Calendula Drops

Calendula is an annual medicinal plant, also an ornamental one, which often sows itself in the garden.

The yellow-orange flowers are used to make calendula drops. The drops are applied to the skin, which encourages the healing of wounds. Among other things calendula contains the compound faradiol, which has an anti-inflammatory effect. Faradiol is about as effective as indomethacin, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory substance.

The flavonols in calendula act against viruses, which is useful when calendula drops are applied to wounds that need to heal. Calendula also has an antibacterial effect.

In folk medicine we therefore use calendula drops to help with the healing of skin ulcers, scratches, minor wounds (which shrink faster than if nothing were put on them), insect bites and grazes. One study found that the area of wounds caused by chronic venous insufficiency shrank by as much as 42 % after three weeks of applying calendula preparations. In other patients, who used a placebo, the area of the wounds shrank by only 15 %.

Calendula drops can also reduce the likelihood of contact dermatitis, that is the very itchy rash that appears when we come into contact with an irritant, but we must start applying them to the affected place very early.

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Sources:

1. Ašič, S. in Kukman, J. (2011) Domača lekarna patra Simona Ašiča. Priročnik za nabiranje zdravilnih zelišč. Prenovljena izdaja. Celje: Celjska Mohorjeva Družba.

1. Kreft S. in Kočevar Glavač N. (2013) Sodobna fitoterapija. Ljubljana: Slovensko farmacevtsko društvo.

Published: June 2023

(Calendula officinalis L.)

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