What Are the Benefits of Calendula?

Calendula, Chinese medicine name. Calendula small calendula for asteraceae arvensis L. whole grass or flower. Gardens throughout China are cultivated. With heat-clearing and hemostatic effects. Commonly used for intestinal blood, hemorrhoid bleeding.

Chinese scientific name: Calendula
nickname: Calendula, hangover, calendula, periwinkle, vinca, hydrangea, vinca
boundary: Plant kingdom
door: Angiosperm
Tsuna: Magnolia

Head: Kikume
Branch: Asteraceae
Genus: Calendula
Species: Small calendula
distribution area: Many gardens in China are cultivated
Harvest time: Summer harvest
Poisonous: Non-toxic "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine"

Calendula medicine

All grass or flowers.

Calendula

Sour, sweet, cold.

Calendula return

Enter the bladder, liver and large intestine.

Calendula effect

Clear heat and stop bleeding.

Indications of calendula

Intestinal blood, hemorrhoids bleeding.

Calendula related compatibility

Blood for intestinal wind: more than 10 calendula flowers, add rock sugar, stew in water, take 2 times a day. ("Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")

Calendula dosage

Oral: Jiantang, whole grass 1.8-4.5g, 5-10 flowers. Topical: Moderate, apply to the juice.

Calendula Processing

Collection and processing: summer harvest, fresh or whole grass cut into sections, dried, dried flowers.

Morphological characteristics of calendula

Small calendula: annual or biennial herb, about 40cm tall, sparsely pilose throughout the plant. Stems erect, with branches above. Single leaves alternate; leaves oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate, wedge-shaped at base, and coarsely serrated at edges. Flower head, ca. 2 cm in diameter, terminal, pedicellate; bracts green, linear, marginal membranous; marginal tongue-shaped flowers, female, sulfur yellow, apex 3-toothed; central tubular flowers, bisexual, apex 5-lobed ; The torus is flat with no tray. Achenes, with soft spines on the back, the outermost ones have mouth-shaped straight growth, the inner ones are curved like rings, without crowns. Flowering in summer.

Calendula growth environment

Gardens throughout China are cultivated.

Calendula herb properties

The entire plant is sparsely pilose. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate, edges coarsely serrated, base wedge-shaped. Inflorescences terminally shrunken, pedicellate; bracts green, linear, marginal dry membranous; torus flat, without stipules. Flowers sparse and yellow, bitter and slightly sour.