Steinmetz:Illicium

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Illicium verum

Also known as (or relevant to) Illicium verum Illicium parviflorum Anisa stellata Family Magnoliaceae English Names Sar-Anise Natural Habitat Cochin-China South-Western China Japan Philippines The species Illicium parviflorum is a native of Western Florida and other parts of South-Eastern U. S. A. Part(s) Used Fructus Anisi stellati = Semen Badianae Oleum Anisi stellati

Constituent(s) fruit: essential oil (mainly consisting of anethol) fixed fatty oil acids saponin sugar mucilage starch bitter principle; seed: fixed fatty oil Action stimulant stomachic carminative expectorant diuretic anodyne aromatic; used in making liqueurs. The fruit of the Japanese variety (Illicium religiosum = Illicium anisatum) is poisonous. It is not collected and the Chinese drug alone is in use even in Japan; its taste is sharp and resembles that of turpentine