Calendula - medicinal properties and contraindications

Calendula is known by many as nails medicinal or just nails. Flowers marigold almost all summer time and can serve as an ornament of your garden or garden. Due to the unique natural composition of the plant, its healing properties are manifested.

Therapeutic properties of marigold

All the parts of calendula possess curative properties. So, flowers contain many microelements and vitamins, such as carotene (this is what determines the orange color of the flowers themselves), vitamin C, essential oils, giving the flowers a peculiar aroma, tannins, antioxidants, phytoncides. In addition, the calendula has a whole "bouquet" of useful properties:

• anti-inflammatory;
• choleretic - promotes the production and outflow of bile - in the treatment of the gallbladder, liver;
• diaphoretic and diuretic - at the same time harmful toxins are excreted from the body;
• antihypertensive - helps lower blood pressure, normalizes the heart rate;
• bactericidal - with diseases and infections of the respiratory system, mouth - destroys streptococci and staphylococci;
• natural antiseptic - helps with burns, ulcers, cuts, purulent wounds, fistulas, while providing wound healing effect;
• heals wounds in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract - stomach ulcers, gastritis and other diseases;
• increases immunity;
• can slow down the growth of tumors;
• lowers cholesterol;
• reduces puffiness;
• has an expectorant property - with diseases of the bronchi, lungs, throat;
• removes spasms of smooth muscles;
• sedative, hypotensive property - with diseases of the nervous system, increased excitability;
• in the treatment of skin diseases - fungus, acne, rash, furuncles, herpes, acne, warts, freckles, age spots, and others;
• normalizes the metabolism;
• helps with varicose veins ;
• helps with losing weight, cleanses the body.

Calendula also has an effective curative property in the treatment of pancreatitis - pancreatic tumor decreases, the condition improves significantly, pain passes.

Contraindications to the use of calendula

Along with the healing properties, like every plant, the calendula herb has some contraindications. With caution you need to take teas, infusions or decoctions to those who have low blood pressure, as this can lead to arrhythmias, nausea. It is important to observe the correct dosage, otherwise you can harm the body instead of using it. For example, excessive consumption can lead to the skin becoming yellowed slightly, an allergic reaction, peeling, dryness. Cholagogue effect with excessive consumption of marigoldens is intensified, which can provoke movement of stones, cause an attack of colic.

Therapeutic properties and contra-indications of calendula for women

Calendula is a plant that is rightly considered the doctor of women. For them, it helps in such cases:

• with thrush;
• whites;
• uterine bleeding;
• erosions of the cervix;
• chest tightening;
• with cracks in the nipples;
• various inflammations of the female reproductive system.

Also calendula helps to reduce the tone of the muscles of the uterus.

However, pregnant and lactating women should use cauliflower with caution, as this can harm both mothers and babies.

Therapeutic properties and contraindications of tinctures and decoctions of marigold

Tinctures and decoctions of the medicinal plant of calendula are widely used in almost all areas of diseases of systems and organs. Spasmolytic and wound healing properties allow to protect the gastrointestinal organs with such diseases as gastritis, stomach ulcer, gallbladder diseases. They are also used to rinse the throat and mouth, to strengthen the gums or with sore throat .

Contraindications to the use of tinctures and decoctions are such diseases as:

• gastritis;
• allergy;
• severe hypertension and others.