SC - Anise seeds -some toxic, some not!!!

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/24/00 9:48:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, DeeWolff at aol.com 
writes:

<< I. anisatum, bitter and 
 toxic, sometimes called instead I.religiosum because it plays a role in 
 sacred ceremonies in China and Japan. It is used in the latter to drug  the 
 desperate into relative insensibility  >>

Interesting. Commercial source in the USA, please?

Ras
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