July: A summer cooling herb.
Matricaria recutita – German Chamomile
Chamomile flowers are cooling to the whole body which benefits inflammatory conditions that are often exacerbated and at their worst during higher temperatures.
Drinking Chamomile as a tea can help hot skin conditions like eczema and acne, and also emotional issues such as irritability, PMS and anger, as well as hot inflamed gut, urinary and reproductive organs.
Cooled chamomile tea bags can be placed on your eyelids can treat inflamed eye conditions like conjunctivitis.
Written by Lily Canetty-Clarke, MNIMH, she explores how a better understanding of seasonal herbs and their medicinal properties could help so many of us. You can also follow Lily on Instagram for more amazing herbal knowledge.