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Chamomile:Heritage Of Healing,Beacon Of Tomorrow

Patil Bhagyashri Sandip, Dr.Sunila. A. Patil, Mrs.Sulbha. G. Patil

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Chamomile is one of the most ancient medicinal gravies known to humanity. It belongs to the Asteraceae/Compositae family and is typified by the Roman (Chamaemelum nobile) and German (Chamomilla recutita) chamomiles. The dried flowers of chamomile contain numerous terpenoids and flavonoids contributing to its medicinal parcels. Chamomile specifics are generally used for multitudinous mortal affections analogous as hay fever, inflammation, muscle spasms, menstrual conditions, insomnia, ulcers, injuries, gastrointestinal conditions, rheumatic pain, and hemorrhoids. Essential oils of chamomile are used vastly in cosmetics and aromatherapy. Multitudinous different specifics of chamomile have been developed, the most popular of which is in the form of herbal tea consumed further than one million mugs per day. In this review we describe the use of chamomile in traditional medicine with regard to assessing its restorative and precautionary parcels, highlight recent findings for its development as a remedial agent promoting mortal health.


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