Botanical Index No. 186

Calendula

calendula officinalis

Medicinal Actions

Astringent, Candidicide, Cardiotonic, Carminative, Cholagogue, CNS-Depressant, Depurative, Dermagenic, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Ecbolic, Emmenagogue, Estrogenic, Fungicide, Hypotensive, Immunostimulant, Laxative, Lymphadenomic, Sedative, Spermicide, Stimulant, Stomachic, Tonic, Trichomonicide, Uterotonic

Primary Conditions Treated

Bitter Hemostat HIV-RT-Inhibitor RT-Inhibitor Vasodilator Vulnerary Abrasion Acne Adenopathy Amenorrhea Arthrosis Atherosclerosis Bacteria Bee Sting Bleeding Boil Bruise Bug Bite Burn Callus Cancer breast colon intestine skin stomach uterus Candida Cholera Circulosis Condyloma Conjunctivosis Constipation Convulsion Cough Cramp Dermatosis Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Eczema Enterosis Epistaxis Eruption Fever Flu Frostbite Fungus Furunculosis Gas Gastrosis Gingirrhagia Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Herpes High Blood Pressure HIV Immunodepression Induration Infection Inflammation Insomnia Jaundice Mastosis Menstrual Distress Mucososis Mycosis Nephrosis Nervousness Otosis Pain Pharyngosis Phlebitis Pneumonia Proctosis Rhinosis Scrofula Sore Sore Throat Sprain Staphylococcus Steatoma Stomachache Stomatosis Strep Throat Strains Streptococcus Sunburn Swelling Syphilis Thrombophlebitis Toothache Tuberculosis Tumor Typhus Ulcer Ulcus cruris Varicosis Virus Vomiting Wart Water Retention Worm Wound Xeroderma Yeast

General Dosage

5–40 drops tincture 3 ×/day; 1–5 g herb/cup tea, 3 ×/daily; 1–4 g flower as tea, 3 ×/day; 1–2 tsp flower/cup water; 5 g flower in 1 liter milk for stomach cancer; 0.5–1.0 ml liquid flower extract 3 ×/day; 0.3–1.2 ml flower tincture 3 ×/day; 1–4 ml liquid floral extract; 0.3–1.2 ml floral tincture; ointments w/ 2–5 g herb/100 g.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1, Class 2b. I think it safer than coffee, discounting a report of anaphylactic shock in one Russian who gargled with the infusion. No known side effects or contraindications. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. CAN caution that due to its reputed affect on the menstrual cycle, and being a uterine stimulant in vitro, its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided.

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