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Herbs & BotanicalsStar Anise (Illicium verum): Uses, Evidence and Safety
Star anise (Illicium verum) as a spice and traditional herb: one small mouthwash trial, and why star anise tea has caused seizures in infants, partly through toxic look-alike contamination.
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Herbal Teas & ExtractsStar Anise Tea: What Research Shows About the Tea, Safety and Cautions
Star anise tea itself: why it should not be given to babies (seizures after toxic Japanese star anise contamination), what research shows, and what to check before adults drink it.
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SpicesStar anise: Flavor, Cooking Use and Health Facts
Star anise tastes of licorice, warm and slightly sweet, and flavors soups, braises and baking; it must never be given to babies as tea, and one toxic look-alike has contaminated supplies.
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Essential Oils & AromatherapyAnise and Star Anise Oil: Evidence, Safety and How It Is Used
Anise and star anise essential oils: two different plants, anethole allergy, estragole and pregnancy cautions, star anise tea poisoning in infants, and what one IBS trial found.
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Herbs & BotanicalsAnise (Aniseed) (Pimpinella anisum): Uses, Evidence and Safety
Anise or aniseed (Pimpinella anisum): traditional digestive use, thin trial evidence, EU cautions for allergy, pregnancy and children, and how it differs from toxic-risk star anise.
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SpicesAnise (aniseed): Flavor, Cooking Use and Health Facts
Anise (aniseed) is sweet with a clear licorice taste and is used in baking, sweets and drinks; research on digestion and IBS comes from small trials of anise oil, and it is not star anise.
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Herbal Teas & ExtractsAnise Tea: What Research Shows About the Tea, Safety and Cautions
Anise tea (aniseed): what the EU says about use and its 2-week limit, why it is not star anise, estragole, Apiaceae allergy, and pregnancy and children statements.
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SpicesChinese five-spice: What It Is, Flavor, Cooking Use and Health Facts
Chinese five-spice is a sweet, warm, anise-scented blend used on duck, pork and in braises; it is rarely studied as a blend, and its cassia and star anise parts carry specific cautions.
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Functional FoodsSaffron, Cloves and Other Whole Spices as Food
Saffron, cloves, nutmeg and star anise as cooking spices. What reviews found for saffron, saffron fraud, the clove oil danger, nutmeg and star anise poisonings, and spice allergy.
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