Even nowadays many mothers prefer aniseed water sweetened with a piece of palm candy to administering ready-made gripe mixtures for their infants. Hakeem Hashmi advises that aniseed should not be boiled too long, since it will loss its essential oil. Avoid over boiling so that its digestive properties are retained. Aniseed is considered one of the best herbs in medicine for its properties to relieve flatulence and to remove catarrhal matter and phlegm from the bronchial tube. Aniseed induces copious perspiration and increases the volume and discharge of urine.
Aniseed is a very beneficial medicine for expelling wind from the stomach.
It can also be taken, in combination with other digestive like ginger, cumin and pepper, in the form of infusion. Aniseed is considered beneficial in the treatment of asthma due To its expectorant properties. Ground aniseed paste is applied over the scalp as an insecticide against lice. It also has fungicidal properties. Aniseeds are used to flavour curries, sweets, cakes, cookies and biscuits, aniseeds oil is used in medicine as an aromatic carminative to relieve flatulence.