CHAMOMILE

An infusion of tea prepared from the flower heads of this plant is an old-fashioned remedy for fixtulence (dose, two to six tablespoonfuls). In larger doses it often causes vomiting. Poultices prepared from chamomile have no special advantage over an ordinary linseed poultice. To make chamomile tea, pour a pint of boiling water on an ounce of the dried flower heads, and after allowing to stand for a quarter of an hour, strain through muclin. [s. 342]