Chamomile

Chamomile Flowers 🌼☀️
 
One of the most well-known and widely loved herbs in the world, Chamomile flowers are a gentle but profound healer with deep roots in folk and clinical herbalism alike. Cooling and drying in its energetics, it soothes what is hot, tense, and irritated in the body and in the nervous system. Hand-selected, organic, and lovingly packaged in the Colorado mountains.
 
🌼 For: anyone working with stress, sleep, digestive upset, inflammation, or nervous tension
🍃 Botanical name: Matricaria chamomilla
🌱 Part used: flowers
⚡ Energetics: cooling, drying
👅 Taste: sweet, slightly bitter, aromatic
🔥 Actions: nervine, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, carminative, diaphoretic, mild sedative, vulnerary, antimicrobial, analgesic
🌲 Body systems: nervous system, digestive system, skin, respiratory system
🌿 Traditional uses: anxiety, insomnia, stress-based digestive upset, colic, bloating, gas, menstrual cramps, skin inflammation and irritation. Used internally as tea or tincture; topically as compress, poultice, or wash.
☕ How to use: brew as a tea (1-2 tsp per 8 oz, steep 10-15 minutes), use as a tincture, or apply topically as a cooled compress or wash
🌾 Variation: as a natural botanical, color and aroma may vary slightly batch to batch
⚠️ Not for: member of the Asteraceae family, use with caution if sensitive to ragweed, echinacea, or related plants. Generally considered very safe, including during pregnancy and for children.