Today, if a patient goes to the doctorâs office with a stomach ache symptom, health care professionals may recommend ginger to help prevent or treat further nausea or vomiting, and even cancer chemotherapy. However, they probably wonât prescribe a liter of ginger ale.
Chamomile reduces cramping and pain in the bowels and also helps to relieve excessive gas and bloating in the intestines. Therefore, a simple remedy is to drink a cup of chamomile tea to help relieve irritable bowel syndrome, nausea, and gastroenteritis or stomach flu.
Chamomile has not been implicated in causing serum enzyme elevations or clinically apparent liver injury. Background Chamomile (kam' o myle) is the common name for several daisy-like plants, the flowering tops of which are used to make teas, liquid extracts, capsules or tablets. The chamomile most commonly used for its hypnotic and sedative effects is German chamomile (Matricaria recutita). Chamomile extracts contain volatile oils, flavonoids and hydroxycoumarins. The flavonoid apeginin has benzodiazepine-like activity and is believed to be the active component of the herbal.