City dwellers have long been accustomed to spending a lot of money on purchasing elite varieties of tea, having forgotten about how our grandmothers and mothers made a fragrant chamomile drink in childhood, sometimes combining it with other equally useful herbs. Therefore, we decided to recall the benefits and dangers of chamomile tea, so undeservedly forgotten by us, and tell about its useful and harmful qualities that even our grandmothers, and even more so modern nutritionists, probably did not know.

Composition of chamomile tea

  As a medicinal plant, chamomile, mankind became known many centuries ago. People noticed that the plant has a positive effect on the nervous system, making a person calm and giving him a baby's sleep.

Chamomile has a rich chemical composition, it contains a complex of multivitamins, tannins, a large percentage of macronutrients, flavonoids, proteins, pectins, ascorbic, nicotinic and salicylic acids, including essential oils. These funny flowers will additionally supply your body with carotene, apigenin, phytosterol and other equally useful elements.

Benefits of Chamomile Tea

After a series of studies on animals, scientists came to the conclusion that tea with chamomile really has pronounced sedative properties. It must be drunk:

• to reduce anxiety,
• for sound sleep
• to improve concentration.

Doctors recommend using healing chamomile tea for 3-4 cups throughout the day, in case of panic and causeless fear, at the time of severe anxiety, tantrums, nightmares. If a person overcoming depressionhe feels nervous exhaustion, severe fatigue and is often stressed, then the best natural relaxing remedy is chamomile tea.

Herbal tea has a good effect on strengthening immunity. Tests have shown that drinking five cups of healthy chamomile tea daily for two weeks increases the level of hippurate in the body, this is due to the action of plant phenols, which strengthen the immune system, destroying bacteria.

Disease treatment with chamomile tea

The healing properties of chamomile tea for the gastrointestinal tract are of great benefit; bile secretion is stimulated. To be treated with chamomile tea in folk medicine offer:

• with an ulcer;
• gastritis;
• chronic liver disease;
• disturbed intestinal microflora;
• with stones in the gallbladder;
• treatment of conjunctivitis, as lotions;
• in the treatment of hay fever (swelling in the sinuses).

Healing tea will also benefit those who take medications based on acetylsalicylic acid, not allowing to destroy the gastric mucosa.

Diabetes Benefits

An important benefit will bring a fragrant drink with type II diabetes mellitus. The plant contains substances that can lower the level of glucose in the blood, while chamomile is able to prevent complications that arise with diabetes.

With a cold

Our grandmothers and mothers gave us chamomile tea in the cold season, as the plant fights colds, such as flu, bronchitis, tonsillitis and other respiratory diseases.

Chamomile tea has an expectorant, diaphoretic, antimicrobial and analgesic effect.  Healing potion is used as hot tea, it is also gargled with and used for baths and inhalation.

With menstruation

It is recommended to drink an herbal drink for women suffering from menstrual pain. A high level of glycine amino acid in a plant can significantly reduce pain during the period of menstruation, while relieving nervous tension in a woman.

Slimming Chamomile Tea

  For those who want to lose weight, chamomile tea will serve as an aid to weight loss. Daily consuming chamomile tea for weight loss can throw up to 4 kilograms per month.

This happens due to the diuretic properties of the plant and due to the fact that under stress a person begins to absorb a large amount of food, and chamomile tea, on the contrary, eliminates this condition. Naturally, do not forget about physical activity and proper nutrition.

Chamomile tea can be used both internally and used for external use with dermatitis, eczema and diaper rash.

Mouth rinse

In case of detection of aphthous stomatitis or sores in the oral cavity, alternative medicine recommends rinsing the mouth. Official medicine does not prohibit this, but recommends mixing chamomile with sage for the best effect. It is advisable to rinse the oral cavity up to six times a day.

The beneficial properties of chamomile tea are still not fully understood, the plant continues to amaze scientists with its benefits today. Sweet drink in the form of compresses is used for back pain, as an adjuvant, it is used for hemorrhoids, headache and toothache.  Chamomile is famous for its benefits in cosmetology, with its help they take care of hair and skin.

What is useful for chamomile tea for pregnant women?

When a miracle happens in a woman’s life and she finds out that she is pregnant, the expectant mother begins to pay great attention to her health. A woman tries to protect her body from any chemistry and switches to the use of gifts of nature.

But here it is worth knowing the measure, since any natural product with excessive use can harm, especially a woman in position.

Sunny flowers will help the expectant mother at the beginning of pregnancy, in the event of various inflammations. Chamomile tea will help a pregnant woman cope with toxicosis, apathy, depression, headache, stomach cramps.

Chamomile herbal tea can treat damage to the skin, use it to rinse the oral cavity, including use when washing the genitals. Fragrant grass will help relieve nervous tension and spasms that occur against a background of fear, and also relieve a pregnant woman from constipation and gas formation.

Contraindications for pregnant women

Pregnant women should not get carried away with chamomile tea; excessive drinking of such a drink can provoke premature birth, and in special cases a miscarriage.

Despite its calming effect, abuse of tea can cause dizziness. Doctors recommend that pregnant women drink no more than two cups per day of weak chamomile tea, but not daily.

Tea with chamomile for children

Tea with chamomile will help children with pain in the abdomen, with colds, at the moment when the teeth begin to cut. The aromatic drink will contribute to a good sleep of the child, make it calmer and improve digestion, relieve colic, diarrhea, and relieve the baby’s fever. However, giving chamomile tea to children under five years old must be diluted and no more than half a cup per day.

How to make chamomile tea

It is more useful and better to use a pharmacy chamomile, or rather its flowers. When brewing tea with chamomile according to the recipe, you can use only the flowers of the plant, or you can combine it with other herbs, for example, lemon balm, mint, motherwort, St. John’s wort and others, including black or green tea.

Recipes

If you want to make regular tea with chamomile, then 200 grams of boiling water will require 2 teaspoons of chamomile flowers. Leave the tea to brew for 20 minutes and you can start tea drinking.

If you combine chamomile with other ingredients, then use 200 grams of boiling water from each component, one coffee spoon. For a good taste and getting the most beneficial properties from such tea, let it brew for 30-40 minutes. For sweetness, you can add honey or sugar.

Chamomile tea harm

  Any herbal drink, in addition to benefits, has contraindications, in this case chamomile was no exception. Caution should be given to those who are prone to allergic reactions.

To find out if you are allergic to chamomile tea and avoid harm, drink a cup of brewed chamomile. In case of itching and rash, you will understand that this drink is not for you.

The abuse of chamomile tea will lead to headaches, muscle tone will decrease, nausea, vomiting, cough, and overexcitation of the central nervous system may occur. Such tea it is strictly forbidden to give patients with schizophrenia and those who suffer from mental disorders.

Chamomile has a diuretic property, so it is not recommended to take it simultaneously with diuretics, that is, diuretics and medicines.

Those with kidney problems should also not lean on an herbal drink. It is forbidden to drink chamomile tea when taking sedatives.

If a person takes medications for better blood coagulation, chamomile tea is not advisable, as it dilutes blood.

But if you do not have allergies, illnesses or contraindications, I highly recommend stocking up with this beautiful and so useful field plant with cheerful and bright flowers that in the presence of diseases it heals too quickly, thereby provoking a temporary negative effect.

Therefore, our advice and wish, do not start the disease to the last stage, but rather brew fragrant and healthy chamomile teas right away and be always healthy. And of course read on our Learning and Self-Development portal about, until more, or even

For the modest charm of this radiant flower lies a huge benefit to the human body. Our most distant ancestors knew about this and skillfully used the healing properties of chamomile pharmacy. The rapid development of the pharmaceutical industry, however, did not affect the popularity of the plant.

Extracts, infusions and other chamomile preparations are used both independently and are part of complex collections, balms and elixirs. But there is a tool that can be prepared at home in just a few minutes, and it will bring benefits as a whole arsenal of drugs. It's about chamomile tea, simple and pleasant, familiar from early childhood .

What is the secret to chamomile tea?

To understand the secret mechanism of the beneficial effects of chamomile tea on our organs and systems, it is necessary to evaluate the chemical composition of chamomile. It is very extensive:

• vitamin C;
• coumarin;
• chrysin;
• pectin;
• carotene;
• tannins;
• essential oils;
• macro- and microelements (magnesium, potassium, iron, calcium, zinc, manganese, copper);
• vitamins A, C, D;
• glycine and other beneficial amino acids.

But the main active ingredient is apigenin. , which is known for its anti-inflammatory and antihistamine properties, and most importantly, its ability to suppress free radicals and certain types of cancer cells. It is the pharmacy chamomile that contains apginin more than any other plants suitable for oral administration.

Other components are also important and useful. Removing spasms is the merit of glycine. This amino acid has a relaxing effect on the muscles. Chrysinum perfectly calms, relieves panic attacks, reduces anxiety and helps to cope with insomnia. Coumarin relieves edema and allergies, and also dilutes blood. By the way, chamomile owes its astringent aroma to this substance.

The well-known ascorbic acid, an organic antioxidant and an enhancer of the immune response, promotes digestion and the prevention of gallstones. Tannins enhance the digestive effect of ascorbic acid, in addition, they are harmful to harmful microorganisms and decay products and prevent the deposition of salts of heavy metals. Pectin also contributes to the cleansing of the body: removes toxins and radioactive elements without inhibiting the natural microflora.

Carotene is involved in cell renewal processes, therefore it slows down aging, promotes the formation of bones and teeth, and activates the immune system. Essential oils complete the composition with their antispasmodic, soothing and bactericidal effects.

Thanks to this set of advantages, the benefits of herbal tea from fragrant flowers are multifaceted. When systematically applied, it acts as:

• antiviral, antibacterial and antiseptic;
• painkiller and anti-inflammatory;
• antispasmodic and anticonvulsant;
• diaphoretic and choleretic;
• depressant.

What health problems does chamomile tea solve?

A wide range of medicinal properties makes chamomile tea healing for:

• gastrointestinal tract;
• upper respiratory tract and ENT organs;
• the oral cavity;
• nervous system.

For symptoms of gastrointestinal problems - gastritis, colitis, gastric or duodenal ulcers, pancreatitis, poisoning and rotovirus infections - chamomile will relieve cramping, bloating and heartburn. On the stomach, this herb acts envelopingly and promotes the breakdown of food, heals small wounds and ulcerations on the mucous membrane. Chamomile for the liver is beneficial for its ability to improve the outflow of bile and remove toxins, so it can even alleviate a hangover.

Many who have encountered an intestinal infection are wondering if chamomile strengthens or weakens with diarrhea. It turns out that it depends on the dosage when brewing. That is, a relatively strong broth will help to overcome diarrhea, and a weak one - on the contrary. When stool is diluted in adults, two tablespoons of dried flowers are poured with a liter of boiling water and insisted for about an hour (it is even better to add a teaspoon of dried mint here). During the day, drink the entire amount received. With constipation, chamomile will help if the color of the tea is light yellow, for this the dosage needs to be cut in half.

With pancreatitis, chamomile decoction can for some time replace powerful synthetic drugs that are difficult to tolerate by the body, and also be used in the complex treatment of this complex disease.

Antiseptic chamomile decoctions and infusions are indispensable for inflammation and infections of the oral cavity, throat and upper respiratory tract: stomatitis (thrush), tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngotracheitis - both as a drink and rinse, as well as inhalation. With bronchopulmonary diseases, taking this tea, especially with linden petals or sage, will help get rid of a painful cough. A cold, accompanied by chills, fever, and other manifestations of intoxication with chamomile tea, will flow much easier, because it contains hippurate - an organic immunostimulant and antiseptic. It is even more useful to drink chamomile with ginger, lemon, honey.

Shattered nerves will return to normal with regular intake of herbal tea - both monocomponent and assembled. Warm tea with chamomile strengthens nerves, helps with headaches with migraines, soothes, relaxes, creates a feeling of comfort. And if you take a cup for the night - you can forget about insomnia and disturbing dreams, especially if in addition to light a scented candle with lavender oil in the bedroom.

In addition to all of the above, the brewed chamomile accelerates the metabolism, which will delight those who are losing weight, and also helps cleanse the face of acne, if you take the broth inside and wipe it with your face several times a day. Chamomile with menstruation will soothe spastic pains and improve the general condition. So for a woman, this is a real elixir of youth and beauty.

Contraindications and side effects

Hypotonic patients should remember: chamomile tea is not capable of much, but still reduce pressure. It is not recommended to combine chamomile pharmacy together with sedatives and diuretics, as well as with blood thinning anticoagulants. Phytotea in this case will increase the influence of medicines.

ATTENTION:  An overdose of chamomile is also possible and causes symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and tachycardia. The optimal dosage for long-term use is one to two cups per day. It is extremely rare, but still there is an allergic reaction to chamomile, as well as its individual intolerance.

Chamomile tea while the child is waiting

Immunity in pregnant women tends to decrease, and then the body becomes vulnerable to viruses, especially in the season of infections. In this case, pregnant women can not drink all the drugs. And then chamomile decoction will come to the rescue - like tea and like a gargle for the throat. And in the early stages of pregnancy, he also helps with toxicosis. But you should not take more than one cup per day: in the first trimester, the active ingredients of tea can increase the tone of the uterus and create a threat of miscarriage, and in the later stages - provoke an allergy in a future newborn.

Is it possible for a nursing mother to take a camomile by a pediatrician? A contraindication for breastfeeding can only be the predisposition of the child or the mother herself to allergies. In other cases, doctors themselves recommend instead of green and black teas herbal, which soothe, restore strength, improve lactation.

Chamomile tea for children

The riddle about chamomile has been familiar to us since childhood: “At the forest gatehouse
  the sun is on the leg. " Also, from an early age, many remember the taste and aroma of the decoction of this solar decoction. Therefore, young mothers are often interested in whether it is possible to give chamomile tea to a newborn. Pediatricians recommend babies a chamomile broth to eliminate intestinal colic, gum disease with teething and general anxiety. But on their own, without consulting a doctor, it is not worth watering children up to a year with chamomile, especially newborns under the age of 6 months. For infants, the benefits and harms are individual and are determined by the answer to the question of whether there may be an allergy to herbal tea. It is worth considering the possible side effects when interacting with synthetic drugs.

In the vast majority of cases, in reasonable doses - up to 50 ml per day in the ratio of one teaspoon of dried flowers to a liter of water - chamomile is easily tolerated by even the smallest child's body and is often used for various inflammatory processes and just for sedation. In pharmacies and stores, it is easy to find ready-made baby tea in bags with the right dosage of such well-known brands as Hipp, Baby, Grandmother’s basket.

Chamomile for older children, at school, helps to cope with overwork and improves sleep when taking a cup at night, and in the morning, on the contrary, it helps to concentrate. Dosage at this age is up to 100 ml.

Where to get chamomile for tea?

The easiest way to buy dried chamomile is at your local pharmacy. Flowers are sold loose in packs, and chopped in bags convenient for quick brewing. Another option is a market where herbal grandmothers sell a wide variety of plant materials.

But it’s better, of course, to make time on one of the summer days, to make a trip to the forest with the whole family and to pick daisies and other useful herbs with your own hands. So you will be sure of the quality and hygienic purity of the collected flowers. After all, you will definitely choose for this meadow as far as possible from the roads. The main thing is not to confuse the pharmacy chamomile with other species of this plant. The pharmacy has small white petals and a convex core, and the leaves look like dill. It must be harvested in the midst of flowering when the petals are in a strictly horizontal position, to dry the flowers in a ventilated place protected from direct sunlight, with a thin layer, regularly mixing.

Ready tea with chamomile can be found on the shelves of most stores. It is packaged in bags and is ideal for quick brewing. For example, chamomile Greenfield, Althaus, Evalar and others. But of course, tea, carefully and leisurely brewed with your own hands, will bring maximum benefit and real pleasure. This process can be turned into one of your favorite family rituals. After all, having a cup of tea is so nice to get everyone together.

How to make the most healthy chamomile tea?

For adults, chamomile tea with health problems is effective to drink on an empty stomach half a cup 20 minutes before each meal without sugar. For preventive purposes, you can drink one or two cups daily, this dosage is completely safe. But periodically you need to take breaks in the reception for a couple of weeks.

Various additives will help diversify the tea party and will bring even more benefits. It can be, for example, calming lemon balm, mint, sage. Herbal compositions are very diverse - this is a matter of taste and medical indications.

Like regular black or green tea, chamomile is well drunk with lemon, ginger, milk, honey and even a little bite with cookies. Moreover, unlike tea or coffee, such a drink does not contain caffeine and other, not the most useful substances.

You can brew aromatic chamomile tea both in a glass and in a teapot at the rate of 1 tablespoon per 250 ml of boiling water. After 20 minutes, you can enjoy a pleasant tart taste and feel how calm and strength are added with each sip for new achievements.

Tea made from chamomile flowers is a popular pharmacy product. Fees involving this plant are widespread in medicine. No less often you can find ordinary black or green tea with chamomile flowers. It is positioned as a sedative and anti-inflammatory.

The composition and useful properties of the drink

People have known for a long time that tea from chamomile flowers helps with many diseases. Bundles of this unpretentious meadow plant could be found in every home. Tea, infusions and broths were used to treat colds, headaches, and indigestion. The benefits of chamomile tea are recognized by official medicine as an additional treatment for many diseases.

In the composition of the drink, scientists found the following components:

• vitamin C;
• a nicotinic acid;
• b vitamins;
• beta carotene;
• choline;
• zinc, iron, calcium, fluorine, manganese, sodium, magnesium and potassium.

In addition to these substances necessary for humans, camomile contains volatile, antioxidants, essential oils. Due to the low carbohydrate content, the calorie content of a cup of the drink is 1 kcal.

Useful properties of chamomile tea:

• anti-inflammatory;
• antispasmodic;
• painkiller;
• sedative;
• disinfecting;
• choleretic;
• sweatshops;
• diuretic.

Chamomile tea is most often used to treat diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. This is due to its ability to relieve smooth muscle spasms. From this, a person ceases to feel pain in the stomach and intestines. For irritable bowel syndrome, chamomile tea is especially helpful. It relieves inflammation of the mucosa, anesthetizes, improves mucus production.

Anti-inflammatory and analgesic oil is synthesized from chamomile

Doctors recommend regularly drinking chamomile tea every day for 1-2 months with small stones in the kidneys or gall bladder. It promotes the movement of sand and stones, cleansing the renal and choleretic ducts. If there is irritation and slight inflammation of the channels, chamomile will also help to cope with this problem.

The beneficial properties of chamomile extend to another important organ of the human body - the liver. The plant contributes to its active release from the accumulated toxins and toxins.

Frequent headaches and migraines can also be an occasion to start drinking tea with chamomile. It relieves spasms of blood vessels, has a mild analgesic effect, calms the nerves and evens out the emotional background. The drink helps to relax after intense mental work.

With a cold, you can also drink a drink from chamomile flowers. It flushes pathogens from the throat mucosa, disinfects, relieves inflammation, heals small wounds. Its antispasmodic effect is relevant for dry cough.

List of diseases in which the beneficial properties of chamomile tea have the best effect:

• ARVI and ARI;
• gastritis;
• colitis;
• indigestion
• cystitis;
• urethritis;
• diabetes;
• depression, insomnia;
• atherosclerosis;
• flatulence;
• angina.

Chamomile helps with toothache and gum disease, lowers blood cholesterol, and boosts immunity. It is widely used in cosmetology as an anti-inflammatory and anti-aging component of masks and creams. Tea can be drunk for digestive disorders, poisoning and overeating. To a healthy person, chamomile can serve as a prophylactic of inflammatory diseases and a source of good mood.

Benefits for men and women

The scope of chamomile tea extends to diseases of the female and male genitourinary system. What is the benefit of chamomile tea for women? It is drunk to alleviate the condition with severe symptoms of PMS. This is pain in the abdomen and lower back, headache, weakness, depression, and heavy menstrual flow.

With any inflammatory diseases of the female genital organs, chamomile is also effective. It is taken both inside, and solutions for douching or therapeutic baths are prepared on its basis.

Ice cubes from chamomile tea are used to rub problem skin, to maintain its elasticity and youth. If you drink a glass of tea daily on an empty stomach every day, you can significantly improve your skin condition, cope with rashes and gray complexion.

What is tea good for men? Prostatitis is one of the most common diseases that affects men of different ages. Chamomile is a treatment aid. Men are often prone to developing stomach diseases, so chamomile is also useful for prevention.

How to prepare a camomile

At the pharmacy you can buy ready-made chamomile tea in bulk or in bags. Such a product is easy to brew, since it already has the correct dose per glass of water. But it is more pleasant to independently prepare fragrant flowers. Not every chamomile variety is suitable for this, but only a pharmacy, which can be distinguished by a pronounced characteristic odor.

  Pharmacy chamomile is not at all decorative

Chamomile is a branched plant up to 50-60 cm high with inflorescences in the form of a basket no more than 25 mm in diameter. The stem of the plant is bare; there are almost no leaves on it. For this feature, it is also easy to distinguish a pharmacy variety from others. Only the inflorescences of the plant are harvested, which have completely blossomed, tearing them off in dry sunny weather.

Dried in a ventilated room for 3-4 days. Store in linen bags in a dry room for about a year.

Harm and contraindications

Chamomile tea is a leader among other herbal medicinal drinks. It was described by ancient healers, considering it one of the strongest natural medicines. In addition to benefits, it has a minimum of contraindications.

Damage from chamomile tea can occur in the following cases:

• in the presence of an allergy to the plant;
• with frequent use in large quantities;
• with large kidney stones or gall bladder.

For some, tea causes digestive upset and even diarrhea. It should not be taken simultaneously with blood thinners and diuretics. Contraindications apply to people who systematically use sedatives and sedatives, chamomile enhances their effect. The rest of the plant does not have serious negative effects on human well-being.

Tea Recipes

In the classic version, 1 teaspoon is taken for brewing chamomile tea. dried flowers and 200 ml of hot water. All insist under a closed lid for 7-10 minutes. They drink like tea in a warm form. The allowed daily dose of the drink is 3 glasses.

How to make chamomile tea with a calming effect? To do this, you can use additional ingredients - mint, lemon balm or valerian. Chamomile is best combined with a mint component. Tea is tasty and aromatic. For 1 tsp. ½ teaspoon of dried mint or 3-4 fresh leaves are taken. All fill in with a glass of hot water and insist 5-7 minutes. Tea with chamomile and mint is drunk warm with the addition of honey in the evening before bedtime.

  When brewing any plant material, boiling water is not used

You can make green tea with chamomile. For this, 1 tsp is taken in 200-250 ml of water (temperature 90 ° C). green tea and ½ tsp daisies. Insist in a porcelain teapot for 3 minutes, filter and drink without sugar. Such a drink can be drunk daily for a long period of time without harm to health.

If green chamomile tea is purchased at the store, be sure to pay attention to the component composition. If the product contains flavoring, this is not natural tea. It is better to buy loose leaf green tea and chamomile separately in a pharmacy.

A flower drink that is pleasant in color and taste is a good way to prevent many diseases or to alleviate the condition during exacerbation of existing ones. It can and should be drunk by children, adults, the elderly and pregnant women without fear of harming their own health.

Nature has endowed us with a huge variety of herbs and flowers, which are not only pleasing to the eye, but are also healing and very beneficial for the body. One of these plants is chamomile, which has been used for therapeutic purposes for hundreds of years. All kinds of infusions and decoctions are made on its basis, and chamomile is part of a huge number of pharmaceuticals. In the preparation of therapeutic and prophylactic agents, flowers, stems, chamomile seeds are used, using them for different purposes.

Why pharmacy chamomile is useful: medicinal properties

Pharmacy chamomile is widely used both in the framework of traditional and traditional medicine as a therapeutic and prophylactic agent. Due to the beneficial properties found in this plant, its method of application is not limited by anything, due to which the plant can be found in cosmetology and pharmacology. The fact is that chamomile has a calming effect that affects the functioning of the nervous system, also has an excellent choleretic potential, which is why its use is extremely important for stomach problems.

We can not miss the fact that the described plant has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects. In its composition there is a large number of minerals useful for the body, vitamins and acids. The benefits of chamomile are obvious and known to virtually everyone, so this plant has gained immense popularity.

What collection helps from: indications for use in medicine

The scope of use of chamomile is extremely wide, because it is used for a variety of purposes, from the treatment of serious systemic diseases, to wound healing. Based on common information, chamomile collection can be used in the following cases:

1. for disinfecting wounds, since the component composition of the plant allows you to destroy most bacteria and ensure the speedy healing of wounds;
2. in order to stop bleeding, since tannins can thicken the blood and increase its coagulability;
3. as a calming and restorative remedy, which makes it easier to deal with stress, get rid of insomnia, as well as nervous tension;
4. with diseases of the oral cavity, flux, ulcerative lesions of the mucosa;
5. in the form of a cosmetic used for hair care, as well as for the face. The tool strengthens the hair follicles, and also promotes skin nutrition and subsequent rejuvenation;
6. chamomile is often used for colds;
7. while chamomile helps in the fight against disorders in the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system, etc.

Methods and instructions for using chamomile

For therapeutic and prophylactic purposes, a wide variety of recipes for decoctions, infusions and squeezes can be used. Each of the options for the preparation of a medicinal product will have a unique effect, and be used in a special way. The method of using chamomile medicine plays an important role, for this reason it is necessary to clearly follow the instructions and recommendations regarding the preparation and use of chamomile for medicinal purposes. For this reason, the most popular and effective recipes are described below, having familiarized with which you can easily prepare a similar remedy at home.

How to brew and drink tea / infusion

Besides the fact that chamomile tea is very healthy, it also has an amazing taste, which is pleasant to enjoy at any time. Brew and insist this product must be in a special way.

To make tea, you need 1-2 teaspoons of dried chamomile flowers, pour a glass of boiling water, a temperature of 90 degrees. In order for the product to be infused in a special way, it will need to be closed in a tea pot for 15 minutes, after which the tea is ready for use. If the strength of the drink is not enough, then you can insist it for 20 minutes. It can be drunk with sugar, but preferably honey, since the real value lies precisely in the natural components.

Liquid extract / tincture of a plant

To prepare a concentrated infusion of chamomile, you need to pour a tablespoon of chamomile collection into the container, which can be bought at virtually any pharmacy. Then the raw material is poured with boiling water in a volume of 200 milliliters, after which the mixture must be placed in a water bath on a slow fire. In a water bath, the product should be at least half an hour, after which the container should be removed from the heat and set aside under the lid for a while. The extract is infused for about an hour, after which it is filtered and can be used for medicinal purposes. This concentrate can be added to shampoo, face mask, etc.

A decoction of chamomile flowers for the treatment of gastritis of the stomach

As you know, chamomile has an anti-inflammatory effect, and also helps to prevent cramping, relieving pain. Therefore, many doctors recommend drinking chamomile broth for gastritis. But at the same time, one should not forget about the classic treatment, since only a chamomile mixture will not be able to cure the disease.

In order to prepare the medicine, you need to pour a teaspoon of dried chamomile flowers in boiling water and leave the necessary volume to infuse for 4 hours. After time, the composition must be filtered, after which you can proceed to treatment. To start the course of chamomile therapy, you should drink a glass of broth twice a day for 2 weeks.

Prescription Healing Remedy

To prepare an antispasmodic that promotes the normalization of the gastrointestinal tract, chamomile seeds will be required. The described recipe is great for both adults and children. First of all, it is necessary to immerse a teaspoon of chamomile seeds in a small container, then pour half a glass of boiling water into them and leave for 15 minutes. After the allotted time, the broth is filtered and can be used as an effective tool in the fight against constipation. You need to drink the resulting broth in a tablespoon twice a day, mixing the product with milk, yogurt or water in equal volumes.

Baths with a camomile

Baths with chamomile have a high cosmetic effect, contributing to the overall rejuvenation of the skin of the body. Moreover, such herbal baths are extremely useful for cystitis, and they are also used for medical purposes in gynecology. In order to prepare such a healing bath, you will need to pour 200 grams of chamomile in two liters of cool water. After the composition has stood for 10 minutes, it will need to be boiled for a quarter of an hour, and then let it brew for a couple more hours. After time, the resulting infusion must be poured into a bath of warm water. It is recommended to take camomile baths twice a week.

Can I drink chamomile in tea bags like tea and for how long?

Chamomile in bags is an ordinary herbal collection that can be used for medicinal purposes. To make tea, you need to pour a bag of glass of boiling water and wait 10 minutes. This tool will have a large number of useful properties, it is not recommended to drink it more often than every two days.

Harm and contraindications to the treatment of pharmacy chamomile

Chamomile, as a medicine, does not harm the body, but in some cases it should not be taken. To protect themselves from chamomile decoctions should people suffering from diarrhea, high acidity of the stomach, allergies, etc. Moreover, it must be remembered that eating chamomile in large quantities is prohibited, as this can lead to headaches and weakness.

Photo: what a camomile looks like

Pharmacy chamomile is an annual plant with a long stem with a ubiquitous arrangement of small leaves reaching a length of 6 centimeters. The flowers of the plant are large enough, having a rich yellow center and numerous white petals extending from it. Has small seeds not exceeding 2 millimeters.

Since time immemorial, the medicinal properties of chamomile have been known. Even medieval healers used it in their potions. And today it is widely used in herbal medicine and homeopathy in the form of tea, infusions, decoctions, oils. Chamomile tea is the benefit and harm to the body - this is what you need to know before you are actively involved in chamomile treatment.

What is chamomile tea and its beneficial properties

This is a tonic drink in the morning, able to quench thirst, give strength and arouse energy in a weakened body, enriching it with useful substances, gently affects the body, improves mood.

Drunk in the evening, a cup of tea will relieve nervous irritation, physical stress, calm and improve sleep.

Chamomile tea is a natural medicine that can prevent and even cure many diseases. Excellent antiseptic, anesthetic, anti-inflammatory, choleretic agent.

Brewed chamomile is also a cosmetic product that can solve skin and age-related problems.

Important! World scientists have proven that daily intake of one cup of the drink prevents the development of cancer cells.

What is a chamomile pharmacy

A widespread plant, unpretentious to the conditions of growth, is found in meadows, in forests, steppes, gardens and along roadsides, like weed grass. The geography of its range is vast - throughout the Eurasian continent and North America.

Bushy annual plant with a strong specific aroma, family Asteraceae, consisting of:

• stem - erect with lateral shoots, up to half a meter high;
• leaves - primordial, thrice-perisected into separated segments: narrowly linear (thin), awl-pointed (soft);
• inflorescence - corymbose, consisting of numerous conical baskets located on thinly ribbed long peduncles located on the sides and completing the stem;
• basket wrapper - multi-row, outer narrower and shorter than inner, yellowish-green;
• the receptacle receptacle is hollow inside, at the beginning of flowering - hemispherical, at the end - elongated conical;
• flowers form baskets, of two types - the outer (female reed) and the middle row (tubular bisexual), with a diameter not exceeding 2.5 cm.

Inflorescences bloom alternately:

• as soon as flowering begins - the outer flowers, with white tongues, are directed upwards, and the receptacle is flat yellowish;
• in the middle - white petals are located horizontally, the receptacle extends - the lower tubular bloom;
• at the end of flowering - white - fade, fall down, the middle takes the form of a cone.
• The plant propagates by seeds, photophilous, demanding on the temperature regime and soil moisture.

Attention! Hollow conical receptacle and short, lowered chamomile petals are characteristic only for this variety and distinguish it from all other individuals.

How to harvest chamomile

Raw materials must be collected only in ecologically clean areas. Harvesting of grass occurs at the beginning of flowering by hand, in dry sunny weather, when the baskets are in a horizontal arrangement of reed petals. Only heads are collected, pedicels are shortly plucked by hand or with the help of special combs for combing.

They are dried in well-ventilated darkened rooms, under awnings, laying out in a thin layer, periodically turning over. In drying chambers - at temperatures up to forty degrees.

It is necessary to store the prepared raw materials in canvas bags or paper boxes, dry flowers retain their properties throughout the year.

How to choose a daisy when buying

When choosing chamomile, you must give preference to purchased in a pharmacy chain. All herbs that go to pharmacies are carefully monitored for harmful impurities, poor-quality raw materials, pesticides, chemicals, and the background radiation is checked.

Available in boxes with dried heads and disposable bags. The information on the packaging, the expiration date will tell about the quality of the goods.

When choosing a daisy on the market from herbalists, you should pay attention to the integrity of the dry flower, color and smell. Quality raw materials have:

• pleasant aroma (without mustiness and rot);
• color is dark yellow, slightly brownish;
• whole baskets, retain their shape;
• the receptacle is easily rubbed between the fingers;
• without signs of damage and the presence of pests.

The grass should not be overdried (crumbles to dust), have hard bases of pedicels.

Important! For treatment, it is worth giving preference to whole dried flowers, a packaged form can be used for lotions.

How to make chamomile tea

Chamomile is one of the most affordable, useful, multi-purpose means of preventing and treating various ailments. As decoctions, infusions, oils, it is used in all areas of official and traditional medicine, in cosmetology. Its versatility is due to the unique composition, revealing even in a simple brewing of tea.

The recipe is simple, identical to brewing any other tea. To get a tonic drink you must:

1. Pour 2 tablespoons in 200 ml of water into a teapot or other ceramic dishes and pour boiling water.
2. Cover with a lid, let it brew for 15 to 30 minutes.
3. Drink like tea, warm (invigorates, improves performance, improves mood, gives energy to the body).

In a hot liquid, dry flower leaves swell, open and saturate it with essential oils, flavonoids, organic acids and glycosides.

Strengthening the preventive properties of tea will help insisting it in a thermos, the concentration is more saturated. You can dilute with water 1: 1 or add ice cubes.

Cooking in a water bath is more suitable for decoctions used for medicinal purposes, but the decoction diluted with boiled water can also be used as a herbal tea. The broth is stored in the refrigerator for a day, without losing its qualities.

Important! During the day, the safe norm is up to four cups, excessive consumption can cause deterioration of well-being and side effects. Coumarin, which is part of chamomile - a natural toxin, an overdose causes nausea, vomiting, headaches.

What can be added to chamomile tea

This healing drink can be classified as a herbal tea. A composite set of several components only enhances the properties of chamomile tea, improves its specific taste. For a calming, facilitating course of biliary disease, it is enough to add peppermint to the chamomile (it will relieve spasm, the pain will subside).

Replacing peppermint with lemon balm, adding a slice of lemon, a little honey will be a sedative and anti-inflammatory.

Chamomile (1 tbsp. Lounges), hibiscus leaves (10 pcs.), 1 tbsp. lies. cinnamon and black tea, a few dry orange peels. Mix everything, pour 1.5 liters of boiling water and insist. Forty minutes later, the tonic drink is ready.

Chamomile goes well with many herbs and remains the main component of herbal tea, saturating the structure of the drink with healthful substances. Added milk in an evening cup with chamomile tea will relieve sleeping pills.

Important! In the brewed baskets there is absolutely no caffeine, and a charge of energy remains for a long time.

Useful properties of chamomile tea for the body

It is no coincidence that scientists around the world consider this flower to be a unique plant; its well-known features are used to create new medicines, ointments, tinctures and cosmetics that can prevent many serious diseases. Development is underway in new discoveries - the effect on cancer cells has already been proven.

Apigenin (bioflovanoids): antipsychotic: in small doses it calms, reduces anxiety with added concentration, and in large doses it has a sedative effect;
  antioxidant:

• it is a powerful anti-cancer compound, daily use creates a reliable threshold for the safety of healthy cells in relation to cancer cells;
• anti-allergen: relieves redness and swelling of tissues, treats burns; relieves irritation and stimulates the regeneration of skin cells.

Coumarin (glycosides) with the smell of mowing hay: an indirect anticoagulant:

• prevention and treatment of thrombosis and thrombophlebitis;
• antitumor affiliation (a drug based on it has already been created in Mexico that stops the growth of atypical cells);
• antimicrobial and antifungal properties; choleretic, diuretic, antihypertensive drug.

Pectin (polysaccharides) - the body's orderly:

1. Enveloping, sorbing, astringent effect on the mucous membranes, activates the microflora, promotes the rapid absorption of nutrients in the blood.
2. Prevention of inflammation in ulcerative formations.
3. Antioxidant: binds and removes toxins from the intestines: heavy metals, radionuclides, pathogenic microflora.
4. Improves blood circulation, controls cholesterol.

Ascorbic acid (vitamins) - is not synthesized by the body:

• active participation in redox reactions;
• hormonal stabilization;
• stimulation of the body's immunity;
• beneficial effect on the deeper layers of the skin.

Tannins are a variety of binders containing hydroxyl radicals of the phenolic series:

• bactericidal, hemostatic, antiflogistic qualities;
• upon contact, the mucous membranes are compacted, relieve inflammation, reduce mucus;
• bind to radionuclides and take them outside.

Essential oils (metabolites of metabolic processes) are natural liquid volatile compounds with an individual smell, in chamomile tea most of them are chamazulen:

• cell regenerative processes;
• anti-inflammatory and anti-allergenic properties.

Many other vitamins, minerals, acids that fill the composition give it healing and cosmetic benefits.

Important! Chamomile tea is the only herbal drink that has the greatest amount of water-soluble flavonoid - apigenin, which has pronounced antioxidant, soothing and analgesic capabilities.

What diseases is chamomile tea good for?

Given the constituent component of the drink, treatable diseases:

1. CNS disorders: insomnia, neurosis, depression, anxiety, irritability.
2. Disruptions in the gastrointestinal tract: gastritis, ulcers, colitis, impaired intestinal microflora, decreased gas formation, hemorrhoids, various types of poisoning (including heavy metals), improves digestion of food.
3. Relieves spasmodic syndrome with migraines, gastrointestinal colic, menstrual and other pains.
4. Prevention and treatment of urolithiasis, cholelithiasis.
5. Colds, viral conditions, treatment of ENT organs, stomatitis.
6. Disorders of the hormonal background, metabolic processes.
7. Help with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, lowers blood pressure.
8. Stimulation of immunity, adaptation of the body to environmental aggression.
9. Protection of the liver and pancreas.

Tea from field chamomile will increase appetite, eliminate excess fluid from the body. A significant role is played by the drink in the regeneration of tissues and skin cells, which contributes to its active use in cosmetology.

Recipes for Health and Beauty

The therapeutic effect of the drink is manifested not only from within the body, use in the form of masks, creams, lotions will provide invaluable services for the rapid restoration of skin, hair, nails.

Natural saturation of tea, infusion, decoction with natural flavonoids (apeginine) protects the skin from exudative stress, ultraviolet radiation. Chamomile tea frozen in ice cubes, when rubbing and lightly massaging the face, neck, and decollete zone, tones up, brightens old age spots, prevents the appearance of new ones, helps get rid of blackheads, smoothes wrinkles.

The antibacterial properties of the drink have proven themselves in the treatment of conjunctivitis. To do this, just wipe the sore eyes with a cotton swab dipped in tea. Leaving a chilled swab in front of your eyes for a while (in the form of a lotion) - swelling, dark circles will go away.

Antifungal agent: strengthening of the nail plates, elimination of sweating (including legs), unpleasant odor - daily baths (10-15 days) with the addition of tea and a few drops of iodine.

Have hair problems? Rinsing with chamomile tea will eliminate the dryness of the scalp, moisturize the hair structure. Masks with the addition of nettles and slices of bread will help strengthen the weakened hair roots. To do this, you must:

• mix 2 tbsp. spoons of chamomile flowers and a spoonful of nettle;
• pour boiling water, insist 30-40 minutes;
• strain by carefully squeezing the grass;
• in the resulting tea, knead a piece of rye bread, leave to swell;
• mix to a homogeneous consistency and apply on the scalp with massaging movements, gently rubbing the composition, leave for an hour under warm shelter;
• rinse with soap-free water, rinsing clean hair with chamomile tea.

In the national piggy bank there are a lot of useful preventive and therapeutic recipes from a miracle cure for women, men and children.

The benefits of chamomile tea for women

Each person is individual, and the female body is doubly unique, has its own subtleties, it needs a special approach. But chamomile tea is suitable for any woman (except for individual intolerance) both for treatment and as a cosmetic.

Once chamomile tea was used exclusively for female diseases in gynecology. Chamomile was called a "uterine" plant, used for douching in diseases of the genital and genital organs. Today it has a wider (scientifically proven) use. Valuable qualities of an herbal drink for a woman:

1. Analgesic - antispasmodic properties will help with PMS, migraines, intestinal colic, ENT organs.
2. Anti-inflammatory - diseases of the urinary system (pyelonephritis, cystitis), genitals, skin, eyes.
3. Antibacterial - thrush, vulvitis, kalpit and others caused by fungal and microbial flora (relieves burning and itching).
4. Hemostatic - heavy periods, uterine bleeding.
5. Soothing - with irritability, nervousness, sleep disturbances.
6. Diuretic - with swelling of the legs, face, mucous membranes of the respiratory tract.
7. Restorative - hematopoiesis, cardiac activity, connective and bone tissues.

Regular use of chamomile tea has a beneficial effect on the whole body of a woman, maintaining hormonal balance, relaxing smooth muscle muscles, strengthening the walls of blood vessels, maintaining emotional tone. It is used in various forms: like tea, douching, lotions, compresses.

Lotion recipe

A pre-cut leaf of aloe, kept in the refrigerator for 5 days, finely chopped, squeezed juice, mixed with chamomile tea 1: 1, can be used for intravaginal swabs (soaked in a product), inserted into the vagina for 6 hours (2 to 3 times a day, course 10 days).

Douching Recipe

Add calendula flowers to the camomile. In equal proportions (a tablespoon), mix dry herbs, pour a liter of boiling water, insist until the solution cools down to body temperature. Strain through cheesecloth, squeezing the herbs. Douching should be carried out with a pharmaceutical syringe with a hose. The course of treatment is two weeks.

A beneficial effect has a healing drink on the body of a pregnant woman. A cup of not strong tea will help:

• with toxicosis - will relieve nausea, facilitate the emetic reflex;
• bloating - will reduce the formation of gases;
• with changes in mood, sleep disturbance;
• with colds and viral diseases.

The rich chemical composition of chamomile will favorably affect the development of the fetus.

Important! The abuse of the drink causes nausea, vomiting, headaches, and premature birth. For pregnant women, the norm is 1 cup 2 times a week.

After giving birth, you need to drink chamomile tea. He will help to cope:

• with postpartum depression;
• ease complications;
• increase lactation.

When breastfeeding lotions to inflamed nipples are disinfected and the cracks heal. In complex therapy, tea will help restore, normalize the menstrual cycle.

Indispensable chamomile in the climatic period of a woman. Changes in moods, hot flashes, pressure surges - will smooth and prevent the healing potion.

It is necessary to remember about an overdose, excessive consumption can have the opposite effect. Excessive douching used to reduce whitening in the menopause can drain the vaginal mucosa.

Chamomile tea when it can be harmful

An integral rule of treatment with any medication, including homeopathic ones, is the observance of the method of use. The main complication of using chamomile tea may be an overdose. Tasty and healthy will become unsafe and even cause harm, which manifests itself:

• lowering blood pressure (take extreme care with hypotension);
• headaches, nausea, vomiting;
• central nervous system disorders;
• raises estrogen levels (dangerous for pregnant women - can provoke a miscarriage);
• allergic manifestations (edema, itching, fever);
• dehydration (simultaneous administration with diuretics);
• anemia (with anticoagulants);
• drowsiness, muscle weakness (with antipsychotics, sedatives).
• Individual intolerance to chemical components may also be present.

Chamomile is a potent homeopathic remedy. It is necessary to start treatment with small doses of non-concentrated medicine, not strong tea - the best way to determine the side effects.

Tea with chamomile for children and infants

With caution, give a drink to children. Lotions, baths, rubbing or bathing babies is unlikely to harm.

The bacteriological properties of chamomile tea when bathing will relieve symptoms of sweating, diaper rash, skin rashes that are not associated with serious diseases (scarlet fever, measles, chickenpox). Rubdowns and lotions will help with mosquito bites, burns, wounds - they will remove itching, swelling. With inflammation of the eyes, washing with chamomile tea is an indispensable procedure.

Anti-inflammatory. Inhalations will relieve swelling of the mucous membranes with colds, ENT diseases (a swab moistened with chamomile tea, inserted into the child’s ear, will reduce pain, relieve inflammation), when coughing, sputum liquefaction and discharge. With nasal congestion, tea washes are used.

With bloating, flatulence, indigestion - an indispensable tool. After consultation with the pediatrician, you can take chamomile tea from 6 months of age. It will help easier to tolerate teething, it is allowed to drink the baby with a very diluted composition (weak taste and smell), the daily dose should not exceed fifty milliliters.

From the age of 5 years, children increase the dose to 200 ml per day. Increased irritability, hyperactivity, sleep disturbance - all this is corrected with chamomile tea.