Recipe
Bath with chamomile infusion
- Herb:
- German chamomile Matricaria chamomilla
- Method:
- Bath additive
- Plant part:
- Flower
About 35 minBeginnerRecipe science profile
Procedure
- Make a strong infusion: steep 3–4 tsp dried flowers in 500 ml boiling water under a lid for 15 minutes, then strain.
- Pour the infusion into a comfortably warm bath (not scalding).
- Soak about 15–20 minutes; pat skin dry and rest afterwards — often in the evening.
Extraction
- Water:
- 500 ml
- Pour temperature:
- 100 °C
- Steep:
- 15 min
Notes
For an adult recreational bath only, not treatment or an infant recipe. Avoid with Asteraceae allergy, open wounds, extensive skin injury, acute skin disease, high fever or severe infection. Also avoid full baths with severe circulatory disorders or heart failure.
Why it works
These home proportions and timings are not a validated medicinal dose. The EMA monograph supplies bath safety restrictions; its specific preparations and concentrations cannot be equated with this recreational recipe.
Related
German chamomile — Herb card
Bath additive — Processing method detail