100% Chamomile Blue 100%德國藍洋甘菊 100%德国蓝洋甘菊
Therapeutic Properties
Depression, insomnia, antioxidant, antimicrobial, headache, eruption, insect bites, eczema, dry itchy skin, sensitive skin
History
Chamomile was sacred to the ancient Egyptians who dedicated it to the Sun God because of healing abilities.Ingredients
Bontanical Name: Matricaria chamomilla
Origin: Egypt
Method of Extraction: Steam distillation
Plant Part:Flowering Top
sNote: Mid
Vaporisation: Add 5-10 drops of essential oil into warm water by using diffuser.
Massage: Add 4-5 drops of essential oil into 10ml of carrier oil for facial or body massage or as a home-made body oil after shower. It is very good for muscular and spiritual relaxation.
Bathing: Add 8-10 drops for a full bath. It can stimulates blood circulation and is ideal way to relax.
Inhalation: Add 3-5 drops of essential oil into a bowl of steaming water. Place a towel over the head, close your eyes and inhale deeply. It can help to relieve physical and mental stress, especially headache and respiratory system problems.
Clay mask (Cleansing and Whitening): Add 1-2 drops of essential oils to the mixtures of floral water and clay mask.
Personal skin care product (e.g Shampoo,Bath Gel,Facial cream etc.): Add 4-5drops of essential oils to your own skin care products, create the unique personalised skin care products.
Perfume: Add 4-5 drops of essential oils and 4-10 drops of solubiliser into 10ml water to create your own personalised perfume.
Contra-indication: Avoid during pregnancy
Blending Base Measurement:
1% Essential oil in (5/10/30/50/100)mL = (1/2/6/10/20) drops per volume of essential oil respectively
2% Essential oil in (5/10/30/50/100)mL = (2/4/12/20/40) drops per volume of essential oil respectively
2.5% Essential oil in (5/10/30/50/100)mL = (3/5/15/25/30) drops per volume of essential oil respectively
Eye care = 0.5% Face = 1% - 2% Adult full body = 2% - 2.5%
*Remarks: Thin oil can apply onto skin directly. Thick oil is sticky, diluted with thin oil will be better
Proportion: Thick Oil 10-20%Thin Oil 80-90%
Antidepressant Activity The study shows that Chamomilla 6cH is related to the recovery of behavioural conditions in mice subjected to stressful conditions. Animals who cohabitated with a sick cage-mate treated with Chamomilla 6cH were less severely affected. Source: Pinto, S. A. G., Bohland, E., de Paula Coelho, C., de Azevedo Morgulis, M. S. F., & Bonamin, L. V. (2008). An animal model for the study of Chamomilla in stress and depression: pilot study. Homeopathy, 97(3), 141-144. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1475491608000428 Improving insomnia The experiment chose 34 patients aged 18-65 with DSM-IV primary insomnia for more than 6 months. Chamomile essential oil showed advantage on daytime functioning in the experiment. There was about 6.7% decrease in the fatigue scale after using chamomile essential oil. Source: Zick, S. M., Wright, B. D., Sen, A., & Arnedt, J. T. (2011). Preliminary examination of the efficacy and safety of a standardized chamomile extract for chronic primary insomnia: A randomized placebo-controlled pilot study. BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 11(1), 1-8. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1472-6882-11-78 Antioxidant activity The antioxidant activity is measured by DPPH radical scavenging. Chamomile essential oil showed excellent radical scavenging activity, with IC50 values ranging from 0.0022 to 0.0041. Free radical scavenging activity of chamomile essential oil could be due to its higher content of phenolic components which were chlorogenic acid, Caffeic acid, p-coumaric acid and ferulic acid. Such hydroxyl-phenolic compounds can donate hydrogen atoms to DPPH and scavenge it. Source: Roby, M. H. H., Sarhan, M. A., Selim, K. A. H., & Khalel, K. I. (2013). Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential oil and extracts of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L.) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.). Industrial crops and products, 44, 437-445. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092666901200564X?casa_token=H9E7yocGKJMAAAAA:4-M62p1GjwoWmyqv33bgrXX-_8ZoYGOxhUzfHQP1j1El_ITZ78D05g5ocLbI1APKJku0nHM86ag Antimicrobial activity The concentration of 20 μg/disc of chamomile essential oil was the best concentration as antimicrobial activity which inhibited all the strain tested especially Gram-positive bacteria Source: Roby, M. H. H., Sarhan, M. A., Selim, K. A. H., & Khalel, K. I. (2013). Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential oil and extracts of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L.) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.). Industrial crops and products, 44, 437-445. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092666901200564X?casa_token=H9E7yocGKJMAAAAA:4-M62p1GjwoWmyqv33bgrXX-_8ZoYGOxhUzfHQP1j1El_ITZ78D05g5ocLbI1APKJku0nHM86ag Improving headache Zargaran, A., Borhani-Haghighi, A., Faridi, P., Daneshamouz, S., Kordafshari, G., & Mohagheghzadeh, A. (2014). Potential effect and mechanism of action of topical chamomile (Matricaria chammomila L.) oil on migraine headache: A medical hypothesis. Medical hypotheses, 83(5), 566-569. Reference Pinto, S. A. G., Bohland, E., de Paula Coelho, C., de Azevedo Morgulis, M. S. F., & Bonamin, L. V. (2008). An animal model for the study of Chamomilla in stress and depression: pilot study. Homeopathy, 97(3), 141-144. Zick, S. M., Wright, B. D., Sen, A., & Arnedt, J. T. (2011). Preliminary examination of the efficacy and safety of a standardized chamomile extract for chronic primary insomnia: A randomized placebo-controlled pilot study. BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 11(1), 1-8. Roby, M. H. H., Sarhan, M. A., Selim, K. A. H., & Khalel, K. I. (2013). Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential oil and extracts of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L.) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.). Industrial crops and products, 44, 437-445.