Aniseed oil is primarily extracted from seeds of herbaceous anise plant/Pimpinella anisum. It has a strong and sharp licorice-like aroma and is widely acknowledged by the name of sweet cumin. Aniseed oil blends easily with all other essential oils and come handy in the handling of muscular aches and pains, headaches, respiratory disorders, rheumatism, pertussis (whooping cough), spasms/cramps, acute abdominal pain/colic, flatulence/state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal, catarrh, stomach upset and hangovers/katzenjammer.