The healing power of chamomile is the subject of this guide. Today there are excellent new medicines. However, one should not forget about it that the pharmacy of nature still provides us with time-tested and simple teas, which are unsurpassable in their mode of action and multiple applications. Among these is our old household remedy, chamomile.
Components of chamomile
Chamomile flowers (Flores chamomillae) have between 0.1% and 0.6% essential oils containing the blue hydrocarbon azulene. This azulene has a special anti-inflammatory nature. Chamomile flowers (Flores chamomillae) possess between 0.1% and 0.6% essential oils with the blue hydrocarbon azulene. This azulene has a special anti-inflammatory nature. In addition, chamomile contains: Resins, wax, fat, bitter substances, chlorophyll and phosphoric acid salts. On this diversity of components is based the possibility of triggering surprising healing effects with this tea.
Healing through the chamomile
If it comes down to treating simple stomach aches, lukewarm chamomile tea as the only drink does extraordinary good, in addition to a strict diet lasting one to several days, depending on the severity of the case. Chamomile has an anti-inflammatory, mildly sedative, antispasmodic and thus analgesic effect. Much does not help much here. On the contrary. The infusion of chamomile tea must be weak, about 1 teaspoon of chamomile flowers to 2 – 3 cups. In stronger doses it can have an irritating effect, while in weak solutions it can have a soothing effect. If fermentation processes exist in the stomach and intestines at the same time, it is recommended to add some caraway, fennel or aniseed to increase the effect, which then contain anti-fermentation processes. If at the same time there is deficient secretion of bile, an addition of peppermint leaves to chamomile tea is suitable for this purpose. Apart from this, a small addition of peppermint leaves (about 10%) to chamomile tea improves the taste of the tea considerably, as chamomile tea is not necessarily a palate pleaser for all patients when taken for a longer period of time. In the case of a stomach ulcer with painful gastritis, the addition of celandine, whose alkaloids have antispasmodic, analgesic, bilious and bactericidal properties, is recommended to relieve the pain. In case of constipation, chamomile is added to the bark of alder buckthorn to achieve a mild, irritation-free evacuation of the intestines. As a sleep-inducing tea preparation, valerian can be added to the tea mixture with the addition of a teaspoon of bee honey.
Applications of chamomile tea
Infusions with chamomile tea are not only effective for internal use. They provide help where other means fail, as a mouth rinse for injuries or inflammation of the mucous membranes. In the case of poorly healing wounds and open legs, chamomile tea baths are used or a thin infusion of chamomile tea is applied. Chamomile head steam bath for catarrh of the upper respiratory tract and bronchi is also promising. Chamomile vapors penetrate everywhere, even in places where ointments, drops, juice or pastilles cannot make direct contact with the diseased mucous membranes, and have an incomparably soothing and healing effect. Chamomile has also found a firm place in cosmetics. It is found as an additive in many skin care products. Another form of application is the chamomile sachet. Chamomile flowers are put into a small linen bag, placed on a sieve and heated over steam. Placed hot on the area to be treated, it produces a moist heat effect with strong blood circulation, with the multiple active ingredients providing an increased healing effect. There is hardly any medicinal plant that has such multiple and healing properties as chamomile. Not generally known is the improvement of digestion by chamomile in vegetative intestinal disorders. In such cases, the intestinal ring muscles become tense and cramped. This is called intestinal spasm. The spasmolytic effect of chamomile is beneficial when the following recipe is used: Take no more than 4g of chamomile per cup and boil it in white wine for 1 – 2 minutes. The decoction is strained and drunk in sips, preferably before bedtime.
Healing effect of chamomile for women
In addition to the healing effect, chamomile also has a deodorizing effect. Washing several times with chamomile tea makes even strong game and poultry smell disappear.Few housewives or househusbands know this. Chamomile also claims a firm place in gynecology. Its application as a motherwort (Matricaria chamomilli) is done in many ways. Chamomile can be used for baths, especially for sitz baths and douches. Chamomile has a beneficial effect on the muscles of the abdominal organs. In particular, abdominal cramps subside very quickly. After abdominal operations, sitz baths with chamomile are often prescribed and show positive effects. Cramping menstrual cramps can also be reduced and often completely eliminated by baths, douches and by drinking chamomile tea, which always has an antispasmodic effect.
