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Chamomile (German chamomile) (Matricaria recutita)
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Chamomile is
also spelled camomile.
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Chamomile (Matricaria
recutita) is an easy to grow hardy annual.
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The fresh
flowers can be used to make a 'tisane' or herbal tea.
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The fresh
flowers can be used to add interest to salads.
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The flowers
can be dried for use when fresh flowers are not available.
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The dried
flowers can be used to make a 'tisane' or herbal tea.
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The leaves
can also be used to make herbal teas but they are more bitter. Herbal teas
made with the dried flowers taste better.
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To grow a
chamomile lawn use Roman Chamomile (Chamaemelum Nobile) which is a smaller
growing perennial.
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Both
types of chamomile have similar properties.
Links
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Jekka's Herb
Farm "Chamomile, one of our most favourite old garden herbs, is renowned
for its sedative properties. Use its delicate flowers, fresh or dried, to
make a calming herbal tea, or a hair rinse, or an eye wash. Plant a
chamomile seat, sit down, smell the sweet aroma and sip a cooled chamomile
infusion..summer is all around you. " Jekka McVicar
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http://www.jekkasherbfarm.com/HerbChamomile.asp
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"Drinking
camomile tea can fight a cold and banish menstrual cramps, UK researchers
believe."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/...
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"Drinking
chamomile tea daily may help prevent the complications of type 2 diabetes,
such as loss of vision and nerve and kidney damage, a study says. "
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/...
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"Recent and
on-going research has identified chamomile's specific anti-inflammatory,
anti-bacterial, anti-allergenic and sedative properties, validating its
long-held reputation. This attention appears to have increased the
popularity of the herb and nowadays "
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http://www.herbwisdom.com/...
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Plants for a future. Edible medicinal and useful plants.
Entry for German Camomile
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http://www.pfaf.org/user/...
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chamomile flowers (Matricaria recutita)
dried chamomile (Matricaria recutita)
Grow your own - chamomile (German
Chamomile)
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"Chamomile is an easy herb to grow, and self-seeds
happily. This means it will sprout up from the ground in the same place
each year without the trouble of you having to save seed and re-sow them.
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http://www.herbexpert.co.uk/...
Grow your own - chamomile lawn (Roman
Chamomile)
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