Chamomile's origin Chamomile's growing environment

Chamomile about 30 cm tall, yellow in the center, flowers white, slightly furry leaves. Next, let's take a look at the origin of chamomile.

Chamomile is called "noble flower" in Latin and "apple fairy" in ancient Greece. The Egyptians dedicated chamomile to the sun and worshipped it as a sacred grass, and sacrifices used it to deal with nerve pain. It was common sense to treat snake bites with chamomile in Roman times. Chamomile is divided into two types according to its origin and efficacy: Roman chamomile and German chamomile. German chamomile is a beautiful sky blue, better than Roman chamomile, its leaves have apple sweet taste, warm vegetation, flowers with apple aroma, bright green, golden cone-shaped flowers, strong heart fragrance. When selecting dried flowers, the color is not too dark, the leaves are complete, dry and non-damp is better.

Chamomile is an annual or perennial herb with a height of 30-50 cm, glabrous and fragrant. Stem erect, much branched distally. Leaves 2-3-pinnatifid, lobes finely striate, apical tip. Florescence April-May, head terminal or axillary, 1.5-2 cm in diam. Outer Corolla ligulate, white, inner Corolla tubular, yellow. Achenes extremely small, oblong or Obovate. The seeds are small, with more than 10000 seeds per gram. Mother chrysanthemum is a widely cultivated variety, one is pure western chamomile, which is annual. The other is Roman chamomile, perennial.

Female chrysanthemum, Roman chamomile and German chamomile have many common characteristics: about 30 centimeters tall, yellow in the center, white petals, and slightly furry leaves. German chamomile is small, and the essential oils of all three chamomile contain blue oil fumes (a highly effective anti-allergic substance), but they are mainly found in essential oils rather than whole plants. German chamomile in the blue oil fume content is a little more, the color is dark blue, sometimes called "Hungarian chamomile".

Like fertilizer, like moisture, afraid of waterlogging, not resistant to drought, the general soil can grow, but the soil layer is deep, fertile loam and sandy loam is strong, low-lying waterlogged land is not suitable for planting. Soil requirements are not strict, acidic, saline-alkali soil can grow. Developed root system, strong rooting ability, is a good soil fixation and water conservation plants, hillsides, river embankments and other places can be planted. In the shade, the growth is poor.

Main distribution: European countries, such as Britain, Germany, Rome, Italy and other countries.

We know that scented tea is green tea and black tea. Scented tea is not suitable for everyone. Traditional Chinese medicine suggests that people with qi deficiency and yang deficiency constitution (pale and sweating, low voice, less food, shortness of breath, fatigue, thin stool, etc.) should not drink more. Because the person of this kind of physique needs warm tonic, and scented tea nature is cool, should not drink more.

If you really want to drink, how can I drink it? 1. Black tea can be selected as scented tea with mild nature. two。 A little shredded ginger is added to the tea to remove the cold, which has a special flavor. 3. Qi deficiency constitution to drink scented tea, you can add 3-5 jujube bubble service. 4. Drink while it's hot.

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