Many medicinal herbs are not free from our homes, and we often rely on them to treat many diseases. From these herbs chamomile, peppermint, sage, flowers, anise. Here is the subject of our talk about anise, what is anise? What are its benefits?
Anise or so-called sweet bean in the Morocco or sweet cumin, a herbaceous plant where the height of the anise herb about half a meter, and the feathers are thin and polygonal and bearing circular leaves serrated, and at the ends of the legs, we find small white oval flowers. When these flowers mature, they turn into brown fruits, and anise is a leafy plant that lives for only one year.
The original habitat of the anise plant is Egypt, where archaeologists found traces of anise in the city of Taiba in the tombs of the Eastern Desert, and the Pharaonic manuscripts were not emptied of them, but said that anise was used in the treatment of many of their diseases. Today, anisees are grown in many places, including Turkey, Iran, China, Japan, India, southern Europe and the eastern states of the United States.
The benefits of anise are many and multiple, you can use the seeds of anise to get rid of the odors of the breath by boiling and use as a mouthwash. Anise also helps the body to get rid of some of the fungi that are exposed to it, and it is able to protect the body from any bacterial infections, whether bacteria or fungi or even viruses, a cure and a wonderful solution to the problems of breastfeeding in the mother, breast milk, as it improves the menstrual cycle of women and increases libido for both men and women. Anise is also a necessary solution in the case of colic, especially in children, as it lives pain and does not harm the stomach at the same time, it does not lead to gas in the body, and helps to improve digestion, it expels the body gases from the intestine by drinking it with mix ginger or cumin and pepper.
Anise plant is also an effective treatment for nausea, as it reduces the feeling of nausea and desire to vomit, which is also drinking for the treatment of the body of influenza and sinus infections, and through the volatile oil located in it. It is also used in the treatment of asthma, cough and other diseases affecting the respiratory system in the body, so as to contain the seeds on aromatic oil, which also contributes to increase the body’s secretion of sweat and increase the amount of urine as well.
Anise is also a treatment for white water in the eye, and for those who suffer from insomnia at night and inability to sleep, the best solution is to drink anise with the addition of honey and hot milk to it. In addition, anise helps kill various insects, which can be used as an insecticide such as head lice and scabies.