Chamomile Premium Organic Dried Herb

Description

Ingredients: Chamomilla Recutita Flower Botanical Name: Matricaria recutita

Common Name: Chamomile Plant Part: Flower

Traditional Use: Chamomile is renowned for being a household herb. It has traditionally been used as a gentle sedative to help alleviate anxiety and mild sleep disturbances. Its relaxing action helps soothe indigestion and used as a gargle can also help alleviate a sore throat. Used in a steam bath it can help ease respiratory congestion and applied topically it can assist in wound healing and reduce swelling.

Chamomile is such a gentle herb that it is used by many cultures throughout the world to help soothe childrens indigestion associated with anxiety.

Application: Ointments, creams, compresses, poultices and liniments.

Usage: These volumes are to be used as a general guide only. You will need to carry out additional testing to find the ratio perfect for your requirements. For use in making a herbal extract use 1 part herb to 5 parts alcohol.

Cover and store in a dark, dry place for 4-5 weeks before straining then using.

Tincture: This is like making a cup of tea, make a tea-bag like pouch using muslin cloth or equivalent and add approx 25g of herb. Boil water then pour 75g over the herb bag. Leave to steep for 5 minutes then remove.

The water can then be used in your cosmetic products or stored (after it has been preserved) to use at a later date. If the extract fails to reach the intensity in colour or odour that you expected increase the dose to 50g in 50g water.

A decoction can be made by boiling up a herb bag of 25-50% herb in 75-50% water on the stove for approx 20 minutes. A poultice can be made by selecting your herbs and blending them with either bath salts, sugars or clays before wrapping into a muslin cloth. The resulting poultice can then be heated in a steamer and used during massage. The contents can also be added to a herbal bath if desired.

Cautions: If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medication or suffering from a health disorder, please consult your qualified healthcare professional before undertaking the handling or use of dried herbs. They can be potent natural compounds and research into their unique beneficial effects and safety is highly recommended. Note: Individuals receiving this information must exercise their independent judgment in determining its appropriateness for a particular purpose or use.

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