Native to Egypt, Greece, Crete and Western Asia, its cultivation later spread to Central Europe and North Africa.
the seeds and oil.
Is is very useful against coughs and chest infections and is frequantly made into lozenges. Aniseed tea is good for catarrh in children and aids digestion in adults. Anise seed is often an ingredient of pills used to relieve flatulence and lessen the griping caused by purgative herbs.
Essense, essential oil, tincture, powedered seeds, tea and pills.