DESCRIPTION
Anise Oil offered is a dainty, white-flowered urnbelliferous annual that is about 18 inches high and has secondary feather-like leaflets of bright green color. The oil is distilled from the fruit part where that yields on distillation is from 2.5 to 3.5 percent of fragrant, syrupy and volatile oil in which anethol, the principal aromatic constituent is present to about 90 per cent.
COMMON NAMES
Karanja Seed Oil, Karanj Oil.
BLENDS WITH:
Rose, orange, lavender, spicy essentials, Sassafras and Carbolic oil.
CONSTITUENTS
Anethol (present to about 90 per cent), fixed oil, sugar, choline and mucilage,Anethole.
USES
Anise oil is used in treatment of bronchitis, coughs, colds, flatulence, muscle aches, flu and rheumatism. It is also a good antiseptic and used, mixed with oil of Peppermint or Gaultheria (Wintergreen) to flavour aromatic liquids. Further, oil of Anise is also used also against insects especially when mixed with Sassafras and Carbolic oil.
These Oils are awesome. I have received surplus compliments from my guests who have fed themselves on the edibles......Steve Johnson - England
