Since going back to work, I have been using chamomile tea to decompress after a stressfull day. I stopped smoking around 4 years ago and I had to find healty ways to minimize anxiety, stress, and blue days. I have a glass of red wine once in a while but that can interfere with sleep. So I started reading up on the benefits of chamomile and here is what I found.
It reduces:
1) Insomnia, it contains a chemical that is like a natural sleep aid,
2) Depression, maybe because once you have a good night rest you feel like you can take on the day
During the night the body restores all it is cells, I call it the night time "auto-shop". If you don't have that restorative sleep everything starts breaking down and more problems start appearing with your whole body.
3) anxiety,
4) it has anti-inflamatory properties,
5) it helps with digestion
6) it has anti-bacterial properties.
See the scientific abstract below for more detailed information:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995283/
