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Botanical Name: Matricaria recutita (Matricaria chamomilla)
Common Method Of Extraction: Steam distilled
Parts Used: Flowers
Note Classification: Middle
Aroma: Strong, warm, sweet herbaceous
Largest Producing Countries: Bosnia, Spain, and Hungary
Traditional Use: Blue, or German, chamomile has been used for nervous related ailments.
Properties: Analgesic, anti-inflammatory,  antiphlogistic, antispasmodic, bactericidal, carminative, cicatrizant, digestive, emmenagogue, febrifuge, fungicidal, hepatic, nerve sedative, stomachic, sudorific, vermifuge, vulnerary.
Benefits: The German variety is considered to be the most therapeutic of all the Chamomiles and has an impeccable reputation among holistic practitioners. The German Chamomile is believed to be one of the most highly reputed oils for addressing skin conditions. Chamomile Essential Oil contains azulene, which gives the oil a beautiful deep blue color. The scent of this oil is mild and sweet, similar to apples, and often has a medicinal aroma with very faint bittersweet notes.Acne, arthritis, asthma, broken capillaries, burns, colic, cuts, dermatitis, dysmenorrhea, dyspepsia, eczema, headache, indigestion, insect bites, insomnia, migraine, muscular pain, muscular  spasms, nausea, nervous tension, neuralgia, rashes, rheumatism, sensitive skin,  sprains, stress related complaints, wounds. When adding blue  chamomile to skin preparations take the color of the oil into consideration.
Of Interest: Blue chamomile oil has a higher azulene content then Roman chamomile oil. This constituent also gives the oil its characteristic blue color. The azulene is not present in the fresh flower but is produced during the process of distillation. 

Chamomile Differences:
Blue Chamomile essential (Matricaria recutita) oil Has a high content of azulene, the active organic compound of  chamomile, which bears a blue color. azulene has anti-inflammatory, skin  healing  properties. This oil is most suitable as an ingredient for skin care  products.  Blue chamomile is derived from the German chamomile plant, which is  an upright  growing annual. There are German chamomile plants that were breed for a high  azulene content to use in the manufacturing of medicinal chamomile  products.
Roman Chamomile (Anthemis nobilis L) essential oil Is used for its skin healing  properties in the manufacturing of body care products, as well as for  aromatherapy. It has a very pleasant, soothing, apple-like aroma. The Roman chamomile plant is a low  growing, perennial ground cover.
Moroccan Chamomile essential oil (Tanacetum annum) Is not from a true chamomile plant. It is used  mainly in perfume blends, and for aromatherapy. The plant is an annual that  grows in the Mediterranean and in the  Middle East. This is a product new to the market, it does not have a long  history of traditional uses like true chamomile.

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