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HERB  ALLEY

Chamomille
(Anthemis nobilis)

 
COMMON NAMES:  Roman chamomile, chamomile, garden chamomile, ground apple, low chamomile, Whig plant.
MEDICINAL PARTS:  Flowers
DESCRIPTION:  Roman chamomile is a low European perennial found in dry fields and around gardens and cultivated grounds.  The stem is procumbent, the leaves alternate, bipennate, finely dissected, and downy to glabrous.  The solitary, terminal flower heads, rising 8 to 12 inches above the ground, consist of prominent yellow disk flowers and silver-white ray flowers.  The flowering time is June and July.
PROPERTIES AND USES:  Anodyne, antispasmodic, aromatic, bitter tonic, stimulant stomach ache.  Chamomile tea is good for flatulence, colic, dyspepsia, and for fever and restlessness in children.  It also makes a good wash for open sores and wounds.  Chamomile oil can be taken internally for colic, spasms, and stomach cramps.  The flowers can also be made into rubbing oil for swellings, cal louses, and painful joints.

            An old, well-known home remedy grows freely everywhere.  Everyone should gather a bagful of chamomile blossoms, as they are good for many ailments.  Excellent general tonic produces appetite, good for dyspepsia and weak stomach.  Used in various parts of the world as a table tea.  Good to regulate monthly periods.  Splendid for kidneys, spleen, colds, bronchitis, bladder troubles, to expel worms, for ague, dropsy, jaundice.  The tea is an excellent wash for sore and weak eyes, also for other open sores and wounds.  As a poultice for pains and swellings.  Intermittent and typhoid fever can be broken up in the early stages with the herb.  Good in hysteria and nervous diseases.  Made and used as a poultice, it will prevent gangrene.  Combine with bittersweet as ointment for bruises, sprains, calluses, swellings, or corns.

PREPARATION AND DOSAGES:

Infusion:  use 1 tbsp. flowers with 1-cup water; steep for 5 to 10 minutes.  For children, give 1 tsp. every half hour.

Tincture:  Take 10 to 20 drops in water, three or four times a day.

Oil:  Take 6 drops on a sugar cube.

Rubbing Oil:  Steep dried or fresh flowers covered in olive oil in a crock-pot on low heat for 2 to 6 hours.  Strain and bottle if large amount.  Keep in cool dark area.