06/16/2026
Some folktales have more than one lesson! 🌼🐰 After eating everything in Mr. McGregor’s garden, Peter Rabbit got sick to his tummy, and his mother gave him chamomile and put him to bed. Mother Rabbit was definitely on to something!
Dating back at least 2000 years to the ancient Egyptians, people have used dried chamomile flowers for medicine, cosmetics, and perfumes. It has long been said to calm infant colic 🌼 Find more facts and folklore about this beneficial herb at Almanac.com/brew-yourself-cup-chamomile
Now, two species within two separate genera of the aster family are commonly called chamomile: Roman Chamaemelum nobile and German Matricaria chamomilla.
They’re used pretty much interchangeably for medicinal purposes, with the Roman variety used primarily for teas and infusions, and the Roman variety for distilling the essential oil 🌼 Learn how to grow chamomile at Almanac.com/plant/chamomile
