Anise Cookie - Medical Uses and Treatment using Extracts of anise seed

Latin description: Pimpinella anisum

Common Name: Anis (Fr), Anise Cultivè, Aniseed, Anissame (Ger), Annissamen, Anisum, Anysun (Arab), Sweet Cumin

Parts Used: Flowers, stems, roots, leaves, seeds, oil.

Medcinal Uses and Benefits of Anise

• Stimulates the flow of digestive juices in the stomach and intestines; increases the efficiency by which fats are broken down into fatty acids.
• Has been used as a children's herb for upper respiratory problems and flatulence. Tea used for headcolds taken 3 times daily.
• Has been used for colds in infants: 2 oz. bruised seeds covered with 2 cups boiling water and steeped 15 minutes; cool, then strained; given to infant in teaspoon doses upto 1 year of age and upto 3 tsps for children 4 years and older.
• As a warming herb has been used in cases of chills and inflammations.
• Has been used toimprove digestion; beneficial to liver and circulation. Warm tea taken to improve appetite.
• Has been used for coughs, bronchitis and asthma: Tincture of Anise = crush a handful of seeds and steep in 1 pint of brandy for 2 weeks; strain. Use 1 tsp in 1 cup of hot water OR use Anisette liqueur (several tsps in warm water for a hacking bronchial cough or to help with an asthma attack).
• Has been used to loosen phlegm, for hard dry coughs, for coughs and colds, for tracheal irritations and spasmodic coughs.
• Infused seeds (tea) considered a natural antacid used for nausea and abdominal pain, to aid digestion and to prevent and treat flatulence.
  Has been used for stomach problems and nausea (Anisette liqueur works well).
• Has been used in cases of infant colic, children's stomache and bowel complaints.
• Has been combined with equal amounts of fennel and caraway for colic (also used as an intestinal puifier); combined with peppermint for adult colic (peppermint NOT be used on young children); combined with caraway for flatulence; combined with black cherry (Prunus serotina) for tracheitis; combined with 1 to 2 ml wild lettuce (Lactuca spp) for dry coughs; for bronchial problems is combined with one or more of horehound, coltsfoot, lobelia inflata, skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus); oil often mixed with oil of Eucalyptus globulus as a chest rub for respiratory problems; combined with 2 to 3 ml thyme or hyssop for infections.

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