Chamomile ( Marticaria chamomilla , wild chamomile) is a well-known herb in Greece and is very easily found in the Greek countryside in fields, wetlands and fields. It is a herbaceous plant that can reach a height of 60 cm. Its useful part is the flowering head that appears from May to September.

Collect the flowers early in the morning and dry them in the shade at a temperature below 35 degrees Celsius. It contains several medicinal ingredients in its essential oil, antispasmodics and vegetable mucus. It is one of the classic herbs that we use to make a decoction and a well- known relaxant . It acts mainly as an antiseptic , anti-inflammatory and is also a mild antiperspirant and antispasmodic .

We can also throw a spoon in a liter of water without boiling it, chamomile will release its beneficial substances and we can use it if we have stomach disorders from pain, for diarrhea and nausea , for inactive digestion , but also for inflammation of the urinary system .

We can also use the infusion in compresses and on wounds that are slow to heal.

Indicatively the medicinal properties of chamomile are:

Here are some uses for dried chamomile flowers:

– As an infusion you can consume it at night by drinking a cup so to Fight Insomnia | anxiety and stress.
– The infusion also relieves irritable bowel syndrome.
– You can wash a baby who has trouble sleeping at night by pouring 300ml of drained infusion into the bath water.
– With the infusion you can do mouthwashes to fight inflammation of the mouth.
– In a basin of boiling water add 2 tablespoons of flowers and inhale for cases of asthma, bronchitis, runny nose and allergic fever.

Precautions: Do not consume it in larger doses than you should. Do not use by pregnant women as it is a uterine stimulant. Contact with the herb in wet meadows can cause dermatitis.