We grow ordinary anise in the garden

Anise ordinary is an annual herb that grows up to fifty centimeters in height. The root is in the form of a rod, thin in thickness, has a white color, erect, has small grooves on it, slightly branched at the top. Anise leaves are vaginal, which grow at the root, then they are long-petiolate, whole and round in shape or in the form of a kidney. Next are the stem leaves, they are trifoliate. And apical, they are almost sessile, there are 3 or 5 separate with linear lobules. The leaf sheath is narrow. Anise blooms in color with white flowers, they are small in size, located in umbrellas without any wrappers. Anise fruit is an ovoid or pear-shaped achene, it is green-gray in color. Anise usually blooms in mid-summer and bears fruit in autumn, preferably September.

Anise came to us from Egypt and is grown in southern Europe. In Russia, this culture appeared at the beginning of the 19th century.

What is needed to grow anise

In order to grow anise, he needs to pick up loamy and sandy black soil, which is very rich in humus. He is usually given clean fields after winter crops, legumes and row crops. The people use the fruits of this plant. In small areas, anise is harvested, harvested by manually cutting each umbrella on which the fruits are brown. If anise is harvested from a large area, it is usually produced using the technique around the month of July, after about half of the fruit has ripened. Plants that were cut must be tied in sheaves and put in heaps with roots to the ground for further ripening and drying in good clear weather in the fields, if the weather is rainy and cloudy, then the sheaves are removed to special dryers. Then dry sheaves are taken and threshed, and the fruits begin to be cleaned of various impurities that have fallen from the side on winners and sieves. Ripe anise fruits are usually stored in boxes.

In Bulgaria, scientists have found that if the fruits of anise of milk and waxy maturity are stored for a long time, then the content of anethole in its fruits will change little. It is the fruits of milk and waxy maturity that are taken because they are the least crushed.

The use of anise in medicine

The fruits of this plant, as well as its oils, this fatty and essential oil, are used for medical purposes, as well as in other sectors of the national economy.

Anise essential oil is a mild expectorant that enhances the function of the digestive system and mammary glands, in addition to all this, it also has an antiseptic effect.

Essential oil is also included in ammonia-anise drops; it is used as an expectorant for children with bronchitis. Anise oil is used for cataracts of the respiratory tract, bronchostasis, and is also an integral part of opium-benzoic tincture and breast elixir.

You also need to know that the fruits of anise are used as a tincture and decoction for the gastrointestinal tract and as an expectorant. Anise fruits are included in the fees that are used in the treatment of hepatitis, gallstones and kidney stones. The people also use it as a diaphoretic for female diseases. The roots of anise also go into use, they treat neuroses and skin diseases. For the treatment of burns, a mixture of anise fruits and egg white is used.

The use of anise in food

Anise is also very common in cooking, it has a very pleasant and delicate aroma due to the content of essential oils.

For consumption, a person usually uses the leaves and fruits of anise. Fresh leaves are used in the preparation of salads, vinaigrettes and various side dishes. The fruits and essential oil that is obtained from it is used for addition in baking bakery products and confectionery production. Also, the fruits of anise are used to make sauces, kvass, stew, fish, and even when pickling cabbage, pickling cucumbers and tomatoes. Anise oil is also used in alcoholic beverage production.

With its spicy properties, anise is used to combat unpleasant odors. They also imitate natural Provencal oil by pouring ordinary sunflower oil and adding anise to it.