Ingredients:
4 teaspoons fresh chamomile
100 ml high-proof alcohol (approx. 60%)
Glass
fine sieve, linen cloth or coffee filter
Brown glass bottles
Preparation:
Pour the fresh chamomile into a glass and pour the approximately 60% alcohol over it. Then close it and leave it for 10 days. Move or shake the glass every now and then. The mixture can then be strained through a fine sieve, linen cloth or coffee filter. Pour into brown glass bottles and label with name (chamomile essence) and date.
Application:
Take 1 teaspoon 3 times daily, preferably after meals.
Helps with:
see chamomile
A tincture made from the dried flowers is also possible.
Attention: Alcohol is not for children, young people, pregnant women and drivers!!!
Chamomile tincture
Preparation:
Pour the herbs into a screw-top jar, leaving about half of the space in the jar. Then pour Doppelkorn over the herbs until they are well coated. Seal the jar. Let the tincture steep in a warm place for two to six weeks. Little by little the tincture takes on more and more color. After the waiting period, the tincture is filtered off. A coffee filter is suitable for this. Place the coffee filter over a second glass and pour the tincture through the coffee filter. The finished tincture drips into the second glass. The tincture is then filled into a dark bottle. Close the brown glass bottle. Label the bottle with contents and date. Stored in a dark, cool place, a tincture will last for at least a year.
Application:
Internal
Unless otherwise prescribed by a doctor, pharmacist or alternative practitioner:
Take 10 to 50 drops 2 to 3 times daily
External
As a compress
Diluted as a partial bath
Diluted for washing
Dab pure
In creams
Note! Never put chamomile in your eyes!!!!
The fine hairs of chamomile flowers are very irritating to the eyes. Therefore it should never be used for eye infections. Also not strained well because the fine hairs penetrate normal sieves.