Aniseed Essential Oil 10ml - £2.59

Aniseed Pure Essential Oil In a 10ml Amber Glass Dropper Bottle

Species Origin Extraction Process Perfume Note

Pimpinella anisum China Steam distillation MIDDLE

Extraction Description Scent Description

The volatile oil derived from the

dried ripe fruit and seeds. Liquorice, spicy, anise, sweet clean odour.

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.

Properties

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

Constituents/Active Ingredients

Cheering, sense enhancing, mildly euphoric

Safety

DILUTE TO 5% OR LESS IN A CARRIER OIL BEFORE SKIN APPLICATION. KEEP OUT OF EYES. DO NOT SWALLOW.

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.

Properties

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

Constituents/Active Ingredients

Cheering, sense enhancing, mildly euphoric

Safety

DILUTE TO 5% OR LESS IN A CARRIER OIL BEFORE SKIN APPLICATION. KEEP OUT OF EYES. DO NOT SWALLOW.

can be used to calm digestive or menstrual pain, stimulate flow of breast milk, or treat heart and lung disease, but as there are other safe essential oils with the same properties, it is better to leave this one well alone' - Aromatherapy A - Z by Patricia Davis.