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Chamomile
to many to answer but just to name one: chamomile
Chamomile has a number of medicinal properties. Chamomile tea has a mild relaxing effect, and also lowers blood sugar, which can be helpful for protecting against and treating type II diabetes. Chamomile also has some antimicrobial properties, both chamomile tea, and when chamomile is used in other products such as skin care products. Chamomile also acts as an anticoagulant (blood thinner), which can be a good or bad things depending on the context -- it can be dangerous because it interacts with prescription drugs that have the same effect. There is some evidence that chamomile also has cholesterol-lowering properties, antimutagenic properties, antispasmodic, and anti-inflammatory effects. It may have other benefits for health as well, there is really not all that much research on it and much is still being discovered, but it has extensive use in traditional medicine.
No, chamomile is used for soothing toddlers and helping people get to sleep. Slippery Elm is for coughs.
Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit was given chamomile tea to calm his stomach after overeating in the garden. Chamomile is known for its calming and soothing properties, making it a popular choice for treating digestive issues.
Almost always, the flowers are used to make chamomile tea. The leaves can also be used, but the tea is not as fragrant.
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Chamomile has probably been used for hundreds or thousands of years before the first recorded use (by the Ancient Egyptians) which was before the Greeks used it.
Only the roots.
Chamomile can refer to a number of different plants; all are daisy-like plants in the composite (daisy) family; it normally refers to German chamomile, Matricaria recutita. This is the species typically used in chamomile tea.Roman chamomile, Anthemis nobilis, is a similar plant; it is less often consumed as a tea, but it is sometimes used for medicinal purposes.There are several other plants occasionally bearing the name "chamomile".