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Plant Therapy Star Anise Essential Oil

$10.99

10 ml (1/3 fluid ounce)

Support your transition to menopause, ease aching muscles, boost your immune system, and wipe away worry with Star Anise Essential Oil.

  • Boosts the immune system*
  • Antioxidants help fight damage to skin cells and reduce signs of aging*
  • Aroma is stress-relieving*
  • Supports restful sleep*
  • Supports women during the transition through menopause*

Plant Therapy Star Anise Essential Oil

This beautiful spice, shaped like gold brown stars, is instantly recognizable by its warm, sweet licorice scent. Star anise comes from a type of evergreen tree navies to Vietnam and China. Unsurprisingly, star anise has a long history in Chinese medicine, with its use dating back more than 3,000 years. It has been used to promote sleep, ease joint pain, relieve aching muscles, and improve digestion.

Star anise essential oil is pressed from the sun-dried seeds of the star anise fruit. While is has many uses, Star Anise Essential Oil is most popular for use in diffusers, vaporizers, and in essential oil blends. Who wouldn’t love that warm, licorice scent?


  • Botanical Name: Pimpinella anisum


  • Aromatic Scent: Aniseed (Anise) Essential Oil has a spicy-sweet characteristic licorice scent


  • Strength of Aroma: Strong


  • Country of Origin: India


  • Extraction Method: Steam Distilled


  • Plant Part: Leaves


  • Kid Safe: No


Its aromatherapeutic use centers around its grounding, calming aroma. It helps to relieve stress and anxiety, easing tense muscles and helps to promote sleep.* (Star Anise essential oil should not be used in conjunction with sedatives, including drugs that are a member of the benzodiazepine family.)

This spicy essential oil also triggers synapses in the brain related to memory. If you need to increase your retention and combat mental fatigue, diffuse some Star Anise Essential Oil!*

Star Anise essential oil is believed to be helpful during a woman’s normal transition to menopause. It helps ease the sudden heat and sweating which often is present during this trying time in women’s lives.*

Topically, Star Anise Essential Oil has been shown to help relieve muscle and joint pain. It supports blood flow to the sore area, encouraging your body to naturally reduce pain signals and inflammation. It can also be used to relieve cramping and discomfort associated with PMS.*

In the home, Star Anise Essential Oil does an excellent job of naturally repelling insects. Either diffuse the oil in your home for a general bug repellent, or add it to a mister with water and spray your door frames, windows, and other points of entry. You can also create your own bug spray by adding Star Anise Essential Oil to a carrier oil and applying it to exposed skin. Mosquitoes will leave you alone to find someone else less ‘smelly’.

Star Anise Essential Oil Blends Well With:

  • Cedarwood

  • Dill Weed

  • Fennel

  • Lemon

  • Peppermint

Suggested Use: Use in diffusers, personal inhalers, or topically. 
Quick Essential Oil Recipe for a Pick-Me-Up:

Diffuse 3 drops Aniseed, 2 drops Lemon and 1 drop Peppermint. You can use this same blend of oils in two teaspoons of carrier oil applied to the chest or abdomen. (This essential oil blend is also helpful with calming occasional digestive upset or a queasy stomach.)

Cautions: Star Anise Essential Oil is estrogenic and therefore should not be used when pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you suffer from endometriosis or estrogen-sensitive cancers. Star Anise Essential Oil should not be used by those with chronic health conditions unless approved by their physician. This essential oil is not child safe. Do not use near children under 5 years of age. Do not use undiluted on the skin.

Please Be Advised: The International Federation of Aromatherapists does not recommend that Essential Oils be taken internally unless under the supervision of a Medical Doctor who is also qualified in clinical Aromatherapy. All cautions listed for individual oils do not include those cautions from ingestion.

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Ingredients: Star Anise (Aniseed) Essential Oil 
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