Spring is here and green is sprouting up everywhere. A perfect time, then, to plan the garden for the year ahead.
I would like to suggest creating a productive garden – homeopathic, of course, with flowers and other plants from which you can make remedies for your home medicine cabinet.
Calendula in herbal medicine
The Calendula or marigold (Calendula flower seeds - demeter-bio - Calendula officinalis) is the star of every farm and utility garden and a very grateful medicinal plant you can use to treat wounds, abrasions and burns. Applied externally, it promotes wound healing, stops bleeding, relieves pain and is a useful antiseptic. Calendula tincture is a tried-and-tested remedy to prevent wound infections. For this, a sterile compress soaked with the diluted tincture is applied to the wound and the dressing is changed regularly.
So why not make the tincture yourself?
First, it’s best to buy a potted plant. But you shouldn’t take just any marigold; choose the “common” one. The Latin name on the plant label must be Calendula officinalis.
Plant your calendula in garden soil that you have previously enriched with eggshells, coffee grounds and other compostable fertiliser material. That way the plant has everything it needs for healthy growth.
Make your own calendula tincture
Let the calendula grow and mature until it has produced lots of buds and flower heads. Once the plant is strong enough, you can harvest the buds and flowers and put them into a wide-neck brown glass bottle. Now fill the bottle with high-proof alcohol; vodka, rectified spirit (96.5%) or wheat distillate are ideal.
Please make sure not to strip the plant completely, but only pick a few flowers each day and cram the bottle with them. And when I say "cram", I really mean CRAM! Put as many flowers and buds into the bottle as you can – right up to the rim. The flowers should not be floating in the alcohol; the alcohol should permeate the flowers.
I store my bottle in a dark, cool place – the pantry is perfect – and add a few fresh flowers every day. The bottle must be shaken vigorously every day. I must admit, however, that I sometimes forget this step. The liquid should macerate for fourteen days. Macerate means something like "to soak" and is the technical term for preparing a tincture.
The tincture comes into play whenever one of your children grazes their knees or cuts their fingers. Calendula is a real lifesaver here and nothing works as well as a homemade calendula tincture.
So get out into the garden and get to work! Stay tuned. There are many other recipes you can try.
Yours sincerely,
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