Physical description
The plant reaches up to 0.75 metre (2.5 feet) tall. The leaves near the base are long-stalked and simple, whereas the leaves along the stem are compound with shorter stalks. Its smell yellowish white flowers form loose umbels. The fruit is a schizocarp (a dry fruit formed of multiple carpels that separate) and is nearly ovoid in shape. It is about 3.5 mm (0.12 inch) long and has five longitudinal dorsal ridges. The essential oil content is about 2.5 percent, and its principal component is anethole.
Uses
Aniseed is widely used to flavour pastries; it is the characteristic ingredient of a German bread called anisbrod. In the Mediterranean region and in Asia, anisine is commonly used in meat and vegetable dishes. It makes a soothing herbal tea and has been used medicinally from prehistoric times. The essential oil is used to flavour absinthe, anisette, and Pernod liqueurs.
(Aniseed Oil Pimpinella anisum Oleum %98,Safflower Seed Oil – Carthamnus Tinctorius Oleum
It is recommended as a gas remover, indigestion in the stomach, bloating and appetizing, breast milk booster, cellulite treatment and sleep-giving.
Internally; it is used 3 times a day by instilling 2-10 drops per day on a piece of sugar or by instilling 4-5 drops in a cup of water. (If a large amount is drunk, a slight intoxication first occurs, then sleep.)
