The Star Anise or Anise Seed,good remedy and useful seed step from ancient world.

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Medicinal Uses of Star Anise.

Star Anise extract INCI Name Illicium verum Extract Anise extract.Anise Seed extract Star Anise Fruit Fructus Anisi Stellati photo picture image Antibacterial; Carminative; Diuretic; Odontalgic; Stimulant; Stomachic.
 Diuretic, odontalgic, stimulant.

 The fruit is carminative, stimulant and stomachic. It is used primarily to promote digestion and the appetite, and to relieve flatulence. It also makes a good additive to other medicines to improve their taste.
 The leaves and the seeds are antibacterial.
 Star Anise extract INCI Name Illicium verum Extract Anise extract.Anise Seed extract Star Anise Fruit Fructus Anisi Stellati photo picture image

 Colic,rheumatism and digestion:Star anise has been used in a tea as a remedy for colic and rheumatism, and the seeds are sometimes chewed after meals to aid digestion.

 Increasing libido:Anise contains some compounds that are estrogenic (anethole, similar to estrogen female hormone) and promotes menstruation, facilitating childbirth, increasing libido in women and oddly enough some people have reported androgenic (male hormone) effects as well. Its worth the try, after all it has a reputation for increasing the male libido.

 Get rid of Oily skin:According to the Encyclopedia of Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs (Heinerman), Anise will get rid of oily skin, improve your memory, calm a cough, produce breast milk and serve as a natural antacid in place of either Tums or Rolaids for heartburn and indigestion. Simply bring a quart (~liter) of water to a boil, add 7 teaspoons of dried Anise. Reduce heat and simmer to about one and a half pints, strain and add four teaspoons each of honey and Glycerin (used to preserve syrup tea). Take two teaspoons of this syrup every few hours to relieve hacking coughs; two tablespoons three times daily to enhance memory. As a tea, omit honey and glycerin, drink two cups once or twice daily for skin problems, lactation and stomach problems.

 Bird Flu:Shikimic acid, a primary feedstock used to create the anti-flu drug Tamiflu, is produced by most autotrophic organisms, but star anise is the industrial source. Tamiflu is regarded as the most promising drug to mitigate the severity of bird flu (H5N1); however, reports indicate that some forms of the virus have already adapted to Tamiflu.

 In 2005, there was a temporary shortage of star anise due to its use in making Tamiflu. Late in that year, a way was found of making shikimic acid artificially. A drug company named Roche now derives some of the raw material it needs from fermenting e-coli bacteria. There is no longer any shortage of star anise and it is readily available and is relatively cheap.

 Star anise is grown in four provinces in China and harvested between March and May. The shikimic acid is extracted from the seeds in a ten-stage manufacturing process which takes a year. Reports say 90% of the harvest is already used by the Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Roche in making Tamiflu, but other reports say there is an abundance of the spice in the main regions - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan.

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last edit date:2nd,June.2009.