Description of plant: chamomile is an annual plant with a branched stem, 20-50 cm high. The leaves are doubly spliced split with narrow and thread-like leaves. Flower stalks is grooved and hollow at the top. Flower is conical shape and hollow inside. Flower heads carry peripheral white flowers that at night or in rainy weather or after fertilization, bow down, while the tubular flowers are yellow color.
Smell and taste: the smell of chamomile is a distinctive, spicy, balsamic and ethereal, what is the taste too but little bitterish.
Flowering time: from June to August, often even in September.
Habitat: it is widespread and well known plant that is like a weed found along roads and ditches in the vicinity of settlements, and the barren lands …show more content…
In 1570. Famed botanist Hieronymus Bock said: "Without this flower, the quite ordinary chamomile, you can’t achieve anything, because there is no useful plant as a drug like the flower of chamomile used for almost all diseases!" Chamomile is not only famous but also most loving medicinal plant among people. It is the most scientifically researched and proven medicinal herb. Curative activity against inflammation in the first place has a great significance in the treatment of inflammation of the skin and the mucosa. Therefore, it is recommended warm compresses or baths for all wounds with the appearance of inflammation and other disease occurrence in the skin, whether it is the swelling, subcutaneous tumors, abscesses, leg ulcers or pus under the nails. To inflammation of eczema as well as well-known nursing eczema or with other permanently wet and very hard healing eczema and scab, it is recorded the best successes by the treatment with chamomile. When having inflammation of the mucous membranes, catarrh or sore throat simple rinse with warm chamomile tea promotes healing. Inflammation of the retina of the eye and ear infections are treated with wet and warm compresses of chamomile, and a sip of chamomile tea held in the mouth, helps with severe
Smell and taste: the smell of chamomile is a distinctive, spicy, balsamic and ethereal, what is the taste too but little bitterish.
Flowering time: from June to August, often even in September.
Habitat: it is widespread and well known plant that is like a weed found along roads and ditches in the vicinity of settlements, and the barren lands …show more content…
In 1570. Famed botanist Hieronymus Bock said: "Without this flower, the quite ordinary chamomile, you can’t achieve anything, because there is no useful plant as a drug like the flower of chamomile used for almost all diseases!" Chamomile is not only famous but also most loving medicinal plant among people. It is the most scientifically researched and proven medicinal herb. Curative activity against inflammation in the first place has a great significance in the treatment of inflammation of the skin and the mucosa. Therefore, it is recommended warm compresses or baths for all wounds with the appearance of inflammation and other disease occurrence in the skin, whether it is the swelling, subcutaneous tumors, abscesses, leg ulcers or pus under the nails. To inflammation of eczema as well as well-known nursing eczema or with other permanently wet and very hard healing eczema and scab, it is recorded the best successes by the treatment with chamomile. When having inflammation of the mucous membranes, catarrh or sore throat simple rinse with warm chamomile tea promotes healing. Inflammation of the retina of the eye and ear infections are treated with wet and warm compresses of chamomile, and a sip of chamomile tea held in the mouth, helps with severe