Supplement · Sleep, stress & mood
Chamomile
Also known as: Matricaria chamomilla
A gentle calming herb with modest evidence for anxiety and sleep.
- Evidence
- Silver· human data
- Sources cited
- 1
- Last reviewed
- 22 July 2026
Chamomile is a mild, widely-used calming herb, taken as tea or extract for relaxation and sleep. Its calming flavonoid apigenin binds brain receptors linked to relaxation.
Human evidence is modest but real: some trials show reduced symptoms of generalised anxiety and small improvements in sleep quality with standardised extracts. Gentle rather than potent, and very well tolerated (take care with ragweed allergy).