Last week someone on this list was asking about an herb called "Bodian" used
by a family (from Afghanistan) that they were supporting. I had not heard of
it myself and no Latin  name was provided but I asked some fellow herbalist
friends what they knew and here is one reply I got:

 

 

"Don't know about Afghanistan but in Russian herbal medicine Bad'yan
(??????) is a synonym of the True star anise (Illicium verum).  In many
instances names of the herbs came with the herbs themselves.  Star anise was
mostly imported into Russia from the countries south of it's border (as
Afghanistan, Iran etc). the following link can be helpfull:

http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Illi_ver.html#orig

 

Based on that info, it seems the herb could potentially be something like
fennel or anise, etc which would indeed be herbs useful for digestive
issues/colic/gas, etc.

 

Just wanted to share with the original poster of this thread.

 

Melissa Cole

 


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