Medicinal chamomile (aka pharmacy chamomile) effectively fights pathogenic microorganisms and is used to disinfect cuts, wounds, and abrasions. Due to its choleretic properties, it is recommended to be taken for diseases of the gallbladder. Chamomile also has good anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, anti-allergic, hemostatic, wound-healing, soothing, sedative, diaphoretic, anticonvulsant, carminative and other properties. The anti-inflammatory properties of chamomile are actively used to treat inflammation of the mucous membrane, it is a good remedy for the treatment of ulcers and gastritis. The useful properties of medicinal chamomile have been known to people since ancient times. In Ancient Greece, Hippocrates recommended it as an analgesic and antispasmodic agent. In Ancient Rome, Pliny the Elder recommended chewing chamomile for the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract or using its decoction to treat diseases of the eyes, liver, and gastrointestinal tract. Medicinal chamomile contains flavonoids,essential oils, organic acids, carotene, bitters, mucus, glycosides, coumarins, gum, sugar, luteolin and apigenin derivatives, tannins. Thanks to such an effective set of useful trace elements, medicinal chamomile should also be taken for neuralgic pain, increased excitability, toothache, pain during menstruation and diarrhea.