Chamomile – most of us associate this daisy-looking ingredient with tea, but it’s available in essential oil form too. Chamomile oil comes from the flowers of the chamomile plant, which actually happens to be related to daisies (hence the visual similarities) and is native South and West Europe and North America.
Chamomile plants are available in two different varieties. There’s the Roman Chamomile plant (which is also known as English Chamomile) and the German chamomile plant. Both plants look largely the same, but it actually happens to be the German variation that contains more of the active ingredients, azulene and chamazulene, which are responsible for giving chamomile oil a blue tinge.
Chamomile essential oil uses
There’s so much you can do with chamomile oil. You can:
Spray it – Create a mixture that contains 10 to 15 drops of chamomile oil per ounce of water, pour it into a spray bottle and spritz away!
Diffuse it – Place some drops in a diffuser and let the crisp aroma freshen up the air.
Massage it – Dilute 5 drops of chamomile oil with 10ml of Miaroma base oil and gently massage into the skin.
Bathe in it – Run a warm bath and add 4 to 6 drops of chamomile oil. Then relax in the bath for at least 10 minutes to allow the aroma to work.
Inhale it – Directly from the bottle or sprinkle a couple of drops of it on to a cloth or tissue and gently breathe it in.
Apply it – Add 1 to 2 drops to your body lotion or moisturiser and rub the mixture into your skin. Alternatively, make a chamomile compress by soaking a cloth or towel in warm water and then adding 1 to 2 drops of diluted oil to it before applying.
Chamomile oil benefits
Chamomile oil is thought to have calming and antioxidant properties. It may also have lots of benefits to using it, including these five:
Address skin concerns – due to its anti-inflammatory properties, chamomile essential oil can help calm skin inflammation and redness, making it potentially useful for blemishes.
Promotes sleep – chamomile has long been linked with helping improve sleep quality. One study of 60 people, who were asked to take chamomile twice a day, found that their sleep quality had significantly improved by the end of the research.
Alleviate anxiety – research has found that chamomile oil helps alleviate anxiety by acting as a mild sedative due to the compound alpha-pinene interacting with the brain’s neurotransmitters.
Post time: May-15-2025