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Star Anise 

Description: staranis   Description: star ansi

BOTANICAL NAME:

  • Illium verum hook

FAMILY:

  • Magnoliaceae

SYNONYM(S):

  • Nill

URDU NAME:

  • Badian-e-khatai

REGIONAL NAME:

  • Persian: Badian-e-Khatai
  • Pashto: Badian-e-Khatai
  • Sindhi: Vadaf
  • Arabic: Badian-e-Khatai, Khatai
  • Hindi: Anasphul

UNANI/TIBBI NAME:

  • Badian-e-khatai

ENGLISH NAME:

  • Star anise, Chinese anise, Badiana, Anisa Stellata

HABITAT:

  • North West frontier province

DESCRIPTION:

  • An evergreen tree 3-5m high
  • Leaves entire
  • Flowers yellow or purple in colour, bisexual, 9-petalled or more with about six sepals
  • Fruit star shaped dark brown in colour with eight boat shaped carpals
  • Seeds oval shining blackish-brownie, hard

PART USED:

  • Fruit

TASTE:

  • Sweet and aromatic

TEMPERAMENT:

  • Hot 2°, dry 2°

PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE:

  • Cultivated on the hill slopes

PROCEDURE & TIME OF COLLECTION:

  • Ripe, dry fruit is collected

CONSTITUENTS:

  • Essential oil
  • Resin
  • Tannins
  • Anise acid
  • Trans-anethol
  • Estragole
  • Phellandrene
  • Alpha terpineol
  • Hydroquinone

SUBSTITUTES:

  • Javitri/Mace (Myristica Fragrance)

ACTIONS AND USES IN UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE:

Pharmacological action:

  • Carminative
  • Stomachic
  • Antiseptic
  • Expectorant
  • Stimulant
  • Diuretic
  • Anodyne
  • Lactagogue

Therapeutic uses:

  • Relives flatulence & colic
  • Also used as an adjuvant to cough mixture as expectorant.
  • For cholecystitis
  • Colic
  • Constipation
  • Dyspepsia
  • Hernia
  • Insomnia
  • Lumbago
  • Rheumatism
  • Toothache

DOSES:

  • 3-5 g

CORRECTIVES:

  • Badian/Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)

IMPORTANT UNANI FORMULATIONS:

  • Arq Maul Laham
  • Ambari Banuskha Kalan

ASTROLOGY:

  • Jupiter

 
By Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences