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  • Common Name

    Aniseed

  • Botanical Name

    Pimpinella anisum

  • Part Used

    Fruit

  • Clinical Summary

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  • Monograph

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  • Alcohol

    60%

  • Dose

    10 to 20mL weekly

This aromatic herb has a delicious, sweet liquorice-like flavour and is a commonly used, and very safe, herbal remedy that is well suited for all age groups from children to the elderly. It is useful in respiratory conditions such as coughs, colds, whooping cough and asthma as well as digestive complaints including bloating, flatulence, colic, nausea and indigestion. It increases milk supply in lactating women and also gives relief to their infants from gastrointestinal problems. It has beneficial effects on dysmenorrhea and menopausal hot flushes in women.

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A guide to Aniseed and its properties

  • Traditional Use

    Not to be confused with star anise (Illicium verum), aniseed is one of the oldest medicinal plants. Many countries around the Mediterranean region have traditional alcoholic beverages produced with aniseed such as ouzo and sambuca. The common special feature of all these beverages is their unique behaviour during dilution with water. Adding a large amount of water causes the clear liquor to turn instantly into an opaque, translucent milky-white colour. In traditional medicine aniseed is used as an analgesic in migraine. In some traditional texts it is mentioned for melancholy, nightmare and also in the treatment of epilepsy and seizures.

  • Actions

    Expectorant, bronchodilator, immunomodulator, carminative, galactagogue, diuretic, hypoglycaemic, hypolipidaemic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antispasmodic, antiparasitic, oestrogenic agent

  • Indications

    •    Symptomatic treatment of mild, spasmodic gastrointestinal complaints including bloating, flatulence, colic, nausea and indigestion
    •    Bronchial catarrh, bronchitis, spasmodic coughs, colds, whooping cough and asthma
    •    To increase milk supply in lactating women and give relief to their infants from gastrointestinal problems
    •    Dysmenorrhoea, to promote menstruation, menopausal hot flashes and to facilitate birth
    •    To increase urine flow
    •    Appetite stimulant
    •    Increase libido
    •    Diabetes
    •    Topically for head lice and scabies

  • Energetics

    Warm and dry

  • Use in Pregnancy

    The safety of aniseed taken during pregnancy and lactation has not been established. There are no known problems provided that doses taken do not greatly exceed the amounts used in foods. It has been proposed that aniseed preparations used at recommended dosages may be used during pregnancy and lactation.

  • Contraindications & Cautions

    None known.

  • Drug Interactions

    None known.

  • Dietary Information

    Vegan friendly. Gluten and dairy free

  • Substitutes

    Angelica, Hyssop, Fennel, Fenugreek, Nettle