What associations do you have when you listen to the song Wildflowers? Surely many will have first thoughts about daisies. We loved these tender flowers with white petals and a yellow core so much that we planted them closer to the dwelling: in the front gardens and in the summer cottages.
We also buy them at flower stalls, decorating them with our home.
American traveler
But odorous chamomile was not always a resident of the European continent. From America, its seeds “came” to Russia at the beginning of the 19th century. There, odorous chamomile was considered a weed grass growing in fields with crops. Nobody, perhaps, would have known about the existence of this kind of "weed", if not for trade. Grain intended for sale was poured into bags and loaded into the holds of ships. Along with him, chamomile seeds went on a long voyage. Bags on the continent were unloaded with special hooks into railway cars. As a result of such overloads, holes appeared in the burlap, albeit small, but sufficient so that the camomile seeds that traveled along the Russian railways would leave their tracks along the route. About 30 years it took the plant to populate the expanses of the European part, to penetrate into Siberia, the Far East and even reach the Arctic Circle. Now it grows in forest glades, along railways, in apiaries and along the banks of water bodies.
Collection and Harvesting
Odorous chamomile is an annual plant with a bare branchy stem, a convex receptacle and petals bent down. It is approved for medical use along with the pharmacy. It is very easy to harvest it, since chamomile grows in large thickets and is available for collection. Medicinal flowers are baskets. They gather in dry, calm weather at the beginning of flowering. Raw materials are dried at a temperature of 40 ° C in ventilated areas in the shade. Drying of flowers should not be allowed. Dried chamomile is stored in canvas bags in a dry place. Over the summer you can carry out 4-5 blanks of raw materials.
Chamomile application
For centuries, chamomile has been used as a remedy for disorders, sleep disturbances and headaches, but there are many more options for its use, which we may not know about. Let's see what this plant can do for us, and how nature is prepared from
to point out some of our health problems. Thanks to the essential oil contained in the flowers, the odorous chamomile, a photo of which is found in all books about medicinal herbs, is used in the treatment of respiratory tract, rheumatism, and skin diseases as a diaphoretic. Decoctions and tinctures are used for any inflammation and allergies. Chamomile flowers are used in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. With the ability to tone and soothe the skin, they relieve redness and itching. You just need to hold your face over the steam from the brewed chamomile. In gynecology in inflammatory processes, douching with a decoction is prescribed. Odorous chamomile is applied externally in the form of rinses and lotions. R
Omashka oil when rubbed into the temporal region helps to eliminate headaches. It is also effective for burns.
The smell of dry chamomile does not like mice. Having laid it out in places of storage of products, pantries, you can be sure that the gray cheats will not come for tidbits.
Chamomile broth is used when rinsing hair and tinting in a light tone of gray hair. The essential oil obtained from it is used to create shampoos and gels. Of course, we all drank chamomile tea, but, as a rule, because we are used to its mild taste and relaxing aroma. In some countries of Europe they drink such a drink with cream. Bulgarians call this tea “Laika”. A glass of such a drink, drunk at night, will give a calm sleep and pleasant dreams.
