Anise Seeds
Ingredients: 100% Organic Anise seeds.
Botanical Name: Pimpinella anisum.
Serving Size: 1.5 tsp (4 g), twice daily, for every 1,000 lbs of body weight
Energetics: Warming & drying.
What is Anise?
Anise belongs to the Apiaceae plant family. This annual, grassy herb boasts beautiful white flowers and is primarily grown for its fruits (seeds) which are harvested in late summer.
Historical Use of Anise
Anise is one of the oldest medicinal plants on record. Evidence of anise cultivation goes back as far as 4,000 years in ancient Egypt and it later gained popularity across Europe, eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, and Greece.
Many Benefits of Anise
Anise seeds are famous for rapidly providing digestive relief. They contain up to 5% essential oils and are excellent for reducing gas, soothing general pain and gastrointestinal spasms, as well as, providing many other nutritional benefits. Anise is trusted to help relieve stomachaches, cramping, colic, nausea, gas, respiratory problems, painful periods and more. Anise seeds are also hepatorestorative (restores the liver) and can stimulate liver tissue regeneration!
Horses Love Anise
With a taste similar to licorice, anise seeds tend to be very palatable to horses. They can also be supportive during colic and help prevent colic.
Benefit Highlights:
- Supports healthy digestion / healthy gut flora
- Prebiotic (nourishes beneficial gut bacteria)
- Prevents growth of bad bacteria & fungus
- Increases bile production (bile lubricates the colon)
- Relieves bloating & upset stomach
- Anti-Gas
- Anti-Nausea
- Anti-Colic
- Anti-Ulcer
- Supports Balanced Blood Sugar
- Anethole content
- Supports Balanced Hormones
- Antimicrobial
- Antibacterial properties
- Antiviral properties
- Antifungal properties
- Rich in antioxidants
- Astringent / Cleansing properties
- Supports a positive mood
- Galactagogue (promotes lactation for nursing mares*)
- Antispasmodic
- Supports pain management
- Analgesic properties
- Supports respiratory function
- Anticatarrhal / Mucolytic agent (thins mucus & expels from lungs)
- Used to treat asthma, bronchitis & dry cough
- Supports healthy skin & bones
- Helps prevent anemia
- Anti-cancer properties
- Support a Normal Inflammatory Response
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Storage: Please store in a cool, dry place.
Warning: Anise is a traditional abortifacient when used in medicinal doses; avoid use during pregnancy.