Marigold drugs (calendula)

Marigold drugs (calendula)

Marigold drugs (calendula): Description. Annual herb. Stem erect branched, leaves alternate, oblong, lower - narrowed to the base. Flower baskets bright orange. Boundary reed petals, and the median - tubular. Fruit - curved achene. Plant height 20-50 cm
Flowering time. June - September.
Habitat. Cultivated in gardens, parks, gardens ..
The applied part. Flower baskets.
Collection time. June-September.
Marigold drugs (calendula): Chemical composition. Marigold contains organic acids (malic acid, salicylic tracks, many of ascorbic), various carotenoids, including pro-vitamin A, triterpene glycosides, volatile oil, traces of alkaloids, bitter substances, flavonoids, tannins and mucous membranes, gums, volatile, saponins.
Marigold drugs (calendula): Action. Anti-inflammatory, disinfectant, sedative, antiseptic, wound healing, stimulating, antispasmodic, antitumor, hypotensive, tonic, diuretic, choleretic, promotes scarring, reduces toxicity and retards the growth of cancer cells, normalizes appetite, reduces inflammation and swelling resolves hardening. Accelerates healing and regeneration of tissues, regulates menstruation, calms the central nervous system, normalizes sleep, soothes headaches, improves memory, heart activity, overall health and vision.
Marigold drugs (calendula): Application. At various gastrointestinal diseases, gastric and duodenal ulcers, stomach cramps, gastritis, colitis, enterocolitis, diarrhea, belching, nausea, vomiting, stomach cancer and ulcers, rickets. In the festering wounds, ulcers, scrofula, eczema, frostbite (with swelling), boils, rashes, herpes, burns, fistulas, acne, anal fissures and cracks in the skin - externally. When cervical erosion, Trichomonas coleitis, pain - douching. With angina, bronchitis, cough, inflammation of the bladder, spleen diseases.
Dosing ..
1. 2 tablespoons of marigold flowers in 2 cups boiling water, brew, drink 1 / 2 cup 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before eating. For external use prepared napoy: 2 tablespoons of calendula in 1 cup boiling water.
2. The flowers are marigolds, 40 ° alcohol (1:10) insist 7-10 days. Drink 20-30 drops 3 times a day. Wet the cheesecloth and apply to sore from burns places.
1 teaspoon to 1 cup of water - irrigation. 1 teaspoon of tincture to 1 / 4 cup water - rinsing with tonsillitis.
3. 5.10 pieces of flowers on 25 g butter or petroleum jelly, rub until smooth - ointment for wounds, ulcers, boils, acne, rashes, etc.
4. 2 tablespoons of flowers per 1 cup boiling water, leave. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day as a choleretic.
5. 40 grams of flowers per 1 liter of water, soar through the night. Drink 1 / 2 cup 3 times a day with vitamin PP - in malignant tumors, as an additional tool to the basic medical treatment.
Note. Occasionally, calendula can cause allergies.