Description
Calendula, or Marigold, is an annual garden plant. The leaves are alternate,
sessile, spatulate or oblancleolate, dentate with widely spaced teeth, and
hairy. From June to October the plant bears large, brilliant, yellow or
orange, terminal flower heads.
Medicinal Properties
Antispasmodic, aperient, cholagogue (increases flow of bile), diaphoretic,
vulnerary (heals wounds), emmenagogue, diaphoretic, alterative, astringent
Biochemical Information
Essential oil containing carotenoids (carotene, calenduline and lycopine), a
saponin, resin and bitter principle
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Calendula
