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Curative Properties of Chamomile in Gastrointestinal Disorders
Published in Megh R. Goyal, Preeti Birwal, Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants for Human Gastrointestinal Disorders, 2023
Chamomile smells like apple; for this reason, it is named “chamomile” in Greek meaning “ground apple.” It was applied by ancient Egyptians to treat the “ague,” which is known as an acute fever associated with malaria in Egypt. In a traditional manner, chamomile has been used to aid digestion, keep breathing fresh, boost the immunity, and have a good sleep. It is also used as an excitant for common use, hypersensitivity alleviation, complications in the menstrual cycle for women, inflammation in bronchial tubes, worms, and insect bite and irritation.12,55
Monographs of essential oils that have caused contact allergy / allergic contact dermatitis
Published in Anton C. de Groot, Monographs in Contact Allergy, 2021
Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert (syn. Matricaria chamomilla L., Matricaria recutita L.), popularly known as German chamomile, is a perennial plant belonging to the Asteraceae family. Native to Europe and adjoining Asian countries, the plant is cultivated all over the world for the flowers and the flower oil, particularly in European countries such as Hungary, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Slowakia and the former Yugoslavia, and in Egypt and Argentina. German chamomile is an important medicinal and aromatic plant of both traditional and modern systems of medicine and chamomile flowers are still an official drug in the pharmacopoeia of some 20 countries (11).
Botanicals and Dietary Supplements
Published in Hilary McClafferty, Integrative Pediatrics, 2017
One of the most favored traditional herbs is chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.), widely used as a medicinal plant. Recorded use dates back to ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Chamomile is the umbrella name encompassing a wide range of plants similar to daisy, which belong to Asteraceae family. German chamomile and Roman chamomile are two of the many different species of chamomile that have been recognized since ancient times for their anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, carminative, antiseptic, and mild relaxant characteristics. Most research has been done on German chamomile (Gardiner 2007).
Re: A systematic review of the efficacy of alternative medicine in the treatment of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
Published in Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2021
Hossein Rezaeizadeh, Mehrdad Karimi, Toktam Sadat Firoozeei
We have read with great interest the informative article by Khorasani et al. (2020). The authors of this review have assessed the efficacy of alternative medicine in the treatment of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. Stated by the authors, Matricaria chamomilla is safe and effective in pregnancy (Khorasani et al. 2020). However, based on traditional Persian medicine, chamomile is an abortifacient herb and is contraindicated in pregnancy (Aghili Khorasani 2001). Also, there have been documented adverse effects of chamomile in pregnancy, such as an increased risk of low birthweight, preterm birth and a shorter newborn length due to the consumption of chamomile on a regular basis (Trabace et al. 2015). A study carried out by Gholami et al. (2016) showed significant results in the induction of labour, in post-term pregnant women after a week of consuming multiple doses of oral chamomile compared to the placebo group. Moreover, a case report of a severe anaphylactic shock in a healthy pregnant woman, with an Apgar score of zero in the newborn, due to enema of a chamomile oil preparation, for purposes of induction in labour was also documented (Jensen-Jarolim et al. 1998). Overall, chamomile has been categorised as an oxytocic and uterine stimulating herb and may result in abortion (Johns and Sibeko 2003).
Enzyme-assisted modification of flavonoids from Matricaria chamomilla: antioxidant activity and inhibitory effect on digestive enzymes
Published in Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 2020
Elida Paula Dini de Franco, Fabiano Jares Contesini, Bianca Lima da Silva, Anna Maria Alves de Piloto Fernandes, Camila Wielewski Leme, João Pedro Gonçalves Cirino, Paula Renata Bueno Campos, Patrícia de Oliveira Carvalho
Polyphenols are secondary metabolites affected by environmental and seasonal conditions and by the geographic origin of plants. In that light, a diverse polyphenolic fingerprint characterises the Matricaria chamomilla L. plant and, evidently, its biological activity too. Chamomile is used mainly as an anti-inflammatory and antiseptic, but also has anticonvulsant, antispasmodic, and analgesic properties. In vitro and in vivo studies have found that M. chamomilla L. exhibits antifungal, antihypertensive, antiallergic, hypoglycaemic, analgesic, immunomodulatory, antiulcerogenic, hepatoprotective, chemopreventive, and anticancer properties2. Chamomile may also have sedative and anxiolytic effects because of apigenin’s ability to bind to benzodiazepine receptors potentiating the activity at GABA A receptors5.
Induced polygenic variations through
Published in International Journal of Radiation Biology, 2019
Raj Kishori Lal, Chandan Singh Chanotiya, Ved Ram Singh, Sunita Singh Dhawan, Pankhuri Gupta, Shama Shukla, Anand Mishra
Chamomile belongs to the Asteraceae family. It is commercially an important and natural source of essential oil that contained terpenoids, fatty acid derivatives, etc. The oil is used in different perfumery and pharmaceutical preparations on a large scale. There is a huge demand of chamomile flowers as it is used in bathing and herbal tea (Sharma et al. 1983; Sharma et al. 1989). However, it was introduced in India about three centuries ago, chamomile could not be used enough under producing crops, because of its low essential oil content with poor flowers yield and also due to unpredictable market demand. The chamomile plant material had been investigated earlier and was determined to produce high flower yield and essential oil content, and isolated mutant was released as variety Vallary with dark blue oil by CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow (Anonymous 1992). Previously, a number of research workers reported mutation breeding using γ-irradiation to obtain valuable mutants released as varieties for commercial cultivation in medicinal crops like Hyoscymus niger L mutant varieties Aekla and Yela (Sharma et al. 1989); Plantago ovata F mutant varieties Niharika and Mayuri (Lal et al. 1998; Sarkar and Lal 2018); Mucuna prurience varieties CIM Nirom and Sfurti (Lal et al. 2015; Singh et al. 2017). Aromatic grasses Cymbopogon winterianus variety Manjari and CIM-Jeeva (Lal et al. 1998).