PARTS USED: LEAVES, SHOOTS, SEEDS, FRUITS
Usi e proprietà: Insalate, minestre, pasta, pesce bollito e alla griglia, salse, ripieni, pizze, arrosti e bistecche. Nelle marinate di carne in genere.
The seeds flavour bread, buns, cakes, boiled chestnuts and snail fillings.
Parts used in phytotherapeutic preparations:
frutti (impropriamente detti “semi”)
Dominant active principles:
essential oil (trans-anethole, phencone, estragole, alpha-fellandrene, alpha-pinene, limonene, etc.)
flavonoids
grease oil
organic acids
proteins
Tropism towards organs and systems:
digestive system, respiratory system, mucous membranes, neurovegetative system
Properties:
stimulant-aromatic
antiseptic
antispasmodic
mucolytic
mildly diuretic
galactogogue
vulneraria
Beneficial activities on the organism:
alleviates intestinal spasms and meteorism
improves digestion and peristalsis
promotes physiological intestinal flora
antiseptic action
mucolytic and expectorant action
improves the secretion of breast milk
modulating action (tonic or sedative, as appropriate) on the nervous system
Undesirable effects associated with high dosages:
excessive doses of essential oil can cause convulsions, allergies, laryngospasm
Use as a curative remedy (main pharmaceutical forms, consult an expert for dosages):
Infusion, decoction
Essential Oil
Powder
Dry Extract
Mother Tincture