Large Anise (Illicium majus)

大茴芹dà huí qínDahuiqin

Illicium majus · Plant

Illicium majus
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2
Indications
1
With studies in people

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

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