Anise (Pimpinella anisum)

Family: APIACEAE
Species: anisum
Other Names: huei-hsiang (Chinese), anise
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal parts are the essential oil from the ripe fruit and the dried fruit
Parts Used: seeds
Medicinal Properties: antispasmodic, aperient, aphrodisiac, aromatic, carminative, digestive tonic, expectorant, galactagogue, parturient, stimulant, stomach tonic, tonic.
anise Internal Uses: asthma, bloating, bronchitis, catarrh, colic, cough, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, flatulence, halitosis, hiccups, indigestion, nausea, whooping cough
Internal Applications: tea, tincture, capsules, cough syrups, lozenges
Topical Uses: lice, nightmares, scabies, shoulder pain, lumbago
Topical Applications: Use as cologne. Anise is added to cattle feed as it increases milk production. It is also used as mouse bait and fish lure. Stuff seeds in a sachet or add to sleep pillows to prevent nightmares. In India, Anise water is used as cologne. Used to flavor unpleasant medicines. Also for toothpastes, mouthwashes and soaps. Essential oil is used to prevent and treat lice and scabies.
Culinary uses: Fresh leaf can be used in salads. Improves the taste of other medicines, breads, cakes, cookies, fruit, tomato sauce, and pickles. Eat seeds after a meal to aid digestion. Mustaceum is an after dinner digestive cake flavored with Anise. Alcoholic beverages (Pernod, Raki, Aguardiente, Uzo, Anisette, Kummel, Ojen). It is often the herb used to flavor licorice candy.
Chemical Constituents: Essential oil (anethole, estragol, methyl chavicol), furano- coumarins, flavonoid glycosides, fatty acids, phytoestrogens, starch, protein, choline, mucilage.
Contraindications: Anise is contraindicated in patients allergic to anise and anethole. No health hazards or side effects are know in conjuction with the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages. Sensitization has been observed very rarely.
Characteristics: sweet, pungent, warm
Habitat: The origin of the plant is unknown but it probably came from the near East. Today, it is cultivated mainly in souther Europe, Turkey, centeral Asia, India, China, Japan, Central and South America. Anise consists of the dried fruits of Pimpinella anisum.

Comments: The genus name Pimpinella is thought to be derived from the Latin bipinnula, or bipinnate, as the leaves are arranged symmetrically on both sides. As a tea drink 1 cup mornings and or evenings (expectorant); 1 desertspoon per day (gastrointestinal complaints); infants 1 teaspoon (added to the bottle).

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