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Anise Star Oil
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ANISE STAR OIL
(ILLICIUM VERUM)
Ingredient Origin - CHINA Ingredient Type - ESSENTIAL OIL Extraction Method - STEAM DISTILLED
Description: A small to medium evergreen tree of the magnolia family, reaching up to 8m (26ft). The leaves are lanceolate and the axillary flowers are yellow. The fruits are harvested before they ripen, then sun dried. It is, as the name suggests, star shaped, radiating between five and ten pointed boat-shaped sections, about eight on average. These hard sections are seedpods. Tough skinned and rust colored, they measure up to 3cm (1-1/4”) long. The fruit is picked before it can ripen, and dried.
Aromatic Scent: Anise Star has a powerful and licorice-like scent.
Common Uses: Anise Star Essential Oil has carminative, stomachic, stimulant and diuretic properties. In the East it is used to combat colic and rheumatism.
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