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Use of Chamomile as Medicines
Chamomile has been used as a traditional medicine for thousands of years to calm anxiety and settle stomachs.

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Use of Chamomile as Medicines, Classification of MedicineAnacyclus Pyrethrum is the botanical name of Chamomile which has been used as medicines for thousands of years. In compilations as Sarangadhara and the Bhavaprakasa, it is occasionally mentioned under the name of Akarakarava and is used as an ingredient of compound prescriptions, as for example in the Akaradi Churna described under opium.

Chamomile"s popularity grew throughout the middle Ages when people turned to it as a remedy for numerous medical complaints including asthma, colic, fevers, inflammations, nausea, nervous complaints, children"s ailments, skin diseases and cancer.

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