Chamomile Tea for Sleep Quality

Research suggests that chamomile tea may offer short-term improvements in sleep quality, with one randomized controlled trial finding that postpartum women who drank chamomile tea for two weeks showed meaningfully better sleep efficiency and mood compared to those receiving standard care alone. However, the same study found that these benefits faded after the tea-drinking period ended, with no significant differences between groups at a four-week follow-up, indicating the effects may not be lasting. The available evidence base is limited to a single RCT conducted in a specific population — Taiwanese women in the postpartum period — which makes it difficult to generalize findings to broader groups. Overall, the research points to a potentially useful but short-lived and context-specific effect, and more studies across diverse populations are needed before stronger conclusions can be drawn.