Amphora Aromatics Aniseed Essential Oil

General Description Aniseed Essential oil. Added to perfumes for a rich, sweet fragrance. Muscle ease, use diluted as a rub for digestive upsets.

Historial Background
Widely used as a domestic spice. Aniseed tea is used for infant catarrh, also aides flatulence, colic and gripping pains. In Turkey the popular alcoholic drink, raki, is made from the seed. Traditionally used as deodorant. Native to Greece, Turkey & Egypt, now widely cultivated mainly in India and China and to a lesser extent in Mexico and Spain.

• Antiseptic, laxative and parasiticidal qualities
• Widely used in liqueurs, toothpastes and mouthwashes
• The volatile essential oil is derived from the dried ripe fruit and seeds
• Traditionally used as a deodorant

Scent Description
Liquorice ,spicy, anise, sweet, clean odour

Properties
Antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, diuretic, expectorant, galactagogue, stimulant, stomachic.

Constituents/Active Ingredients
Cheering, sense enhancing, mildly euphoric

You may find Aniseed blends particularly well with Spearmint, Lavender, Cedarwood & Chamomile Essential Oils.

Dilute to 5% or less in a carrier oil before skin application.

Added to perfumes for a rich, sweet fragrance. Muscle ease, use diluted as a rub for digestive upsets.

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Pimpinella Anisum
Illicium verum Fruit/Seed Oil

Dilute in a carrier oil before skin application. Keep away from children and out of eyes. Do not take internally or apply undiluted to the skin. For further advice on using essential oils to treat medical conditions, we recommend you seek advice from a professional.