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Botanical name: Chamaemelum nobile
Family: Asteraceae
Botany: parts used flowering tops
Application: tea, tincture, essential oil, infused oil, hydrosol, steam inhalation
Energetics: slightly cooling, drying
Taste: bitter
Essential oil: Steam distilled from the flowering tops.
Therapeutic Actions:
Aromatic
Anti-bacterial: destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria
Anti-spasmodic: An agent that prevents and eases spasms and relieves cramps
Anti-inflammatory: alleviate inflammation throughout the body
Analgesic: relieves or diminishes pain
Anti-phlogistic,
Anti-septic: destroys or controls pathogenic bacteria. Used topically.
Carminative: An agent that settles the digestive system and the expulsion of gas from the intestines
Cholagogue: increases the secretion and flow of bile production
Digestive: aids the digestion of food
Diaphoretic: promotes perspiration
Emmenagogue: stimulates, regulates, and normalizes menstruation.
Febrifuge,
Hepatic: stimulates and aids liver function
Nervine: strengthens or tones the nerves and nervous system
Sedative: reduces nervousness, distress, or agitation
Stomachic: digestive aid and tones the stomach
Sudorific:
Vulnerary: prevents tissue degeneration and promotes healing of wounds
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Spiritual power:
emotions addressed: purposeless, discouragement, drudgery, frustration, unsettled
Safety: Safe for children. non-toxic, non-irritant, non-sensitizing.