Anise Hyssop

Other Names : Blue giant hyssop, Agastache anethiodora, Anise hyssop, blue giant hyssop, Fragrant giant hyssop, Lavender giant Hyssop (See also : Agastache Mexicana)

Health Benefits and Uses of Agastache foeniculum

• In folk herbal medicine, anise hyssop tea has been employed to facilitate the digestive process.
• The Native Americans also used anise hyssop as a medication to cure wounds, fevers, diarrhea and cough. * The delicately, anise-aromatic leaves are employed in the form of a seasoning, a tea as well as in potpourri.
• Bees have a preference for the purple hued flower spike of this plant and they prepare a light scented honey from the nectar collected from anise hyssop flowers.
• The leaves of anise hyssop are cardiac (good for the heart) as well as diaphoretic (induces perspiration).
• An infusion prepared from anise hyssop leaves is used to cure colds, feeble heart and other health conditions. When the infusion is used in its cold form, it is effective in relieving pains in the chest, for instance, when the lungs are throbbing owing to excessive coughing.
• A poultice prepared with the leaves and stems of anise hyssop may be used to heal burn injuries.
• Put fresh or dried anise hyssop leaves in a square of cheesecloth and hang from the tub faucet, letting the water flow over the herbs. The scent from the hyssop will help calm frazzled nerves.
• Traditionally it was also used for pain relief, so soak those sore muscles in an anise hyssop bath.
• Anise hyssop is also supposed to stop nightmares.
• The anise hyssop leaves and flowers make a delicious black licorice flavored tea that also has some medicinal benefits. Anise hyssop can helps expel mucus making it ideal for treating colds.