Aniseed
Aniseed is a medicinal herbal plant in the first class. It is well known for its coastal areas and its cultivation spread all over the world. Its roots are thin, and its flowers are small white oval and gray seeds are the part used. Anise contains volatile oils, proteins, vitamins, fibers and starch, and contains many minerals, such as iron, calcium, zinc, potassium, magnesium and manganese.
Anise is famous in ancient medicine; Hippocrates was advised to rid the respiratory system of mucous substances, as advised by Ibn Sina and Dawood al-Antoki. The benefits of aniseed health are many, and is used in cooking and sweets because of its flavor, and is used as an insecticide and killer of head lice, but excessive eating causes some damage, especially for infants.
General anise and infant damage
- Anise may cause damage to a person who has breast cancer and increase its symptoms.
- Causes some skin problems such as blisters and swelling.
- It contains an antithelial substance that causes poisoning in the nervous system and may lead to insomnia. Therefore, it is recommended not to increase the daily amount given to the infant by half a spoon.
Benefits of anise
- Treatment for insomnia: so drink it before sleeping for people with difficulty sleeping.
- Neurosurgery: It eliminates convulsions due to its sedative effect.
- Breastfeeding: A medical vehicle similar in chemistry to the hormone estrogen, which urges the secretion of milk in the breast, so recommend breastfeeding mother to drink a cup three times a day.
- Regulator of the menstrual cycle: In case of delay can drink anise to return to normal, in addition to it reduces the pain of menstruation and facilitate the process of delivery.
- An appetite suppressant and a regulator for digestion.
- Antibacterial and bactericidal bacteria and viruses.
- Treatment of bowel disorders, gastric and stomach distension.
- Cure for colds, coughs, asthma, rhinitis, sinusitis, throat and pharynx.
- A general neurotoxic and relieving headache pain.
- A cataract and white water in the eye.
- Reduces the high sugar level.
- Molecular strength for manganese metal.
- Assistant in slimming.
- The hair is nourished and nourished to its placenta: by boiling a quantity of it and rubbing the scalp with it, leaving it for a quarter of an hour, then washing the hair, and increasing its brightness.
- Anti-rheumatism, arthritis and tonic for circulation.
How to use anise
Add a tablespoon of its seeds to two cups of hot water and boil for five minutes and then drink, and can add fennel to him as well as cumin; meeting these three herbs together gives a strong effect and quick results, . We note here that boiling anise for a long time loses its aromatic oils and some of its useful properties, so it should not prolong the duration of boiling on fire.