Fennel Tea Can Do These To Your Health; Check Them

You love it or hate it but you cannot deny the health benefits of fennel tea. Listed in this article are a few of the major health benefits of drinking fennel tea.

By Suryasis Paul

Thursday, May 4, 2017, 9:08

Suffering from gastrointestinal problems? Struggling with weight loss? Are joint pains starting to worry you?

If the answer to one or more of these questions is yes, then fennel tea might be the perfect solution for all of your health problems.

Fennel, which is also known as Foeniculum vulgare, is a plant which has been used as a medicinal and culinary herb since ages.

This traditional drug has been used by civilizations like the Chinese civilization, Egyptian civilization and Indian civilization.

In today's age of stress and illness, it is slowly redeeming itself as a perfect early morning drink for the health conscious. And there are reasons for it.

Benefits of Drinking Fennel Tea:

1. Cures Spasms:

Fennel tea can reduce spasms in your gut and in other parts of your body. Reduction of spasms is important for the reduction of stress in your body .

2. Cure For Indigestion:

Fennel tea is a wonder drug when it comes to treating gastrointestinal problems like indigestion. It is one of the most effective cures for many diseases like heartburn.

3. Bloating & Flatulence:

Regular consumption of fennel tea can be an effective way to treat bloating and flatulence. The volatile oils fennel tea abounds in are responsible for easing of muscles in the gastrointestinal tract of our body. This in turn prevents putrefaction in the large intestine and thus annihilates the root cause of flatulence.

4. Women's Health:

The volatile oils in fennel have many properties that are akin to oestrogen (the female reproductive hormone). As such, when it is consumed, it reduces symptoms of premenstrual syndrome. It also increases the sex drive and libido of a woman. It is also helpful for lactating mothers.

5. Reduces Acidity:

Fennel oils reduce the acidity of the body. This helps to kill worms and bacteria thereby relieving our immune system considerably.

6. Diuretic:

Fennel tea is a diuretic.It thus helps the renal system to cleanse the body by flushing water and excessive toxins out of your system. It also helps deal with renal problems like kidney stones.

7. Anti-inflammatory:

Fennel tea is anti inflammatory. Its anti-inflammatory properties reduce the risk of diseases like arthritis and joint pains.

8. Lowering Blood Pressure:

Fennel tea is believed to help lower blood pressure naturally (Keep this in mind and discuss with your doctor if you are using blood pressure medication.).

9. Weight Loss:

Weight loss depends on two major factors - calories in and calories out. Fennel tea helps decrease your net calorie intake because it reduces hunger. Moreover, it increases your metabolism which means that you would burn more calories without exerting any extra effort working out. Thus consumption of fennel tea is a sure shot way to weight loss.

10. Breath Freshener:

Fennel tea is a natural breath freshener and therefore can help you deal with your bad breath in the morning.

Now that we know about the beneficial aspects of this medicinal drug, it is important to understand the method of preparation. Unlike many other complicated health recipes, the method of preparation is uniquely easy.

To make fennel tea, lightly crush a teaspoonful of fennel seeds with a mortar and pestle and then steep the seeds in boiling water, and that is it. You are ready to enjoy a healthy cup of fennel tea.

However, one must also exercise some caution because fennel tea is not fit for consumption for everybody.

Allergic reactions though very rare cannot be overlooked. Furthermore, people suffering from ovarian cancer and other disorders must not consume fennel tea as it has an oestrogenic effect.