Camomile baths and washings are most beneficial to the whole nervous system.

The face washed with a decoction of Camomile once a week will soon show a healthier and softer glow. A decoction used a a hair conditioner, especially on blond hair, will make it managable and give it a beautiful shine.

 

Camomile helps the movement of the bowels without purging and is therefore indirectly beneficial for haemorrhoids to which Camomile ointment can be applied externally. This ointment may also be used to promote the healing of wounds. Colds and maxillary sinusitis are soon better if Camomiles steam is inhaled. After such a treatment one must understandably remain warm.

 

The ancient Egyptians dedicated the Camomile to the Sun-God because of its fever-reducing effect and the oil of Camomile was used as a rub for neuralgia and rheumatic pains - the name Matricaria comes from the latin "mater" = mother - and as the name implies, was used for female disorders. In old herbals one reads that the oil of Camomile takes away the tiredness of limbs and the boiled flowers applied to an ill bladder, ease the pain.

 

A village woman known as "Camomile Witch" helped 5 people regain their hearing by frying Green Field Onion (Ornithogalum caudatum) in Camomile oil and this warm oil was dropped into the ear frequently.

She also gave movement back to paralyzed limbs through Camomile oil massages. Against eye pain Camomile boiled in milk was applied as a compress over the closed eyes which healed in a short time.