42. Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla, Chamaemelum nobile)

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💙 In Ecuador, babies are bathed in chamomile tea made of the flowers and stems - it soothes skin irritations like prickly heat and diaper rash (I suggest you only do this after three months though, just to be safe).

💙 In Beatrix Potter's classic The Tale of Peter Rabbit, his mother makes Peter chamomile tea and sends him to bed after he raided Mr. McGregor's garden.

💙 German and Roman chamomile are also called Hungarian or English chamomile respectively.

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