Variety of diseases can be prevented and cured by using foeniculum vulgare: a review

Background and Objectives: Growing of some diseases and subsequently increasing of chemical-drugs usage, unwanted side-effects have imposed and people forced additional expenses; So, the need of replacement for chemical-drugs is been felt; Actually, herbal-medicine is good replacement and one of the most long-term using herbal is fennel (foeniculum vulgare). The vitamins and minerals present in fennel are calcium, potassium, sodium, iron, phosphorus, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and vitamin-C. In addition of anti-oxidant activity, fennel also has other biological effects such as anti-cancering, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetics, hepatoprotective, and anti-melanogenesis effects. Searching methods: We started searching in databases to gather information about its therapeutic properties. Findings: As we found, there are many therapeutic properties that can be used to treat diseases with this plant, instead of using chemical drugs; Some of side-effects of chemical-drugs can be prevented and we can benefit the prophylaxis effects too. Conclusion: As we found, fennel can cure cancer, infections and inflammations. We focused on anti-oxidant and anti-cancering activities; particularly on breast-cancer and found decreasing of cancer mortality and cure increasing. Due to high incidence and prevalence of breast-cancer, we can replace chemical drugs with fennel to prevent the occurrence of side-effects. Although, more researches needed to prove this.

کلیدواژه ها:

Fennel ، chemical-drugs ، breast-cancer