In common people, marigolds, and officially calendula, have a lot of useful properties, although they also have contraindications. For the treatment of flowers are used this plant, on the basis of which they make all kinds of broths and infusions, ointments, lotions, plasters, etc. And although the medicine today is not the same as it was a couple of centuries ago, marigolds occupied and continue to occupy in it not the last place, but yet they are used in cooking as a seasoning and dye.
Composition and medicinal properties of marigold flowers
The petals include essential oils, acids - apple, salicylic, pentadecyl, and also resins, alkaloids, phytoncides, saponins, etc. There are also vitamins - ascorbic acid and carotene. Already many years ago it was known about the ability of marigolds to heal wounds, to cleanse the face of pimples, freckles and age spots. Petals are widely used in the therapy of burns, scratches, abrasions and ulcers. Among the useful properties of marigold flowers can be noted bactericidal effect, which gave grounds to use them in the fight against oral diseases - sore throat, stomatitis , pharyngitis and others caused by staphylococci, streptococci and other pathogens.
The healing properties of the herb marigolds showed themselves in the therapy of gastrointestinal tract diseases-gastritis, stomach ulcers and 12-colon. The infusion of calendula is recommended for the intake of hypertensive patients, as well as for women during the menopause for the removal of unpleasant symptoms and the elimination of the effects of neurosis and stress. Useful properties of marigolds consist in their expectorant effect and acceleration of recovery in bronchopulmonary diseases. In the sphere of positive influence of this plant there are also diseases of the female reproductive system - erosion of the cervix and other inflammations of the genital organs. Tincture of flowers is taken to normalize sleep and heart rhythm, eliminate headaches and swelling, stop nasal bleeding.
Methods of application
The healing properties of marigold or marigold are reflected in such cooking recipes:
- For proctitis and paraproctitis alcoholic tincture in an amount of 1 tsp. mixed with the fourth part of a glass of warm water and used for mini-enemas.
- With diseases of the throat and oral cavity 1 tbsp. l. flowers pour a glass of boiling water, after a quarter of an hour pass through the filter and use for rinsing. The same infusion is taken to enhance the outflow of bile and to relieve spasms.
- When otitis, it is necessary to instill in the ear 4 drops of alcohol tincture of marigolds, which you can prepare yourself. To the top fill the floor with a liter of capacity of petals and pour vodka. After 14 days of infusion in a dark place, pass through the filter and use as directed.
- With gastritis , insufficient allocation of bile and liver diseases, prepare a decoction: flowers in the amount of 1 tbsp. l. fill the floor with a liter of water, put the container on a stove and boil it in a water bath for 10 minutes. After 20 minutes of infusion, pass through the filter and drink half the glass three times a day. The same broth to use for syringing with gynecological ailments.
Contraindications
Petals of marigolds are contraindicated for pregnant and lactating women, as well as for young children. It must be remembered that there is always a risk of individual intolerance and allergic reactions. Do not take drugs on its basis to hypotension, as well as individuals during the exacerbation of diseases of the digestive tract. It must also be remembered that the tincture is able to enhance the effect of other herbal preparations with a sedative effect - motherwort tinctures, valerian, etc.