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Aniseed Essential Oil, 10ml
Aniseed (or anise) is a herb that is widely used as a domestic spice. The essential oil provides the basis for its medicinal applications: dry irritable coughs, bronchitis & whooping cough. It can help with digestive disorders such as colic, cramp & indigestion. Aniseed oil can be useful in the treatment of muscular aches & pains, rheumatism and even hangovers.
Uses & benefits
- Can be used effectively as a fragrance component in soaps, toothpaste, and detergents.
- Added to a carrier oil it can be useful as a massage treatment for muscular aches and pains; and even rheumatism.
- Expectorant: It loosens phlegm deposited in the lungs and respiratory tracts and gives relief from coughing, difficulty with breathing, asthma, bronchitis, congestion and other respiratory disorders.
- Insecticide: It is toxic to insects and smaller animals, therefore its smell keeps insects away. For this reason, this oil can be employed to drive away insects by using it in fumigants, vaporisers, and sprays. (be careful near small pets)
- Sedative: Due to its tranquilising effect, it is used as a sedative for stress, nervous afflictions, as well as insomnia