Natural Health Care

Calendula Arvensis
Calendula Officinalis
Paquerette

These three plants are very common in Europe

The concern of the gardens is a plant (rather cultivated), annual or perennial but short-lived, generally undeveloped but with foliage and provided mostly very typical flowers: orange, sometimes yellow, 4-6 cm in diameter.
The flowering period is prolonged, especially summer but you can find trouble in bloom almost all year.

The concern of the field (pictured right) is smaller in size and is a ruderal plant that is often found on the edge of field, in the vineyards.

The daisy is a perennial, small, with leaves in a basal rosette, it flowers almost all year (especially in spring and summer in the north), very common in meadows, lawns, roadsides and highways.
The flowers and to a lesser extent the leaves of these three plants are medicinal.

Chemical Composition and Properties

The composition of the flower (floral capitulum) of concern is quite well known but does not clearly explain its medicinal properties.
They include:

* Flavonoids (including derivatives quercétol: anti-inflammatory)
* Triterpene compounds (alcohols): anti-inflammatory
* A little essential oil (to sesquiterpenes)
* Saponins some ginseng saponins close
* Pigments: carotenoids and xanthophylls
* Mucilage (in leaves)

The mother tincture is antibacterial in vitro, aqueous extract (containing saponins) is anti-inflammatory in vivo.

In vitro Marigold accelerates the maturation and proliferation of lymphocytes, are active on HIV / AIDS (500 micrograms per ml) and reduce the activity of reverse transcriptase (an enzyme critical in infection by the AIDS virus).

Uses

The concern is known as a medicinal plant since ancient Greek, later it was cultivated in the medicinal gardens of the Middle Ages.
We knew him already as antipyretic, wound healing, but also regulatory rules, topical for hemorrhoids, anti-icteric, and anti-cancer“.

In the 19th century, North American surgeons advocated its use to speed healing, prevent infection and soothe the pain of surgical wounds.

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