Alias star anise, spiced star anise, star anise and fennel.
Economic plants. A member of Illicium of the subclass Dicotyledonous Magnolia. Native to Southeast Asia and America, mainly produced in China, Guangxi, Yunnan, southern Fujian and western Guangdong. Trees, leathery or thick leathery leaves, obovate-elliptic or oblanceolate, dark green leaves with luster, and small oil spots can be seen under sunlight perspective. Flowers pink or crimson, with inconspicuous translucent glandular spots. Aggregate fruit is mostly octagonal. It is rarely five-sided or six-sided. Kelp is full and straight, the apex is obtuse or obtuse, and the seeds are brown and shiny. Fruits are spices, and leaves and fruits can be steamed with aromatic oil, which is called star anise oil. It is used for making liqueur, beer and other food industries, and is also the spice of toothpaste, soap, perfume and cosmetics. It is also the raw material for synthesizing estrogen diethylstilbestrol. It is also used to mine crystal mines. China's star anise exports account for more than 80% of the world market. Illicium verum is reddish-brown, with straight texture, fine structure, light weight and insect resistance. It is used for furniture, boxes, toys and joinery. Except for the cultivation of Illicium verum, other wild fruits are highly toxic and can be fatal if misused.
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Habitat distribution: Born in subtropical humid and warm valleys. Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other provinces.
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An evergreen arbor plant of Illicium in Magnoliaceae, with a height of10-15m. Bark gray to reddish brown. Branches are dense and extend horizontally. Simple leaves alternate, leathery, obovate to oblanceolate, 5- 1 1 cm long and 1.5-4 cm wide. Spring flowers are solitary in leaf axils, pink to crimson. Aggregate fruit radioactive star, 3.5cm in diameter, reddish brown; The top of the capsule is in the shape of a blunt beak, and each capsule contains a seed. The seeds are oblate, reddish brown or grayish brown, shiny and sweet. If the fruit is star-shaped, it is named. Alias star anise, star anise and August pearl. Leaves alternate or spirally arranged, leathery, acute or acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, entire, dark green above, bright and hairless, with transparent oil spots, light green below and sparse hair. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, pedicellated; Sepals 3, yellow-green; Petals 6 ~ 9, pale red to crimson, broadly ovoid or oblong; The flowering period is spring and autumn, and the fruiting period is from autumn to the following spring. Aggregate fruit has a star shape. Seeds oblate, about 6 mm long, reddish brown or yellowish brown, shiny. Growing in wet and loose mountainous areas. Produced in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.
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The fruit of Illicium verum can be used as medicine. Contains volatile oil, fatty oil, protein, resin, etc. The oil contains anethole, safrole, anisaldehyde, anisyl acetone, phellandrene, etc. It is warm in nature and pungent in taste. Has the effects of warming yang, dispelling cold, regulating qi and relieving pain. Can be used for treating cold vomiting, cold hernia, abdominal pain, lumbago due to kidney deficiency, wet and dry beriberi, etc.
Fruits and seeds can be used as condiments and medicines. It has strong fragrance, and has the effects of expelling worms, warming middle warmer, regulating qi, invigorating stomach, stopping vomiting, dispelling cold and calming the nerves. Illicium verum can be used not only as seasoning, but also as raw material for perfume, toothpaste, soap and cosmetics. In industry, it can also be used as a repellent and stimulant in medicine. Contains volatile oil, fatty oil, protein, resin, etc. The oil contains anethole, safrole, anisaldehyde, anisyl acetone, phellandrene, etc. It is warm in nature and pungent in taste. Has the effects of warming yang, dispelling cold, regulating qi and relieving pain. Can be used for treating cold vomiting, cold hernia, abdominal pain, lumbago due to kidney deficiency, wet and dry beriberi, etc.
China's star anise exports account for more than 80% of the world market. Illicium verum is reddish-brown, with flat texture, fine structure, light weight and insect resistance. It is used for furniture, boxes, toys and joinery.
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Alias of raw materials: star anise and fennel.
Classification of raw materials: condiment
Edible tip: 3 ~ 5g per meal.
Recommended dishes: braised soup with medicine to make fried mutton slices, crispy fat duck to stir-fry spicy beef to stir-fry soft crispy beef almond radish pork lung soup Beijing homemade crispy duck stewed mutton with crispy duck.
Introduction of raw materials
Illicium verum is the fruit of Illicium verum, which is often used as seasoning. Star anise is also called fennel, because it can remove the odor from meat and add flavor to meat. Illicium verum is a specialty of China, which is abundant in Guangdong and Guangxi. The color is purple-brown, octagonal and star-shaped, with sweet taste and rich aroma, which comes from volatile anisaldehyde.
Star anise is an indispensable condiment for making cold dishes, stews and stews. Its function is not as good as other spices, and it is also the main raw material for processing spiced powder.
Nutritional analysis
1. The main component of Illicium verum L. is fennel oil, which can stimulate gastrointestinal nerves and blood vessels, promote the secretion of digestive juice, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, strengthen the stomach and promote qi circulation, and help relieve spasm and pain;
2. Aniline can promote the maturation of bone marrow cells and release them into peripheral blood, and has obvious effect of increasing white blood cells, mainly neutrophils, which can be used for leukopenia.
Related population
The general population can eat it.
1. Suitable for people with spasmodic pain and leukopenia;
2. Not suitable for people with yin deficiency and excessive fire.
Grams of food stage
Psoralea hates licorice and avoids blood.
manufacture order
1. star anise is widely used in cooking. Mainly used in cooking processes such as boiling, frying, marinating, sauce and baking. Often added to the dishes for making beef and rabbit meat, it can remove fishy smell, enhance fragrance, adjust taste and increase appetite.
2. When stewing meat, put star anise into the pot, and its fragrance can be fully hydrolyzed and dissolved into the meat, making the meat taste more mellow;
3. When cooking soup cabbage, you can add salt and star anise to the cabbage, and finally put some sesame oil, so that the dish made has a strong leek flavor;
4. When pickling eggs, duck eggs, Chinese toon and coriander, adding star anise will have a unique flavor.
food therapy
Illicium verum has the effects of warming yang and dispelling cold, regulating qi and relieving pain.
Other related
Psoralea corylifolia is a transliteration of Sanskrit, so the words used are different.
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The fruit contains volatile oil, and the main components are anethole, anisaldehyde and anisyl acetone.
1. The main component of Illicium verum L. is fennel oil, which can stimulate gastrointestinal nerves and blood vessels, promote the secretion of digestive juice, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, strengthen the stomach and promote qi circulation, and help relieve spasm and pain;
2. Aniline can promote the maturation of bone marrow cells and release them into peripheral blood, and has obvious effect of increasing white blood cells, mainly neutrophils, which can be used for leukopenia.
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The general population can eat it.
1. Suitable for people with spasmodic pain and leukopenia;
2. Not suitable for people with yin deficiency and excessive fire.
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1. star anise is widely used in cooking. Mainly used in cooking processes such as boiling, frying, marinating, sauce and baking. Often added to the dishes for making beef and rabbit meat, it can remove fishy smell, enhance fragrance, adjust taste and increase appetite.
2. When stewing meat, put star anise into the pot, and its fragrance can be fully hydrolyzed and dissolved into the meat, making the meat taste more mellow;
3. When cooking soup cabbage, you can add salt and star anise to the cabbage, and finally put some sesame oil, so that the dish made has a strong leek flavor;
4. When pickling eggs, duck eggs, Chinese toon and coriander, adding star anise will have a unique flavor.
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Illicium verum has the effects of warming yang and dispelling cold, regulating qi and relieving pain.
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Eating more star anise may hurt your eyes and cause sores.
The fruit produced by the first flowering every year is called "Spring Illicium verum", and the fruit produced by the second flowering is called "Autumn Illicium verum". Illicium verum is plump, with red skin, rich fragrance and good quality.