Research shows that calendula quells inflammation, soothes mucous membranes, and has antiviral properties, so it's sure to come in handy for life's minor cuts and scrapes.
Historically, calendula was used foremost as a cooking ingredient, and was commonly called pot marigold.
Pot marigold was also considered a magical herb, and was used in the Middle Ages as a charm to conjure fairies and to decide upon a husband.
This mystical status probably stemmed from the word
marigold itself, which had both religious and regal implications, as indicated by the seventeenth century rhyme by poet John Gay:
What flower is that which bears the Virgin's name, The richest metal joined to the same?
- Text reproduced from althealth.co.uk
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