Matricaria
recutita  | German
Chamomile
This small, beautiful, and gentle
plant has long been used as a beverage tea but is equally valued for its powerful
medicinal properties. Chamomile demonstrates to us that gentle does not mean less
effective. It is one of the best all-around children's herbs. It has been used
for treating children's colic, nervous stress, infections, and stomach disorders.
Pharmacological and clinicla studies confirm what herbalists have long known:
The common wayside plant known as chamomile is a very important medication for
the nervous system. one of chamomile's major constituents is azulen, which contains
a whole complex of active principales that serve as anti-inflammatory and antipyretic
agents. Its medicinal action is most obvious in three major areas: the nervous
system, the immune system, and the digestive system.
(Source: Rosemary Gladstar's
Family Herbal) Chamomile is extremely popular
in European medicine. It is given for nearly every minor complaint: fever, indigestion,
dyspepsia, tension, nervousness, sleeplessness, and pain. They are well suited
to a wide variety of simple problems. more especially, Chamomile is suited to
the problems of babies: tetthing, colic, whining, etc. In Germany, Chamomile is
an indispensable item in the medicine cabinet of many others.
(Source: Matthew
Wood's Book of Herbal Wisdom)  Available
in 1 oz package. Certified Organic.
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to Scott Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
Folk
Name: Camomyle, Chamaimelon, Ground Apple, Heermannchen (German), Manzanilla (Spanish),
Maythen, Whig Plant
Gender: Masculine
Planet: Sun
Element: Water
Powers:
Money, Sleep, Love, Puficiation Excerpt from Mountain
Rose Herbs:
"The traditional use of chamomile tea
is to induce deep sleep, an effect confirmed in a study of patients undergoing
cardiac catheterization. Chamomile stops spasms in the smooth muscles lining the
stomach and intestines, and contains chemicals that are anti-inflammatory, antibacterial,
antiviral, and antiparasitic." |
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