Matricaria Chamomilla

Family Name: Compositae

Botanical Name(s): Matricaria Chamomilla

Popular Name(s): Camomile, Matricaria, Anthemis, Ground Apple, Roman Camomile, Garden Camomile,

Low Camomile, Whig Plant, German Camomile and Wild Camomile

Parts Used: Chamomile flowers, Chamomile stalks, Whole Plant

Habitat: Grows as a weed all over dry parts of India.

Description: The stem is procumbent, the leaves alternate, bipinnate, 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.

Uses: Tea made from chamomile is an excellent herbal tea used by people having trouble in sleeping.

Chamomile tea is also known to soothe digestion and relax the gastro-intestinal tract. It is used

in cosmetics, perfumery and as a flavoring agent. It is good for Skin care (most skin-types),

acne, allergies, boils burns, eczema, inflamed skin conditions, earache, wounds, menstrual pain,

premenstrual syndrome, headache, insomnia, nervous tension and other stress related disorders,

digestive.