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CAREFUL CHAMOMILE

CAREFUL CHAMOMILE

03 Jan
Posted By: Kate Times Read: 1997

Chamomile (Lat. Matricaria).

The most known species is Matricaria Recutita. Family Asteraceae (formerly Compositae).

Chamomile is an annual herbaceous plant with a strong aromatic odor. The stem is strongly branched. Leaves are regular, double-bifurcated into linear segments. The flowers are collected in baskets with a conical hollow floret. Marginal flowers - white, reed, female; middle flowers - yellow, tubular, bisexual. Fruit is an oblong achene with 3 ribs without a tuft.

Distribution area - Eurasia, America and South Africa.

Chamomile flowers contain essential oil (not less than 0.3%), which includes chamazulene, prohamazulene, other terpenes and sesquiterpenes, as well as flavonoids, coumarins, polysaccharides, mineral salts (12%), carotene, ascorbic acid, sitosterol, choline, organic acids.

Remedies

  • Infusionis
  • Essential oil
  • One home-dried flower has more flavor than a bag of commercial tea.
  • Tincture
  • Ointment
  • Eyewash
  • Lotion from essential oil
  • Infusion
  • Poultice
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