Anise
Botanical Name: Pimpinella anisum
Common Names and Synonyms: Aniseed
Background: Anise, native to Egypt, has been cultivated
for centuries throughout Europe and north Africa as a seasoning and medicinal
agent to treat colds and coughs. The tiny gray-brown licorice-flavored
seeds produce an oil which, when applied to the scalp, helps control lice.
Anise oil in an ointment base can be used to treat scabies. A tea
sipped before meals from an infusion of crushed anise seed with equal parts
of Fennel and Caraway seeds eases flatulence and colic. Liquors
such as Pernod, Ouzo, and Anisette are flavored with anise.
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Anise in the Cayce Readings
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Anise was mentioned in 1 reading (274-11 given in 1936) as an ingredient
in Fletcher's Castoria. As described in this reading, the intended
action of anise was to decrease infection and purify the system.
Cayce Quote on Anise
274-11
It would be well that the bowels be kept excessive
in their movements; through using - as WE find - a mild laxative, such
as may be had in the combination known as Fletcher's Castoria. Two
teaspoonsful may be taken at a dose. This will tend to allay fever
and to make for a clearing of the system. Also the properties in
same - the Senna, of course, being the active principle, with the Pumpkin
Seed, the Anise, the Thyme and the other properties - will tend to
LESSEN the activity of the infectious forces, and cause a purification.
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