Health Benefits
Far beyond its benefits for relaxation, chamomile tea helps boost your immune system, keeps skin looking flawless and promotes a healthy heart and digestion. Universally loved for its gentle, fruity flavor and abundant benefits, Chamomile has so much to offer:
Skin Care
Digestive system
Relieves Stress & Anxiety
Anti-inflammatory & Pain relief
Relieves Menstrual Pain
Boosts Immune System
Anti-cancer activity
Promotes Heart health
Manages Diabetes
Keeps Gums and Teeth Healthy
Promotes Healthy Hair
Allergies and Hayfever
Skin Care
Topical application of chamomile tea cures irritations or skin conditions such as eczema, and it can significantly improve healing and lessen the appearance of blemishes and wrinkles on the face.
Chamomile essential oils penetrate below the skin surface into the deeper layers of the skin, preserving its youthful appearance, complexion and immune defenses. As a traditional medicine, it’s been used for centuries to treat wounds, ulcers, eczema, gout, skin irritations, bruises, burns and sunburns and canker sores.
Today, we know chamomile benefits and uses go even further — it’s also useful for getting rid of signs of aging like dark spots and fine lines, reducing dandruff naturally, treating chickenpox quickly, and fading scars.
Additionally, it makes a great natural diaper rash treatment and can even be used around the eyes to fight infections and eye sties.
Digestive system
As its many names allude to, chamomile is the King of the Herbs when it comes to any kind of digestive complaint. Known as “Our Lady of the Guts” or “Mother of the Gut”, this versatile herb can be a major help if you are suffering from stomach irritation, ranging anywhere from mild bloating to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Stomach upsets and bugs can also be relieved by chamomile – its delicate balance of active plant compounds will help to neutralize the cause and heal any damage induced by the bug.
Chamomile has been famously used to treat various gastrointestinal disturbances, including gas, acid reflux symptoms, indigestion, diarrhea, anorexia, motion sickness, nausea and vomiting.
Chamomile extract can help shorten the course of diarrhea and colic in children as well as relieve symptoms of pain and anxiety in children.
Many of these benefits are due to Chamomile’s natural relaxing effects. Because the brain and the gut communicate directly back and forth via the vagus nerve, a more relaxed mind can also help heal the digestive system, which can mean reduced symptoms of chronic conditions like leaky gut, IBS and other gut-related issues.
Relieves Stress & Anxiety
One of the most popular uses of chamomile tea is in the treatment of stress and anxiety.
After a long day at work, the warm, soothing nature of this beverage can help increase the levels of serotonin and melatonin in your body. These hormones can successfully eliminate stress and worry.
It also provides instant relief from migraines and headaches, while also slowing down your mind and eliminating the classic symptoms of anxiety without any side-effects.
Chamomile tea can also be an overall sleep aid, particularly for people who struggle with sleep apnea and restless sleep. Drinking a warm cup of non-caffeinated chamomile tea can help you fall asleep faster and wake up feeling more refreshed. It is recommended for women going through the postpartum period as a supplement for better sleep. Moreover, regular sleep is linked to lowering the chances of Alzheimer’s disease.
Anti-inflammatory & Pain relief
Chamomile is sometimes called “herbal aspirin” since it’s been a popular home remedy for lowering pain for centuries.
Chamomile can naturally lower pain associated with arthritis, migraine, injuries, back pain, fevers and pregnancy. In fact, its pain-reducing qualities are even used to soothe the body and mind after giving birth. For example, in some parts of the world like Mexico, chamomile tea is given to women after labor to relax their abdominal muscles and help them rest.
It is a popular remedy for inflammation on the outside of the body too, with it being commonly used to treat sunburn, mild burns, rashes, sores and eye inflammation.
Relieves Menstrual Pain
The anti-inflammatory nature of chamomile tea makes it a popular choice for women dealing with the symptoms of menstruation like bloating, cramping, anxiety, sweating, insomnia, and mood swings.
Boosts Immune System
The phenolic compounds present in chamomile tea help to strengthen your immune system and ward off infections. The menthol compounds present in chamomile also help to fight colds, flu, and sinusitis, ultimately relieving congestion, which is why it’s a common addition to nasal sprays.
Anti-cancer activity
Recently, several studies dug into the anti-cancer activity of chamomile. Evidence shows the positive effects of chamomile stopping cancerous tumor growth and acting as a natural additional cancer treatment.
Inhibition of cancerous cells is believed to be due to chamomile’s antioxidants called apigenin, which are helpful in the battle against skin, prostate, breast and ovarian cancers.
In a recent study chamomile showed significant reductions in human cancer cells, especially cells that often lead to prostate cancer.
Promotes Heart Health
Recently, chamomile has been associated with providing cardiovascular protection.
It helps lower blood pressure and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, making your heart healthy and protecting you from various cardiovascular issues.
Manages Diabetes
Research has shown that chamomile tea can be useful for people suffering from diabetes type I and II. By helping lower blood sugar levels and regulating the amount of insulin in the blood, the powerful organic chemicals in it help to eliminate massive drops and spikes in blood sugar.
Keeps Gums and Teeth Healthy
In addition to all the other amazing benefits, Chamomile has the interesting ability to fight various bacterial infections of the oral cavity, teeth, and gums.
Chamomile helps reduce pain associated with cancer sores, wounds, bleeding gums, gingivitis and toothaches, plus it fights the harmful bacteria that can live in the mouth.
To make use of its mouth protecting abilities, drink a few cups of chamomile tea, or use it as a gargle a few times a day.
Promotes Healthy Hair
Another topical use of chamomile tea is to promote healthier, shinier hair.
Anti-inflammatory compounds can alleviate itchy, dry scalp that can lead to dandruff. Chamomile tea is also a natural hair lightener so you can achieve lighter hair or highlights by applying some strong tea to your hair. To get these benefits, simply rinse your hair with cold chamomile tea in the shower.
Allergies and Hayfever
If you’re struggling with sore, puffy eyes due to hay fever – give chamomile cold compress a try! It can act as a cooling eye mask if placed carefully on your eyes. According to studies Chamomile Flowers are soothing, calming and act as an anti-histamine.
Alternatively, you can try mixing nettle, peppermint, elder flower and chamomile in a tea mixture that will help you fight those annoying allergy symptoms.