Aaahhh, Calendula. It’s easy to love this beautiful flower that offers us so many gifts.
Not having a garden this year I relied on Ancestree Herbals to provide me a pound of these sunny flowers.
I tinctured the fresh flowers in everclear. Call me silly, but I have a tough time cutting up flowers for tinctures. Don’t they look so beautiful whole?
The rest my husband laid out to dry.
I’ll be making a varicose vein spray, infused oil, and tea with these. Richo Cech recommends making a tincture with dried flowers, so I may try that as well.
The two main ways I use Calendula is for it’s affinity to the skin and it’s anti-fungal properties.
My favorite lip balm I make is with both calendula and dandelion flowers.
