{"id":837,"date":"2012-11-10T20:53:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T20:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=837"},"modified":"2012-11-11T23:10:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-11T23:10:17","slug":"chamomile-german-matricaria-recutita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=837","title":{"rendered":"Chamomile, German ~ Matricaria recutita"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/German_Chamomile_patch1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-883\" title=\"German_Chamomile_patch1\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/German_Chamomile_patch1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/German_Chamomile_patch1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/German_Chamomile_patch1-268x268.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Chamomile, German<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Matricaria recutita<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Asteraceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: flowers<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to Europe, NW Asia; cultivated and naturalized inN. America and elsewhere<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: volatile oil (alpha-bisabolol), azulenes (matricin), flavonoids (apigenin, luteolin), quercetin, polysaccharides<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: sweet, aromatic, slightly bitter<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sedative<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">carminative<\/span>, antispasmodic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: immunostimulating, antipyretic, antifungal<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: insomnia, gastric ulcers, indigestion, diarrhea, colic, teething pains, menstrual cramps<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: gout, neural irritability, sciatica, infantile convulsions, wounds, burns<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: infusion: 1-2 tsp\/cup water, 1 cup tid; powder: 2-8 g qd; 1:1.4 tincture: 20-75 gtt qd-qid (note possible discrepancies for doses of different preparations)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: may cause allergic hypersensitivity such as contact dermatitis and anaphylaxis in some individuals (theoretical- rare)<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: non-toxic<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chamomile, German Latin name: Matricaria recutita Family: Asteraceae Part used: flowers Habitat: native to Europe, NW Asia; cultivated and naturalized inN. America and elsewhere Main constituents: volatile oil (alpha-bisabolol), azulenes (matricin), flavonoids (apigenin, luteolin), quercetin, polysaccharides Energetics: sweet, aromatic, slightly bitter Main herbal actions: sedative, carminative, antispasmodic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,34,94,70,91,39,72,36,1,32,76,78,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analgesic","category-anti-inflammatory","category-antiseptic","category-antispasmodic","category-areomatic","category-bitter","category-carminative","category-energetics-taste","category-module1","category-properties","category-sedative-properties","category-sweet","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions\/839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}