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How To Make a Powerful Calendula Extract to Keep in Your Medicine Cabinet (with pictures)

Rhona Reid by Rhona Reid
April 11, 2017
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Beautiful to look at in full bloom, the sunny orange calendula – also known as marigold – has a wealth of herbal uses that are worth learning about.

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With both antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, the fresh petals can be infused in boiling water, then cooled to clean minor wounds and treat conditions such as mouth ulcers or sore gums. Gargling with the infusion can soothe a sore throat and rolling a ball of petals between your fingers and applying directly to insect bites or nettle stings can be really effective in numbing the discomfort.

Related: Top 27 Medicinal Plants to Learn For Survival

Dried Petals

It’s worth, however, gathering the petals and drying them in the sun, or in an airy, warm place to harness even more of the properties of these brilliantly colored flowers.  Making your own calendula tincture or resinous extract is straightforward and rewarding.  Easily stored, it’s a powerhouse addition to your herbal medicine cabinet.

Related: DIY SHTF Healing Salve

You’ll need:

Around 50g dried calendula petals

Grain alcohol to cover – between 500 – 700 ml

Methoddried calendula

  1. Pack the calendula (not too tightly) into a suitable, clean container and pour over the alcohol. Stir gently and keep out of direct sunlight for two weeks, mixing and pressing with the spoon gently every two or three days.dried calendula
  2. Strain the liquid through a muslin cloth into a wide, clean dish, squeezing the contents to extract as much of the calendula essence as possible.calendula essential oilcalendula essential oil
  3. Cover with foil or a cloth, ensuring that the cloth does not touch the contents of the dish. Now leave until the alcohol starts to evaporate.  The rate at which the liquid which start to reduce will vary according to temperature and humidity, but will take around 1 – 2 weeks on average.calendula essential oil 2
  4. Keep checking – if you want to strain and bottle the tincture then do so while the extract is still liquid and not too viscous.calendula essential oilcalendula essential oil
  5. If you prefer to make a stickier resinous extract, then wait until all of the alcohol has evaporated, and you are left with a glossy residue, which you can then spoon into a cosmetic-type jar.calendula resincalendula resin

Storage and Shelf Life

Both will have a long shelf life of 2 – 3 years if kept in brown/green glass or opaque containers and stored out of direct sunlight. Never take or administer any medicines or treatment without the approval of a health-care advisor, but traditional remedies include diluting drops of the tincture in water to treat ear infections, low fever or other ailments.

Related: How to Treat Allergies Naturally This Spring

People report dabbing the resin directly onto minor wounds for pain relief and healing, using the tincture as an immune system booster and to support healthy liver function. There are so many uses for calendula extract and it’s worth doing some in-depth research to learn more about the potency and potential of this remarkable plant.

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  1. Codycass says:
    6 years ago

    Planted my ‘someone’s Marrigolds this am. Pink moon.

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  2. Codycass says:
    6 years ago

    Planted my ‘sunshine’ Marrigolds this am. Pink moon.

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  3. Shirley says:
    6 years ago

    It should be noted that people who are allergic to Chrysanthemum, ragweed, or daisy should be careful with calendula as they are in the same family. Also do not take if you are pregnant or breast feeding. It may cause spontaneous abortion.

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    • Chele says:
      6 years ago

      Also avoid calendula if you have asthma as it will make it much worse.

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  4. Paul says:
    6 years ago

    Calendula, often called pot marigold in our colonial times was introduced from Europe for medicinal benefits. It is important to distinguish between Calendula and our common garden marigold as the former has well-documented medicinal properties, and the later, which does not.

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    • Brad S says:
      6 years ago

      I’ve read that it’s important to make sure that the seeds you buy are “Calendula Officinalis”, which is REAL Calendula.

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      • Arlene says:
        6 years ago

        That’s correct, aka pot marigold. Never use any hybrids or gmo as they won’t work,

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  5. Ipse says:
    6 years ago

    Doesn’t this produce a rather powerful toxin that is fatal to humans in small doses?

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  6. Christina says:
    6 years ago

    Just one problem, the picture above is not a merigold.

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    • Sarah Davis says:
      6 years ago

      Hi Christina,
      Thank you for your comment.
      The picture above is showing a marigold plant, as it can also be seen in the description underneath the picture (if you click the link, you’ll be redirected to the Wikipedia article which presents the plant). 🙂

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      • KT says:
        6 years ago

        To clarify a little further, whoever authored the Wikipedia article inserted a photo of Calendula arvensis which is not the variety with the medicinal properties (Calendula officinalis). A photo of officinalis is shown further down the Wikipedia page. They bad 😉

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  7. gale says:
    6 years ago

    Years ago my daughter was attacked by two scotty dogs, she had several bites where they had removed hunks of flesh, using Calendula tincture on the wounds, they healed with no scaring.

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  8. Zelda mae says:
    6 years ago

    where do i get the petals?

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    • left coast chuck says:
      6 years ago

      There are all kinds of calendula petal products listed on Amazon.com. Or, you can grow your own.

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    • Brightsea says:
      6 years ago

      Mountain Rose is an excellent online source for all manner of dried herbs

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  9. Jett says:
    4 years ago

    It is NOT also referred to as “marigold”. The proper common name is POT marigold. Not to be confused with the general term “marigold”. They are one color and one color only, no variation.

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    • Brad says:
      2 years ago

      Yup, & they’re the color of the smiley faces in the next comment.

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    • Brad says:
      2 years ago

      Yup, & the color is the same as the smiley faces seen on this page.

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  10. red says:
    3 years ago

    My stepdaughter is an herbalist. She learned from her grandfather, a Lenape healer/sacred person (who had a wicked sense of humor 🙂 She ferments calendula petals with cream. It gets a mold, but that’s part of the healing power. The fermented is great for kids. She loved calendula in the hidden garden. No one knows what it is; to most, it’s just another flower 🙂 niio

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  11. red says:
    2 years ago

    Just got a pound of petals from an herbal dealer. I’ll have to try this. Calendula is an old, old favorite that even beats out tobacco as antibacterial. During the war between the states, doctors on both sides begged housewives to plant as much as they could. Even in the mud and filth of a battlefield, triage was pack wounds with raw dried petals and that was usually enough to stop infections till they could operate. niio

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