Aniseed

Safety data – Anethole is known to cause dermatitis -- avoid in allergic anti-inflammatory skin conditions.  In large doses it is narcotic and slows down the circulation; can lead to cerebral disorders.  Using moderation.  Avoid during pregnancy.

Herbal/folk tradition - Widely used as a domestic spice.  The volatile oil content provides the basis for its medicinal applications; dry irritable coughs, bronchitis and whooping cough.  The seed can be used in smoking mixtures.  Aniseed tea is used for infant catarrh, flatulence, colic and griping pains and for painful periods and to promote breast milk.

Aromatherapy therapy/home use.

Circulation, muscles and joints -- muscular aches and pains, rheumatism.

Respiratory system -- a bronchitis, coughs,.

Digestive system -- colic, cramp, flatulence, indigestion.

Immune system -- colds

Other uses -- used by the pharmaceutical industry in cough mixtures and lozenges and masks undesirable flavors in drugs.  Also used in dentrifrices and as a fragrance components in soaps, toothpaste, detergents, cosmetics and perfumes, mainly of the industrial type.  Employed in all major food categories.

Distribution -- native to Greece and Egypt now widely cultivated mainly in India and China and to a lesser extent in Mexico and Spain. 

Extraction -- essential oil by steam distillation from the seeds. 

Characteristics -- colorless to pale yellow liquid with a warm, spicy sweet scent.  Like star anise it is a good masking agent.

Actions -- antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, diuretic, expectorant, galactagogue, stimulant, stomachic.

EO106B    Anise Spain Fcc      1oz       $16.00

EO106C    Anise Spain Fcc      2oz      $28.00

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