fennel stir-fried pork kidneys, which can tonify the kidneys and relieve pain; fennel stewed beef can warm the liver and stomach, promote the movement of qi, and relieve pain. Fennel porridge can dispel cold and relieve pain. Fennel and ginger sugar soup can treat colds, hernia pain, cold stomach pain, and so on.

Fennel

Medicinal plant:

Fennel is an important medicinal plant, and its fruit is an important traditional Chinese medicine. It is pungent in flavor and warm in nature, and has the effects of promoting the movement of qi and relieving pain, strengthening the stomach, and dispelling cold. It mainly treats cold stomach pain, cold pain in the lower abdomen, dysmenorrhea, pain in the abdomen and hypochondrium, hernia pain, testicular hydrocele, schistosomiasis, and so on.

Daily necessities:

Fennel mainly contains volatile oils and other components, including anethole, fenchone, limonene, anisaldehyde, and so on. The essential oil extracted from fennel fruit and stems and leaves has a wide range of uses and can be used in essences for toothpaste, tooth powder, soap, perfume, cosmetics, and so on. Fennel essential oil has good antiseptic effects and can be used for pickled foods. In bars in North Africa and in Greece and other countries along the Mediterranean coast, a kind of fennel liquor is popular, containing fennel essential oil, with a rich and unique aroma. When water or ice cubes are added, within 1 second the transparent liquor becomes cloudy and turns into a milky white suspension. Herbal tea made with fennel has the effects of warming the kidneys and dispelling cold, and harmonizing the stomach and regulating qi, and also has a certain effect on abdominal bloating caused by overeating and on menstrual pain in women.

Tobacco shreds:

Tobacco shreds made from fennel stems and leaves, because they contain no nicotine and have low tar content, cause little harm to the human body, burn similarly to tobacco leaves, and have a rich aroma, are expected to become a new type of cigarette substitute.

Edible value:

There is also a bulb fennel that can be eaten, also called heading fennel or sweet fennel. It is a variety of fennel and is similar in form to fennel. Its edible part is the thick fleshy bulbous stem formed by the leaf sheath bases clasping each other, and it has a unique fragrance and sweet taste. It can be served cold, stir-fried, made into soup, pickled, or made into filling for dumplings or steamed buns. As for star anise or large anise, it refers to the fruit of the Magnoliaceae plant star anise.

Fennel

Libra is the most elegant and most sociable of the twelve zodiac signs. Anyone born under the blessing of this flower not only has outstanding appearance, but also has enviable intelligence. There are countless members of the opposite sex who want to win your favor and your heart. However, under the influence of fennel, you become very fragile when facing adversity, so you will be very depressed once you break up. Pay attention!