[Isabelle]

For fennel, try the spices section in a foods supermarket. Really, I get most of my herbs here at an oriental supermarket, so they've got to be available in Malaysia. The real problem is probably translation: 茴香粉 or serbuk adas. That's what it says on the label I have right here.

Your GF is in the middle of her own development. Her hormones are probably high. Adding any phyto-estrogens, phyto-progestins, or phyto-androgens will cause her anterior pituitary gland to adjust her body's own hormone production downward. We call this a stall.

For now, she should focus on a high protein diet and a good multivitamin.