Calendula officinalis - Marigold
"CONSTITUENTS: Calendula, volatile oil, amorphous bitter principle, gum, sugar.
PREPARATIONS: Tinctura Calendulae, Tincture of Calendula. Dose: from half a dram to one dram. Specific Calendula. Dose: from one to sixty minims.
Therapy: This agent is used principally for its local influence. Internally it is given to assist its local action, and to prevent suppuration in cases where there is a chronic tendency to such action. It is useful in varicose veins, chronic ulcers, capillary engorgement, and in hepatic and splenic congestion.
As arnica is applied to bruises and sprains, this agent is also applicable; and in addition it is of much service applied to recent wounds, cuts and open sores. It is antiseptic, preventing the formation of pus. It causes the scar, or cicatrix, to form without contraction of tissues, and in the simplest possible manner. It hastens the healing of wounds and materially favors union of co-apted surfaces by first intention. It relieves the pain in wounds, and if there are not bad bruises, it quickly relieves the soreness and favors the healing process.
It is applicable to catarrhal mucous surfaces, to festering sores, local swellings, glandular inflammations and to epithelioma and carcinoma to correct the fetor. It is especially applicable to severe burns, to promote healing and to prevent the formation of a contracting scar."
(Finley Ellingwood: The American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy, 1915)