Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Marticaria chamomilla (Hindi-Babuna,Marathi-Shevanti,Telugu-Chaamanthi,Malayalam-Chingu Kuttan,Popular-Chamomilla/German Chamomile/Wild Chamomile)Asteraceae.Syn-Chamomilla recutita.It is a freely branched short-lived perennial plant growing upto 5-80 cm tall from a thin spindly root.Leaf blades are 0.5-7.8 cm long, very narrow, needle or thread like.Flower heads are daisy like,1-1.5 cm across,borne singly on long stalks.The central disk is yellow and prominently convex,obovoid or spheroid to ovoid.Ray florets are 14-26,white,7-8.5 mm long,2.4-3.3 mm wide.As the flower ages, the ray florets start pointing up.They bloom in early to mid summer and have a strong aromatic fragrance.It grows as a weed all over along parts of India.It has antioxidant, antibacterial,anti inflammatory, antispasmodic, carminative,cholagogue, diaphoretic,emmenagogue, febrifuge, sedative, stomachic,tonic, vasodilator, anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, antiallergic,insect repellent, laxative,spasmilytic and i...