tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post8027914727947244326..comments2024-02-29T07:51:54.606-08:00Comments on Tales of a Kitchen Herbwife: Chamomile, my new friend Sarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-10954052321150335682013-01-23T08:55:19.150-08:002013-01-23T08:55:19.150-08:00Good to hear from you, Ilene and thank you for sha...Good to hear from you, Ilene and thank you for sharing the extra uses for chamomile. I've been making a chamomile/calendula tea to use as an eye wash for several weeks as my poor eyes were very dry from using the computer when I was overtired. The tea really helped and I would have used a teabag if I'd had one handy.I've not used chamomile with sinuses but it sounds good.Sarah Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-26289252559145011842013-01-23T07:48:45.673-08:002013-01-23T07:48:45.673-08:00Your post on Elderberry pulled me in. It was grea...Your post on Elderberry pulled me in. It was great. <br /><br />There is an online mini-course given on Learning Herbs where they have additional uses for Chamomile: breathing the steam of chamomile tea to open the sinuses, and using a wet chamomile teabag on the eye to treat pink eye. <br /><br />I have also felt like I got good results when experiencing the beginnings of a sore throat by drinking chamomile tea with honey.<br /><br />I hope this comment gets accepted, those word verification things are hard for me to figure out. --Ilene in Oklahoma USA Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-79372095392382164622013-01-21T23:50:42.870-08:002013-01-21T23:50:42.870-08:00Thanks for that Sarah
Diet is under control and ...Thanks for that Sarah <br /><br />Diet is under control and he has been symptom free for a while despite the cold (central heating exascerbates it) I will try the tea nad look into sourcing some of the things you mention through my local herbalist <br /><br />Thanks againThe Squirrel Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970265671489926403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-58494999251462983522013-01-21T07:54:48.116-08:002013-01-21T07:54:48.116-08:00Hi Shaz, I have made a chickweed oil and given it ...Hi Shaz, I have made a chickweed oil and given it to parents of eczema sufferers to add to their bath. It's reportly had good results. You could try the chamomile tea in the bath as well and see how it works. One of the herbalists I know uses a salve made from equal parts chickweed and calendula salve to prevent an eczema flareup in his children. I'm presuming you're already tackling diet and stress levels with your youngest as eczema really needs to be treated from the inside out rather than relying on a sterid cream which will only suppress the symptoms and make them appear somewhere else.Sarah Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-34781562411840547742013-01-20T01:59:05.318-08:002013-01-20T01:59:05.318-08:00Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comme...Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment.<br /><br />Could chammomile tea be added to a bath to help with excema? my youngest has it and hates the sting associated with steroid based cream I would love to find an alternative treatment/preventative <br /><br />ShazThe Squirrel Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970265671489926403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-12945470024249969862013-01-04T15:05:47.789-08:002013-01-04T15:05:47.789-08:00Lucinda, it's been a couple of years since I g...Lucinda, it's been a couple of years since I gave the person chamomile water. He never mentioned any stinging at the time and the excema was more hot and angry than I'd ever seen before and covered almost his entire torso. I heard him telling someone else the following year how it had felt cool to the touch when he applied it and had helped reduce the inflammation. I will check with him again when I see him next and let you know.Sarah Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-90588947566608481782013-01-04T14:21:23.625-08:002013-01-04T14:21:23.625-08:00Fascinating post Sarah. I absolutely love chamomil...Fascinating post Sarah. I absolutely love chamomile, it's one of the herbs I couldn't imagine being without! I have roughly powdered the herb and used it to make a compress on fungal skin infections a few times with very good results. It's so versatile isn't it!<br />I will have to give the chamomile water recipe a go too. Do you find it is ok on eczema with the 25% alcohol in it? I haven't ever tried a high percentage of alcohol on eczema as I thought it might be irritating so I'd love to hear what your experience was.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-52276732875503414662013-01-03T15:02:32.264-08:002013-01-03T15:02:32.264-08:00My scientific inner geek past person LOVES that y...My scientific inner geek past person LOVES that you put in references!<br /><br />I am so happy about this as it is so unusual in the blogosphere.<br /><br />Really interesting post as well and yes I agree with the uses you have identified,Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.com