garden
Calendula
Calendula officinalis
The salve flower. Skin, cracked hands, shallow burns after they are cooled.
- Part used
- Whole resinous flower heads
- Gather
- Easy annual. Pick often, dry in the dark. It will bloom till frost.
- Tea
- Tincture
- Dry flowers 1:5 in 80 proof for a wound wash (dilute).
- Other
- Oil and salve — see recipe. This is the jar you will empty.
Recipes
Calendula (or plantain) salve
The cracked-hand, shallow-burn, scraped-knuckle tin. Make it in September.