Green Chamomile
Green chamomile is a member of the Asteraceae or Compositae family. Its Latin name is Matricaria discoidea DC.
The family name for green chamomile is Asteraceae Dumort. (Compositae Gisike).
Description of Green Chamomile
Green chamomile, also known as anorexia lichen, is an annual herbaceous plant with a strong, fragrant aroma. Its stems are branched, reaching up to forty centimeters in height, and can be either erect or ascending. The leaves of green chamomile are sessile, alternate, and have linear lobes, and can be bipinnate or tripinnate. These leaves bear yellowish flower heads that lack marginal ray florets. Green chamomile flower heads sit on rather short, thickened stalks. The stems and leaves of this plant are bare.
Green chamomile blooms from July to August. This plant prefers areas near homes, crops, roads, vacant lots, and vegetable gardens.
Description of the medicinal properties of green chamomile
Green chamomile has very valuable medicinal properties, and it is recommended to use the flower heads of this plant for medicinal purposes. This medicinal raw material should be harvested at the very beginning of flowering in clear weather, without leaves or flower stalks.
These valuable medicinal properties can be attributed to the content of fatty acid glycerides, gum, mucilage, bitterness, carotene, vitamin C, salicylic acid, apiin, and blue essential oil in the flower heads of this plant. It is noteworthy that the essential oil of this plant also contains chamomileselen. The flower heads of this plant possess antiseptic, antispasmodic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, anticonvulsant, mild astringent, carminative, and gentle laxative properties. It’s worth noting that the essential oil of this plant possesses the same medicinal properties as chamomile essential oil.
Medicine recommends using drugs based on green chamomile as antispasmodics for stomach ulcers, chronic colitis, various diseases of the digestive system, gastritis, and flatulence. In addition, such drugs are used as a sedative for the nervous system. As for external use, such healing agents are used locally as antiseptic and anti-inflammatory agents in the form of compresses for swelling and bruises, and are also used for washing the perineum and mucous membranes, and are used for irritation of the eyelids, sweating of the feet and hemorrhoids. In addition, medicinal products based on green chamomile are used to wash ulcers, purulent wounds and abscesses, and are used as an anti-inflammatory rinse and a weak astringent.
It should be noted that, like medicinal chamomile, green chamomile will be included in emollient and stomach preparations.
As for traditional medicine, the flower baskets of this plant are used for various gastrointestinal diseases, including cramps and stomach pain, colitis and gastritis. Also, such remedies are used for colds, various diseases of the liver, bladder and kidneys, malaria and diseases that will be accompanied by fever.
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