Anise Oil, Shelf Life : 24 Months

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.