Author: Linné
Latin synonyms: matricaria recutita L., chamomilla recutita (Rauschert)
Other species: anthemis nobilis
This is the traditional, well-known chamomile everyone likes. I haven't been able to find out which
Latin name is currently agreed on, most books give matricaria chamomilla, but some of the most
recent ones also use chamomilla recutita or matricaria recutita.
MGMH gives anthemis nobilis as the true chamomile; in Britain it seems to have been more appreciated than
matricaria chamomilla, whereas in Germany it is said that its healing properties don't quite reach
those of the so-called German chamomile. In any case, both can be used alike.
Photo by Joseph Dougherty, Society for Environmental Education
More about chamomile in MGMH
Text References: Healing / Tea
| CB 10, 150 |
After the men had stuffed themselves, Ayla served them a delicate herb
tea of chamomile and mint that Iza knew would aid digestion. |
| VH 8, 126 |
He sipped the tea. "This is good. What kind is it?" he asked, (...)
"I think I can taste chamomile." |
| VH 12, 218 |
The tea had a pleasant taste - he thought he detected chamomile among
the ingredients - and its warmth was calming. |
| VH 13, 235 |
Healing of Baby
She set more water to boil for a comfrey-leaf and chamomile tea, though
she didn't know how she was going to get the internally healing medicine
into the baby lion. |
| VH 16, 279 |
Chamomile was an aid to digestion and a mild wash for wounds (...) |
| VH 23, 390 |
Finally she got up to get some chamomile for tea, hoping it would divert
his attention, and to calm herself. |
| VH 26, 437 |
I'll try something different this morning, she thought: sweet grass and chamomile. She peeled a twig, put it beside the cup, and started the tea steeping. (...) then poured herself a cup of cool tea.
"Chamomile," Jondalar said, "and I don't know what else." |
| MH 14, 220 |
She selected individual combinations for a tea for each. (...) For
Jondalar she picked ginseng, for male balance, energy, and endurance, added
yellow dock, a tonic and purifier, then licorice root, because she had
noticed him frowning, which was usually a sign that he was worried or stressed
about something, and to sweeten it. She put in a tinge of chamomile for
nerves as well. |
| MH 15, 222 |
There was mint in it - she knew he liked mint in the morning - chamomile,
too, and something else he couldn't quite discern. |
| MH 15, 223 |
"That's what it was!" Jondalar said, (...) "Mint, chamomile, and red
huckleberries. |
| MH 19, 295 |
Hangover
Still moving carefully, she took several packets from her medicine
bag and mixed up willow bark, yarrow, wood betony, and chamomile in various
proportions. She poured cold water into the cooking basket (...), added
hot rocks until it boiled, then the tea. (...) |
| PP 5, 62 |
She paused for a moment, considering, then selected the dried leaves
of feverfew and woodruff, added to chamomile for Jondalar, and just the
chamomile for herself, and filled the tea holders. |
| PP 5, 71 |
Ayla mixed a little columbine root and wormwood into her chamomile
tea, making a somewhat more than mildly calming drink for herself (...) |
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Abbreviations |
Editions |
| CB |
The Clan of the Cave Bear |
The page numbers refer to the hardcover editions by Crown Publishers, Inc, New York 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990.
Book 1-3 are the Special Collector's Edition, I don't know if the page numbers differ from those of the 'normal' hardcover editions. |
| VH |
The Valley of Horses |
| MH |
The Mammoth Hunters |
| PP |
The Plains of Passage |
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Author: Linné