English name: Pot marigold
Family: Asteraceae
Botanical characteristic: Annual herb, 20 – 50 cm tall, with a branched stem. The leaves are ovate-lanceolate, alternate, the upper ones sessile. Leaves and stem are hairy. The flowers form yellow-orange clusters. The fruit are achenes.
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Distribution: It is cultivated as a medicinal plant. It originates from southern Europe.
Drug: Calendulae flos
Harvesting method: The flowers are harvested from June to October. Flowers without calyx (tongue-shaped petals) and flowers with calyx without pedicels are harvested at the time of full bloom.
Drying: The flowers are dried naturally in thin layers, in a dark and airy room. Artificially in a drying room, where the temperature must not exceed 40 °C.
Active substances: Calendula flowers contain triterpene compounds such as faradiol or glycosides of oleanolic acid. The essential oils contained in the drug are based on cadinol and toreyol. Yellow and yellow-orange pigments such as carotenoids, flavonoids and xanthophylls are contained in high amounts. Important metabolites include hydroxycoumarins and polyins.
Uses: This drug is traditionally known for its anti-inflammatory and bacteriostatic properties, which predestine it for use in the therapy of minor lacerations, swellings, bruises, burns or frostbite.
Traditional method of use in indications determined solely on the basis of long-term use:
– promoting healing of minor superficial wounds and symptomatic treatment of minor skin inflammations, including sunburn,
– symptomatic treatment of inflammation of the oral cavity and throat.
Selected herbal preparations: AGROKARPATY BIO Calendula medical herbal tea 20×2 g, APOTHEKE BIO CHILDREN’S HERBAL TEA FOR IMMUNITY infusion bags 20×1.5 g, FYTO Herbal tea FOR THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM 20×1.5 g, Dr.Max Cleansing herbal tea mixture infusion bags 20×1.5 g, HERBALMED HOT DRINK cold and flu/respiratory tract and immunity 180 g, Dr. Svatek SYRUP from herbs FOR DIGESTION 250 ml, ALIVER Pinkfertil plus cps 90 pcs, AVITA HEALTHY SKIN cps 60 pcs, Gastroval HEPAR FORMULA cps 30 pcs, GS Beta-carotene with marigold cps 30 ks, Dr. Rukavička ARODUBIN wide-spectrum SPRAY herbal tincture 30 ml, CICADERMA ung der 30 g.