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Calendula, Marigold

Caltha
Me tog gur gum མེ་ཏོག་གུརགུམ་ (Tibetan Medicine)

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Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491

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Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586

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Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800

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Botanical name:
Calendula officinalis

Parts used:
Flower

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent

Classifications:
2L. EMOLLIENT
3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS.   3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.   3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.   3E. DIURETIC.   3G. EMMENAGOGUE
4c. CARDIAC

Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Eases Pain:

-strengthens the Heart and circulation

2. Resists Poison, Promotes Sweat:
-Fever

3. Clears Liver Heat, Opens Obstructions:
-Liver diseases

4. Benefits the Stomach and Bowels:
-Internal Ulcers, Gastritis, Colitis

5. Externally:
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chronic Ulcers, Bed Sores, Varicose Veins

Dose:
INFUSION or BRIEF DECOCTION: 3–9 grams; 1 oz. decocted in 500mls of water can be taken in tablespoonful doses.

Substitutes:
... available in PRO version
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Main Combinations:
1. Cardiac, for Palpitations, Fainting, Melancholy etc.: Calendula with ... available in PRO version
2. Myocarditis, Calendula with ... available in PRO version
3. Loss of Speech after Apoplexy, Calendula with ... available in PRO version
4. Paralysis, Calendula with ... available in PRO version
5. To promote Menstruation, Calendula with ... available in PRO version
6. Tumors, Cancers, Calendula with ... available in PRO version
7. Lymphatic Cancers: Calendula with ... available in PRO version
8. Cancer tea: Menyanthes, Hops, Calendula, ... available in PRO version
9. Increase strength, Calendula, ... available in PRO version
10. To preserve from Plague and Epidemic diseases, Calendula with ... available in PRO version
11. To expel Small Pox and other spotted Fever, Calendula ... available in PRO version
12. Chicken Pox, Calendula with ... available in PRO version
13. Chronic Gastritis, Colitis, or Duodenal Ulcer:
i. Calendula with ... available in PRO version
ii. Calendula with ... available in PRO version
iii. Calendula with ... available in PRO version
14. Stomach Ulcers, Calendula with ... available in PRO version
15. Gastric bleeding and Urinary Stones, Calendula with ... available in PRO version
16. Hayfever, Catarrh, Calendula with ... available in PRO version
17. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Calendula, ... available in PRO version
18. Gout, Calendula with ... available in PRO version
19. Amenorrhea, decoct Calendula ... available in PRO version
20. Varicose Veins, Calendula with ... available in PRO version
21. Bruising, Trauma, combine Calendula with ... available in PRO version
22. Gingivitis, Calendula, ... available in PRO version
23. 'Scarless Healer': Calendula with ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas
Decoction for Apoplexy (Countess of Kent)
Tincture for Paralysis
Powder for Cold Diseases of the Head (Renodeus)

Cautions:
1. Best avoided in Pregnancy.
2. Not used in Bleeding disorders

Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water, Vinegar Tincture, Conserve of the Flowers

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