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Chamomile Tea

 

Sleep Better: Chamomile tea is very helpful as an aid to sleep. It contains relaxing and soothing properties and is best taken before one retires to sleep at night. Some people believe that it is also good to drink just after a meal to kill the bad odor of flatulence.

 

Stomach Reliever: Chamomile is helpful for helping with stomach problems. It relieves stomach aches and the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. It helps with eliminating wastes from the body as well as helping food to digest in the stomach. For help with digestion it is sometimes combined with peppermint.

 

Menstrual Cramps: The Egyptians of ancient times used chamomile for the relief of menstrual cramps. Today science is realizing that they may have had a good thing going. A recent study has found that drinking chamomile tea raised urine levels of glycine. This is an element that calms muscle spasms. Researchers believe this is why chamomile tea helps to relieve menstrual cramps.

 

Hemmorrhoid Helper: Another study apparently discovered that the ointment from the chamomile plant has been quite helpful for the treatment of hemorrides.Fights ColdBecause chamomile comprises of an immune boosting element, it therefore helps with fighting colds because of these antibacterial properties.

 

Wound Healing: The Egyptians, the Romans, and the Greeks used chamomile flowers in a poultice form, and then applied it to wounds to wounds to speed up the healing process. It has been proven recently that rats when given chamomile in their water healed much faster.

 

Management of Diabetes: Chamomile tea is undergoing a test that might prove it to be beneficial and effective in the management of diabetes. In one study, chamomile taken daily has been found to prevent the progression of diabetic complications and hyperglycemia.

 

Cancer: Some studies show the possible protection against many different types of cancer cells when Chamimile tea is taken on a regular basis.

 

Please Note: Some people can develop very serious allergic reactions - including anaphylaxis to chamomile. When one has allergic reactions to plants such as the daisy, marigold, chrysanthemum, ragweed or aster, then care should be used when taking chamomile.

 

Chamomile should also be avoided when a woman is pregnant as it may act as a uterine stimulant which can increase the likelihood of aborting the fetus.

 

People on blood thinners because of bleeding disorders should avoid chamomile. It has coumarin and could cause bleeding.