64 CHAMOMILE. 



of the infusion of i ounce to i pint of boiling water is 

 a wineglassful. 



Preparation. Fluid extract : Dose, -1 drachm. 



Distinctive character Stem 8-12 inches high, with 

 opposite, lanceolate-ovate leaves, having three to five 

 longitudinal ribs, hairless, and entire at the margins. 

 Flowers pink, with twisted anthers. Taste, bitter. 

 Odour, slight, disappearing when dried. 



CHAMOMILE. Anthemis nobilis, Linn. 



N.O. Composite. 

 Syn. Roman Chamomile. 



Parts used Flowers, herb. 



Action Stomachic, antispasmodic, tonic. An old- 

 fashioned but extremely efficacious remedy for hysterical 

 and nervous affections in women. Also used as an 

 emmenagogue. The flowers combined with crushed 

 poppy-heads make a good poultice for allaying pains, 

 when other means have failed. As a lotion it is also 

 excellent for external application in toothache, earache, 

 neuralgia, &c. The herb and flowers are equally 

 valuable. The dose of the infusion of i ounce to a 

 pint of boiling water is a tablespoonful to a wineglass- 

 ful. The herb is also used in the manufacture of herb 

 beers. As a tonic the Powdered Flowers may be used 

 in doses of -1 drachm three times a day. 



Preparations Fluid extract, flowers : Dose, ^-i 

 drachm. Solid extract B.P. : Dose, 2-8 grains. Oil 

 B.P. : Dose, -3 drops. 



Distinctive character Flowers double, i.e., con- 

 sisting entirely of ligulate florets, about inch in diameter, 

 leaving, when pulled off, a conical, solid receptacle, 

 covered with lanceolate membranous scales (palese). 

 Leaves pinnately divided into short and hairy leaflets. 

 Taste, aromatic and very bitter. In English Camomile 

 Flowers a few of the central florets are tubular. Wild 

 Camomile Flowers, having only an outer row of ligulate 

 florets, are known as Scotch Camomiles. 



