Cautions
Limited safety data; potentially contains neurotoxins similar to other Illicium species; avoid internal use.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Large Anise for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Abdominal PainInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Large Anise does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Illicium majus and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Antimicrobial1 records
- Benefit Digestive0 records
- Benefit Respiratory0 records
- Abdominal Pain0 records
- Inflammation Syndrome2 records, 1 in people
