Aniseed

Imported from

• Prussia
• Germany
• Spain
• Italy
• Ireland
• Channel Islands

A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865

Aniseed oil is used as a stimulant and carminative (anti-flatulence), especially in children (combining aniseed oil and sugar and then mixing it into children's food). "The great consumption of this oil is in the preparation of horse medicines, to obviate the griping effects of strong purgative medicines." (127)

Remedies Containing or to be used with Aniseed Listed in CDM1865

• Hoffman's Ether (81): this is a substitute for Hoffman's anodyne, and is used as a narcotic to calm irritation, induce sleep. It "will sometimes succeed... when even opiates fail." Contains spirit of aniseed.
• Carminative Mixture for Infants (120):

Prescriptions Containing Aniseed as listed in CDM1865

Antacid

• Antacid Draught (327)
• Antacid Mixture (328)

Antispasmodics

• Antispasmodic Draughts for Spasms of the Stomach arising from Flatulence (338)

Astringents

• Turpentine Mixture (341)

Carminatives

• Stomach Mixture (342)
• Stomach Mixture, Another (342)

Diuretic

• Diuretic Mixture, Another (346)

Stimulants

• Stimulant Mixture, Another (354)