Official name:  Chamomilla recutita

Latin name: Matricaria recutita L. (Af. chamomilla L.; Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rausch)

Description: Chamomile is an annual herbaceous plant of the family. Asteraceae with spindle root. It is found along roads, meadows, meadows and places with altitudes up to 1000 m throughout Bulgaria. The stem is erect, branched, vertically grooved, hollow, up to 50 cm high. The leaves are filamentous, consecutive, sessile, pinnate. The tips of the stem branches end with flower baskets composed of peripheral white, pagan, female flowers and internal, tubular, yellow, bisexual flowers with a characteristic pleasant smell. The protruding flower nest is hollow in its inner part. Chamomile blooms from May to August.

Part of the herb used: stalk (Herba Chamomillae), flower (Flores Chamomillae)

Collection time: Chamomile flowers are harvested from May to August in the flowering period.  Flower baskets are hand-picked together with a small part of the stems and arranged in shallow containers or frames for drying herbs. The collected material is dried in the shade or in a dryer up to 35 degrees as properly dried baskets have white peripheral leaflets and green stems.

Content and properties: The herb contains up to 10% chamazulene (essential oil of saturated blue color), sesquiterpenes, paraffin, flavonoids, flavone glucosides, coumarins, carotenoids, mucus and bitter substances. Chamomile drugs contain vit. C, nicotinic acid, salicylic acid, stearic and linoleic acids.

Healing effect and application: The rich composition of medicinal substances in chamomile determines its basic properties used in medicine - anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antiviral, hemostatic and antispasmodic, analgesic and softening. The herb accelerates the regeneration of epithelial cells, stops the processes of decay in the intestine, reduces spasms, stimulates digestion, has disinfecting properties. Chamomile inhalations help with colds, flu, bronchitis and asthma. As an anti-inflammatory and painkiller, the medicinal plant is used internally and externally in a large number of diseases: inflammations of the digestive system (mucous membrane of the mouth, gums, throat), toothache, gastritis, enteritis, colitis, stomach and duodenal ulcer. Externally, it is applied to lavages in various inflammations - conjunctivitis, hemorrhoids, painful wounds, wetting eczema, sweating the legs, etc.

Opportunities for offering on request of the client: 

"Vesselino" Ltd. offers its customers the herb in the following varieties:

• stalk (Herba Chamomillae) - dried, whole, crushed, cut to size on customer's request, ground into powder/flour

• flower (Flores Chamomillae) - dried, whole, crushed, cut to size on customer's request, ground into powder/flour