foniculum vulgare: review of pharmaceutical features

Human kind has used the herbal plants to treat lots of diseases since a long time ago and there was always a very close connection between people and plants due to the development of all the societies and they were used to treat different diseases in eastern asia ,india , china and iran since a thousand years ago .this plant height is one to two meters and has some leaves with separated and narrow laminas .this plant has some estrogenic ,anti inflammatory and antioxidant effects and traditionally is used to treat infertile women .its specific combinations are anethole, limonene and fenchone. it’s properties are: pharmaceutical effect on the treatment of the initial dysmenorrhea ,testis growth , excretion channel and prostate glands , mammary gland weight gain, fallopian tubes, ovaries, endometrium, myometrium protective effect on the liver by reducing liver enzymes and bilirubin, have estrogenic effects in increasing the milk secretion, early periods, ease at birth and increased libido and anti hyper tension effects through the diuretic and natriuretic effects.