4 oz - ZIN: 510703 - Anise Seed (Pimpinella anisum) can be used to help support flatulence, indigestion, infant colic, hiccough, coughs and bronchial catarrh. The stimulant and carminative properties of Anise make it useful in flatulency and colic. It can be used as an ingredient of cathartic and aperient pills, to help support flatulence and diminish the griping of purgative products, and may be given with perfect safety in convulsions. Carminative and pectoral. Anise enjoys considerable reputation as a in coughs and pectoral affections. In hard, dry coughs where expectoration is difficult, it is of much value. It is greatly used in the form of lozenges and the seeds have also been used for smoking, to promote expectoration.