Calendula

# 🌿 Calendula

**Scientific Name:** Calendula officinalis
**Botanical Family:** Asteraceae (Daisy family)
**Plant Type:** Flower
**Geographical Origin:** Mediterranean Region, Europe

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## 🔹 Description
Calendula flowers are renowned for their skin-healing and anti-inflammatory properties.

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## 🔹 Healing Properties
– **Treatment Properties:** Skin healer, Anti-inflammatory, Antimicrobial
– **Temperament:** Neutral

**Matched Uses / Conditions**
– Allergies
– Common Cold
– Cough
– Headaches
– Minor Skin Irritations
– Muscle Pain
– Sore Throat

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## 🔹 Usage & Dosage
– **How to Use:** Ointments and Creams, Poultices, Tea (Infusion)
– **Dosage:** Use topically as ointment or drink 1 tsp dried flowers for tea

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## 🔹 Usage Model
Topical use for skin conditions or wounds

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## 🔹 Alternatives / Replacements
Chamomile, Arnica

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## 🔹 Precautions
May cause allergic reactions in individuals sensitive to Asteraceae plants.

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## 🔹 References
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### 🔎 Summary (SEO)
A concise profile of **Calendula** (*Calendula officinalis*): a flower from Mediterranean Region, Europe. Properties: Skin healer, Anti-inflammatory, Antimicrobial. Temperament: Neutral. Includes traditional uses, preparation, precautions, and references.