Calendula officinalis
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
Marigold
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Keynotes
Calendula
Marigold. Compositce.
Traumatic affections: to secure union by first intention and prevent suppuration.
In all cases of loss of soft parts when union cannot be effected by means of adhesive plaster.
External wounds with or without loss of substance; torn and jagged looking wounds; post-surgical operations; to promote healthy granulation and prevent excessive suppuration and disfiguring scars.
Traumatic and idiopathic neuroma (Cepa) ; neuritis from lacerated wounds (Hyper.) ; exhausted from loss of blood and excessive pain.
Rupture of muscles or tendons; lacerations during labor; wounds penetrating articulations with loss of synovial fluids.
Wounds: with sudden pain during febrile heat; constitutional tendency to erysipelas (Psor.) ; old, neglected, offensive; threatening gangrene (Sal. ac.).
Ulcers : irritable, inflamed, sloughing, varicose ; painful as if beaten (Arn.) ; excessive secretion of pus.
Calendula is almost specific for clean, surgical cuts or lacerated wounds, to prevent excessive suppuration.
Similar: to. Hyper, in injuries to parts rich in sentient nerves where pain is excessive and out of all proportion to injury.
Similar: to, Arn. in traumatism without laceration of soft tissue.
*Calendulae the months; i. e., flowers all the year through, opening from 9 a. m. — 3 P. m.
Symp., Calc, p., for non-union of bones.
Rhus, Ruta, strains or injuries of single muscles.
Sal. ac., prevents excessive suppuration; gangrene. Sulph. ac. in painful, gangrenous wounds; said to destroy septic germs.
Acts well in potency as in tincture, applied locally, and may be administered internally at the same time.
What the other books say about Calendula officinalis
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- Calendula officinalis in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Calendula officinalis in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Calendula officinalis — Keynotes, pp. 74–76. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/calendula-officinalis. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.