Dried calendula flowers whole, dried herbs, dried natural flowers, bulk wedding flower. Calendula is considered soothing, healing, nourishing & calming for the skin. Add to bath products, bath teas, potpourri, blessing pouches. Also makes a nutritious healing tea. Fresh calendula petals are consumed as salad & added to dishes & soups. Our calendula is grown in the fertile Nile Valley, Giza in Egypt, same Giza where the great pyramids are located.

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♥♥♥ CALENDULA PETALS - Calendula flower petals is more concentrated and visually attractive without the brown, green & black of the stem and calyx
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The information below is courtesy of Mountain Rose Herbs

CALENDULA (Calendula Officinalis) is one of the most versatile medicinal plants. Infuse in olive oil for to make calendula herbal oil for use in preparations for creams, ointments, tinctures, cosmetics, shampoo and baby wipes. Calendula has soothing and skin softening properties.

Calendula has been used traditionally as both a culinary and medicinal herb. The petals are edible and can be used fresh in salads or dried and used to color cheese or as a replacement for saffron.

Calendula is an annual flower native to the northern Mediterranean countries. Its name refers to its tendency to bloom with the calendar, usually once a month or every new moon. The term "marigold" refers to the Virgin Mary, and marigolds are used in Catholic events honoring the Virgin Mary. The Egyptians considered them to have rejuvenating properties. In the Hindu world, the flowers were used to adorn statues of gods in their temples, as well as a colorant in food, fabrics, and cosmetics, and of particular interest, in the 18th and 19th century calendula was used to color cheese. Calendula was originally used as food rather than as an herb. As recently as 70 years ago, American physicians used calendula to treat amenorrhea, conjunctivitis, fevers, cuts, scrapes, bruises, and burns, as well as minor infections of the skin.

Constituents - Calendulin, beta-carotene and other carotenoids, isoquercitrin, narcissin, rutin, amyrin, lupeol, sterols, and volatile oils. The flowers also contain complex polysaccharides with immunostimulant properties.

Typical Preparations - Creams, teas, tinctures, infusions, compresses, and washes