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In the Italian hotel room minibar in addition to the Italian favorite "standard" coffee, there is a tea bag is also very common. This is the national drink that Italians like very much and always have - chamomile tea. Italians take chamomile tea as a drink for the young and old to strengthen their bodies, fatigue, poor sleep, or when they are not feeling well, they will drink a cup of chamomile tea.
Chamomile flowers can be found everywhere in Italy, the flowers are very simple, but very small and lovely. Chamomile is native to Rome and is a long-established and widely used medicinal herb of the Asteraceae family, which has been respected as the "doctor of plants" since ancient times for its ability to cure the diseases of nearby plants.
Chamomile flowers have a refreshing and sweet taste, and Italians are accustomed to making tea and drinking it, believing that it has a health effect on the body. For example, chamomile can soothe the mood, relieve anxiety and improve the quality of sleep.
Italians believe that chamomile tea has an anti-bloating and abdominal nerve soothing effect,a cup of chamomile tea during the day will make people feel refreshed. A cup before bedtime can be a good night's sleep.
There are many different brands of chamomile tea in Italy. When you visit your friends in Italy, if they ask you if you drink tea, what they bring out is also mostly chamomile tea, rather than green tea, black tea and other preferred by the East. In this country with a strong coffee culture, although chamomile tea can not replace the position of coffee in the hearts of the people, but if you want to reduce the intake of caffeine, for the sake of health, Italians will always suggest that you "have a cup of chamomile tea it".
Italy's population is aging, suffering from cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other basic diseases of the elderly adhere to drink chamomile tea to strengthen the heart and lung function is also very good. Locals also use chamomile tea as a drink for children to regulate the stomach and intestines, clear heat and remove fire.
In addition to tea bags, Italians also make chamomile into medicines, health products and toiletries, and even many dishes and cocktails can occasionally taste the fragrance of chamomile, which is used to remove greasiness and enhance the flavor, often surprising.
In a word, in Italy, a romantic southern European country, you can see the small yellow and white flowers of chamomile in many corners, it blooms in the heart of Italian people.
