Chamomile drug

Chamomile drug

Chamomile drug: Description. Annual herb with branched stems. Leaves dvazhdyperisto-lobed with the lobes narrowly linear. Flower baskets are not large, consisting of the edge of white ligulate and yellow median tubular petals. Chamomile drug differs from other types of daisies in a hollow oblong-conical receptacle. Plant height 20 - 40cm.
Flowering time. May-September.
Habitat. In the fields, in gardens, cultivated on plantations of medicinal plants.
The applied part. Flowers.
Collection time. May - August.
Chamomile Drug: Chemical composition. Chamomile drug contains essential oil, which includes hamaluzen (similar to coumarin), acid (salicylic acid, caprylic, izovaleryanovaya, ascorbic, nicotinic), salts (calcium, potassium), flavonoids, lactones, mucus, bitterness, protein, choline, phytosterol, tannins, carotene (provitamin A), and alcohols.
Chamomile drug: Action. Anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, analgesic, antispasmodic, disinfectant, carminative, antispasmodic, astringent, anti-allergic, diuretic, antiulcer, sedative. Increases secretion of digestive glands, stimulates appetite, reduces fermentation processes, relaxes the smooth muscles, dilates blood vessels of the heart. Increases biliary excretion, decreases biliary spasms, reduces inflammation.
Chamomile drug: Application. With flatulence gases (drink and enemas). In acute and chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, colitis, enterocolitis, haemorrhoids, gastric and duodenal ulcers, colitis, constipation, allergies, colitis and gastritis), hepatitis, cholecystitis. In diseases of the nervous system: nervousness, hysteria, chorea, epilepsy, migraine headaches, insomnia, trigeminal neuralgia. Respiratory diseases - rinse infusion. In skin diseases - externally. When the pain in the joints - hot poultice of the flowers.
Dosing ..
1. 1 tablespoon of flowers to 1 cup boiling water, leave. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for 15 minutes. before eating.
2. 1 teaspoon of flowers per 1 cup boiling water, leave. Drink 1 / 3 cup 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before meals in the form of heat. Children drink 1 teaspoon.
3. Chamomile flowers and black elder flowers in varying amounts evenly spread out in a gauze bag, fold roller, pour boiling water - to make compresses for 30-40 minutes. on painful joints.
4. 1 tablespoon of flowers to 1 cup boiling water, leave. Applied topically to rinse, douches, lotions. 1 cup of infusion of 1 liter of water - an enema.
CONTRAINDICATIONS. Pregnancy. A tendency to diarrhea used with caution. High doses cause headaches and general weakness of the body.