(2) The recipe in the American Pharmacopoeia more elaborate:.
Use the fresh leaves at the tip of the plant, together with the blossoms and buds, which are chopped and pounded to pulp enclosed to a pulp enclosed in a pieces of new linen and subjected to pressure. The expressed juice is then, by brisk agitations, mixed with an equal part by weight of alcohol. This mixture is allowed to stand in a wellstoppered bottle for eight days in a dark, cool place and then filtered. This makes the mother tincture.
I am told that a marigold flower can wasp or bee and will rapidly make it disappear.
I find by personal use that Calendula lotion is first-rate as a local application to vulva and perineum in maternity cases. I usually spray the perineum with thee pure tincture, it the perineum has been sutured, and apply moist of Calendula 1 in 25 to the parts. The lochia becomes sweet very quickly and there is no systemic reaction and the healing takes place in. less than half the time.
I like Calendula ointment for the cute and cracks inside the nostril which are very irritating and take a long time to heal sometimes; also the ragged edges round the nails which are painful and sting, heal overnight with an application of Calendula ointment. Personally I prefer Calendula ointment to Boracic, though I have known some superstitions people object to the aromatic smell of the Calendula.
The Marigold is a wonderful flower, a magic herb; looking at it, it raises ones spirits, gives one hope; and remember this humble servant of God is willing to serve you further, in the kitchen and in the domestic medicine cupboard its uses are many fold. It provides the healing touch of nature and prevents the spread of disease, the spread of sepsis-a wonderful mission.
