Anise Plant Most Effective Herbal Plant To Boost Health
The Anise or Aniseed plant is native to Egypt, Crete and Western Asia but is widely cultivated, e.g. in Central Europe and North Africa. The spice, derived from the seeds has been used for thousands of years and has a distinctive flavour resembling liquorice. Both seeds and fruit are used in herbal medicine.
It contains active, volatile substances that impart a distinctive flavour to foods.
Health benefits
It may relive indigestion and wind. Helps to relive high blood pressure. Anise is used in herbal medicine to treat digestive complaints, coughs, chest infections, catarrh, bad breath and epilepsy.
Anise seeds are consumed after meals to help in the process of digestion. If crushed and added to tea, not only does it enhance the flavor, but also works as a digestive and helps relieve the problem of flatulence.
It is used as a spice to flavour cakes, biscuits and some savoury dishes. Anise is used commercially to flavour sweets, drinks (e.g. Greek ouzo), toothpaste, breath sweeteners, air freshners, etc.
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