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Aniseed Essential Oil 10ml
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£2.13
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Aniseed Pure Essential Oil In a 10ml Amber
Glass Dropper Bottle
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Origin:
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Extraction
Process |
Perfume
Note |
| Pimpinella anisum |
China |
Steam distillation |
MIDDLE |
| Extraction
Description |
Scent
Description |
| Essential Oil by steam
distillation from the seeds. |
Sweet clean odour.
Liquorice type aroma. |
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| General
Description |
| Aniseed Essential oil.
Added to perfumes for a rich, sweet fragrance. Muscle ease, use diluted as a
rub for digestive upsets. |
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| Historical
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. |
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| Properties |
| Antiseptic,
antispasmodic, carminative, diuretic, expectorant, galactagogue, stimulant,
stomachic. |
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| Safety |
| DILUTE TO 5% OR LESS
IN A CARRIER OIL BEFORE SKIN APPLICATION. KEEP OUT OF EYES. DO NOT SWALLOW.
USE IN MODERATION. AVOID DURING PREGNANCY. |
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 |
| Essential Oil by steam
distillation from the seeds. |
Sweet clean odour.
Liquorice type aroma. |
|
|
| General
Description |
| Aniseed Essential oil.
Added to perfumes for a rich, sweet fragrance. Muscle ease, use diluted as a
rub for digestive upsets. |
|
| Historical
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. |
|
| Safety |
| DILUTE TO 5% OR LESS
IN A CARRIER OIL BEFORE SKIN APPLICATION. KEEP OUT OF EYES. DO NOT SWALLOW.
USE IN MODERATION. AVOID DURING PREGNANCY. |
What other people think
'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' - excerpt taken from Aromatherapy an A - Z
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