People mainly take Chamomile for sleep, anxiety, digestion. Based on 54 first-hand reports and 59 meta-analyses & systematic reviews in the medical literature. Ranked #226 of 1,974 overall.
Of reports that state an outcome, 73% are positive.
Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.
3+ meta-analyses or systematic reviews and 10+ randomized controlled trials in humans. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.
Conclusion: Chamomile improved sleep, especially the number of awakenings after sleep or staying asleep; however, it did not lead to an improvement in the duration of sleep, percentage of sleep efficiency, and daytime functioning measures. Future studies are suggested to assess objective measures.
PubMed 39106912 ↗Conclusion: Topical cosmeceuticals like botanicals, peptides and hydroquinone can effectively treat photodamaged skin.
PubMed 39233460 ↗Conclusion: While most food, herbs and supplements can be safely taken in moderation, healthcare professionals should be aware of the increased risk of bleeding when taking several food and herbs. These include Chinese wolfberry, chamomile tea, cannabis, cranberry, chitosan, green tea, Ginkgo biloba, ginger, spinach, St. John's Wort, sushi and smoking tobacco. Patients should be counselled to continue to seek advice from their healthcare professionals when starting any new herbs, food or supplement.
PubMed 32478963 ↗Conclusion: Various studies have shown that herbal medicines can improve PCOS symptoms in women with minimal side effects but a longer treatment cycle.
PubMed 35916457 ↗As stated by users — not a recommendation. Follow the label or your doctor.
How often each side effect came up across all reports.
Verbatim quotes, shortened only — each links to the original discussion.
“I use chamomile, theanine, and glycine almost nightly for sleep.”
“supplements like valerian root, lemon balm, passion flower, and chamomile helpful, as was CES therapy and REBT therapy”
“Taurine, valerian, passion flower, chamomile, occasionally melatonin.”
“my extra-strength sleepytime tea (loaded with chamomile, valerian, and tilia estrella)”
“chamomile in particular seems to be amazing when im actually very stressed out but not much otherwise”
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