4oi 
w 
9 
t 
(« 
the Maltefe and Alicant Anife 
not fo green 
as th 
French 
»» 
d the 
dift 
ifhed from thofe of France and G 
is moll efteemed, though 
panifh Anifeeds are eafily 
ma 
i 
Her. 
■ \ 
many 
> 
by b 
mu 
ch 
Anifeeds have an aromatic fmell, and a pleafant warm tafte 
panied with a confiderable degree of fweetnefs 
« 
3 
accom- 
„ th 
filtered tinclur 
rectified 
has 
They totally give 
The fpirit, diftilled off from 
£fc 
a 
ght tafte of the feeds, but leaves far the 
greater!: part of their virtue behind in the cxtrad.— Infufed in water 
they impart a little of their fmell, but fcarcely any tafte : in diftillatior 
they 
arifes an effe 
three pounds 
the whole of their f] 
a 
>> 
oil, to th 
quantity 
Along with 
an ounce or more fi 
u 
This oil, in colour yellowifh, congeals, even when the 
fenfibly cold, into a butyraceous white concrete. Its fmell, wh 
s not 
fufi 
dly refembles that of the Anifeeds, is extremely durable and dif- 
tafte is milder and lefs 
Other diftilled vegetabl 
pung 
than that of almoft 
u 
colour, 
Thefe feeds yield an oil likewife upon cxpreflion, of a greenifli 
tafte grateful, and ftrongly impregnated with the flav 
of the feeds : fixteen ounces, lightly moiftened by expofure to the 
fleam of boiling water, are faid to afford one ounce. This oil is 
compofed of a grofs infip^d, inodorous one, of the fame nature with 
~ and a part of the effential oil of the £eQd t 
»> a. 
among the four g 
the common exprefled 
on which the flavour depends 
The feeds of Anife, which are ranked 
hot feeds, have been long medicinally employed by phyfi 
aromatic and carminative, in preference to thofe of moft of the other 
umbelliferous 
monary compl 
as an 
and 
they have alfo been efteemed ufeful in pul 
poflefs 
like thofe of fennel, a power of 
promoting the fecretion of milk. Their chief ufe however is in flatu 
lencies, and in the gripes, to which children are more efpecially liable 
and 
they 
V, 
ufefully combined with fuch purg 
as are apt 
produce thefe effe&s. Weaknefs of the ftomach. diarrhoeas, and lofs 
of tone in the primae 
> 
likewife complaints ia which Anifeeds 
No. 
37 
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Are 
