Calendula officinalis L.
Family: Compositae
Synonums: Calendula aurantiaca Kotschy ex Boiss., Calendula eriocarpa DC., Calendula hydruntina (Fiori) Lanza, Calendula officinalis var. prolifera Hort., Calendula prolifera Hort. ex Steud., Calendula × santamariae Font Quer, Calendula sinuata var. aurantiaca (Klotzsch ex Boiss.) Boiss., Caltha officinalis (L.) Moench
Hindi: Genda गेंदा, Zergul
Punjabi: Gulsarfi गुलसर्फ़ी
Urdu: गुले अशर्फ़ी Gul-e-Ashrafi
Vietnamese: Cúc vạn thọ
French: Souci des jardins
Punjabi: Akbelulmulk, Saladbargh
Tamil: Thulukka Saamanthi
Telugu: Chamanti poolu,
Some other vernacular names: Atunjaq, calendula, Chinese safflower, cuc kim tiên, djamir, djomaira, feminell, flamenquilla, fleur de calandule, fleur de souci, fleur de souci officinal, fleurs de tous les mois, garden marigold, gold-bloom, Goldblume, gole hamisheh bahar, hen and chickens, Körömvirag, lellousha, maravilla, marigold, mary-bud, ok-hhawan, pot marigold, qaraqus, qawqhan, quaqahan, ringflower, Ringelblüten, saialill, sciure’e Sant’antonio, souci, souci des jardins, tabsoult, toukinsenka, tousslat, uchu k’aspa, virreina, xu xi, zergul zerzira, zobeida, zubaydah
Marigold is antispasmodic, deobstruent, diapnoretic, and in some degree also emmenagogue. It is useful for wind, disorders of the stomach and liver, in some forms of headache, and in jaundice. In low fevers it is employed with success; and in measles, smallpox, and eruptive diseases, more especially in those of children, it forms one of the most valuable medicines extant. The infusion is the most convenient form for employment, and no difficulty is experienced in getting even infants to drink it freely. In febrile and eruptive complaints it may be given in any quantity, the patient being allowed to drink it at any time, being in fact used rather as a beverage than as a medicine. It induces a gentle determination to the surface, and brings out the eruption, while thoroughly cleansing the entire system of morbid humours and secretions, leaving every organ in a perfectly healthy condition. [THE BOTANIC PHARMACOPOEIA]
Used to relieve minor skin conditions [Canadian Medicinal Crops]
Pot marigold petals, fresh or dried, give a delicate, aromatic, salty bitterness (some say sweetness) and a strong color to dishes. The petals add color and texture rather than strong flavor to drinks and foods (Bryan and Castle 1974). The flowers or their extracts are used to color and flavor puddings, soups, stews, salads, omelets, buns and cakes.[Culinary Herbs]
The plant has been employed for a long time in folk medicine. More than 35 properties have been attributed to the decoction and tinctures from the plant, e.g. choleretic, anti-!"'tflammatory, antispasmodic, mild diaphoretic, anti-haemorrhagic, emmenagogue, bactericide (Duke, 1991). Traditionally, it has been used to treat gastric and duodenal ulcers amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea and epistaxis; crucial ulcers, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, anal eczema, proctitis, lymphadenoma, inflamed cutivaneous lesion (topically) and conjunctivitis (as an eye lotion). The German Comission E approved internal and external
use for inflammation of oral and pharyngeal mucosa and external use in treatment of poorly healing sores (Barnes et. ai., 2002). Calendula extract were reviewed and the vasoprotective action of the extract was tested on the skin of rabbits by measuring the decrease of the capillary permeability (Russo, 1972). [HERBAL CURES: TRADITIONAL APPROACH]
Diaphoretic, stimulant, antispasmodic [HERBAL MANUAL]
Flowers—anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, stimulant, antispasmodic, emmenagogue, antihaemorrhagic, styptic. Used in gastric and duodenal ulcers and dysmenorrhoea; externally for cuts, bruises, burns, scalds. Plant—antiprotozoal. Flower— antimicrobial. Essential oil— antibacterial. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
A hot infusion influences the circulation toward the surface and is diaphoretic. It is also a soothing antispasmodic nervine, and gently influences the menstrual flow. It is useful as an alterative to cleanse the blood in strumous troubles. An infusion forms an excellent wash in ophthalmia and it may be made into an ointment for bruises and sprains. Used in cases of otorrhoea an infusion lessens the discharge, and applied to sores, ulcers, or wounds, it cleanses the surface and promotes the process of granulation and healing. Even cancerom;. sores are much benefited by its use. [Physio-Medical Therapeutics, Materia Medica and Pharmacy]
641 Published articles of Calendula officinalis
Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso
