Benefits of Chamomile Tea, Can Help You Sleep Well

For those of you tea lovers must have heard the type of chamomile tea. Tea made from chamomile flowers not only has a fragrant aroma, but is also believed to have many benefits for the body. The benefits of chamomile tea are obtained from the content of flavonoids, coumarin, polyacetylenes, and sesquiterpenes, which are compounds that have a medicinal function. In chamomile extract there are also several phenotic bioactive compounds that can be useful for the body.

Various Benefits of Chamomile Tea

Many benefits of chamomile tea for health. Are as follows:

  • Helps sleep better

    • For those of you who have trouble falling asleep at night, try to drink a glass of warm chamomile tea. This tea can have a calming effect on the body and can make you sleepy. The calming effect given by chamomile tea is from the flavonoids contained in it. This content can bind to benzodiazepine receptors in the brain, causing drowsiness. Chamomile is also known as a mild anesthetic.

  • Relieve abdominal pain during menstruation

    • A study shows that drinking chamomile tea can help in reducing abdominal pain during menstruation. Chamomile tea can increase glycine levels in urine. Glycine is a substance that can help reduce muscle cramps during menstruation.

  • Reducing blood sugar levels for diabetics

    • Although it still needs to be investigated further, routine drinking chamomile tea at least twice a day, is believed to reduce blood sugar levels in diabetics. In addition, it also reduces the risk of complications, such as nerve damage, kidney damage and vision problems.
The benefits of chamomile tea are also believed to be able to maintain digestive health, prevent diarrhea, and play an important role in heart health, and reduce the risk of some types of cancer. Including skin cancer, breast cancer, digestive cancer, uterine cancer, and prostate cancer. The chamomile extract can also be used as a natural hemorrhoid medicine. Although there are many benefits of chamomile tea, there are no doses or safety standards in taking it. Consumption of chamomile tea is generally 1-4 cups every day. To make chamomile tea, you can soak chamomile tea bags or chamomile flowers in hot water for 5-10 minutes, then drink when the water is warm. Of course you also need to be vigilant, considering the safety of chamomile tea is not yet fully known. It is recommended that pregnant or breastfeeding women, infants, and children consult their doctor before consuming chamomile tea.

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