Chamomile A Natural Remedy
Chamomile a natural remedy with many benefits. Chamomile has been used for centuries for its medicinal properties. But it can also be useful for solving our little everyday problems.
Chamomile is a plant with multiple benefits. You can use it as an infusion, ointment, lotion, inhalation or compress. Appreciated for its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and healing properties, it will revolutionize your daily life.
How to recognize chamomile?
The benefits of chamomile have been widely known for millennia. The Egyptians used it for several purposes and are said to have embalmed the tomb of Ramesses II with chamomile essential oil. This perennial plant is between 10 and 30 cm high. It has small, very narrow light green leaves. You can distinguish it it by its solitary yellow flowers with white petals which resemble those of the daisy. They bloom in summer, between July and September. Chamomile gives off a pleasant fragrance. It likes siliceous soils and is very present in Anjou.
What are the properties of chamomile?
Chamomile is especially appreciated for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant action (it slows down cellular aging). You can also use it for its antispasmodic effect. It prevents involuntary muscle contractions in the digestive tract and uterus. Chamomile has other interesting properties. It promotes the secretion of bile by the liver (cholagogue action), soothes pain (analgesic action), leads to the onset of menstruation (emenagogue action), causes sweating (sweat action) and lowers fever (febrifuge action). It could also have an antidiabetic and antidepressant effect.
What are the indications of chamomile?
Chamomile treatments:
- digestive disorders: difficult digestion, bloating, inflammation of the stomach (gastritis), esophagus (oesophagitis) or other parts of the digestive system;
- stomach ulcers;
- fever caused by gastrointestinal disorders,
- kidney stones and gallstones (lithiasis);
- menstrual cycle disorders (irregular cycle, white discharge);
- nerve pain (neuralgia);
- symptoms associated with menopause (palpitations);
- sleep disturbances in children (insomnia);
- certain skin conditions (eczema, shingles), itching and minor burning.
Who shouldn’t use chamomile ?
This plant is not good for pregnant women, asthmatics and people allergic to pollen.
Chamomile: what are the side effects?
Like several plants belonging to the Asteraceae family, chamomile is likely to cause allergic reactions, including allergic rhinitis (hay fever). Dizziness, nausea and vomiting may occur in cases of overdose.
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