Calendula

Calendula

Calendula is a member of the Aster family and is a common garden plant.

It is native to Europe, but widely cultivated for it’s beauty. It is a golden orange flower that remains in bloom for almost the whole length of the summer, thus the origin of the name calendula. As Gerard explains, “It is to be seen in flower in the Calends almost every month.” (The book of Herbal Wisdom pg 179).

Calendula has been used in German folk medicine as a remedy for wounds and glandular problems and the medicinal properties are resident in the resin which is concentrated on the underside of the flower heads.

Calendula the homeopathic remedy

Calendula Officinalis

Common name: Calendula, Marigold

Family: Composite

Related remedies: Hypericum (soft injury), Arnica (injury without laceration), Rhus-Toxicodendron or Ruta (muscle injury)

Calendula Officinalis

Calendula is a popular homeopathic antiseptic which is used to promote healing, especially of broken skin.

It’s use is employed mainly as a external salve in the form of a cream or tincture.

It helps to control bleeding from minor cuts and abrasions by securing the union of the skin and preventing suppuration and is also used to sooth minor burns. Calendula has also been used in midwifery for the treatment of tears to the perineum after childbirth.

It’s antiseptic properties makes it a useful gargle for sore throats, mouth ulcers and even to help control bleeding after a tooth extraction.

Homeopathically Calendula has been given internally for such illnesses as jaundice, and fever where there is associated irritability, nervousness and sensitivity to noise.

Symptoms after an injury that may indicate Calendula would are: better from warmth, walking or lying still and worse from damp, wet, or cloudy weather, chill or in the evening.

Affinity

Soft body parts

Liver

Capillaries

Clinical uses

Wounds

Muscle or tendon rupture

Lacerations

Abrasions

Jaundice

Uterine prolapse

Fibroma

Gangrene

Ulcers

Abscess

Scaring