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Chamomile for Rosacea

The classic "tea-bag-on-puffy-eyes" botanical. Calms angry skin via the same anti-inflammatory pathways psoriasis drugs target, just gentler. Good for reactive or rosacea-prone complexions.

Why it works for Rosacea

Calms reactive, inflamed skin. Its natural compounds (apigenin and bisabolol) quiet the inflammation in skin cells. One caution: if you are allergic to daisy-family plants (like ragweed or marigold), you may react to it too.

How Chamomile works

Flavonoid (apigenin) and terpenoid (α-bisabolol, chamazulene) blend that inhibits PI3K/Akt/mTOR and p38 MAPK signaling in inflamed keratinocytes, dampening cytokine release in psoriasiform skin models.

Evidence

4 citations from our ingredient database. Full citation list on the Chamomile ingredient page.

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Essential Oil of Matricaria chamomilla Alleviates Psoriatic-Like Skin Inflammation by Inhibiting PI3K/Akt/mTOR and p38MAPK Signaling Pathway, Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology 2024
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Phytochemical, Technological, and Pharmacological Study on the Galenic Dry Extracts Prepared from German Chamomile Flowers (Romania), Plants 2024
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Comparative analysis of whole plant, flower and root extracts of Chamomilla recutita L. (Germany), Frontiers in Immunology 2024
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Xu J et al., Therapeutic effects of chamomile volatile oil nanoemulsion/Bletilla striata polysaccharides gels on atopic dermatitis, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2024 — topical chamomile volatile oil nanoemulsion (19.07 nm) reduced skin damage, epidermal thickness, and mast cell infiltration in atopic dermatitis mice; rebalanced Th1/Th2

Products with Chamomile in our catalog

These are the catalog products that list Chamomile as a tracked ingredient.

Sunday Riley

Luna Sleeping Night Oil

$105 · Treatment

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