Calendula officinalis
cale-offMarigold
A most remarkable healing agent, applied locally. Useful for open wounds, parts that will not heal, ulcers, etc. Promotes healthy granulations and rapid healing by first intention. Hæmostatic after tooth extraction. Deafness. Catarrhal conditions. Neuroma. Constitutional tendency to erysipelas. Pain is excessive and out of all proportion to injury. Great disposition to take cold, especially in damp weather. Paralysis after apoplexy. Cancer, as an intercurrent remedy. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General ↓
These texts come from 3 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1899 to 1931, reproduced in full because they are in the public domain. They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence. Nothing on this page is medical advice: for any health problem, see a qualified doctor.
Where each author writes about Calendula officinalis
A map of this page. Each number counts the sections, or the paragraphs the author labelled himself, that one book gives a topic, and opens the first of them. Kent and Farrington wrote lectures, so only what they labelled is counted.
Relationships
- Complementary:
- Hepar sulphuris (Boericke)
As each book states it.
A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931
Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.
Calendula officinalis — Keynotes
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Calendula officinalis — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-3fc1bb97-c733-4e39-8d56-2cab1afcd37c.
Hæmorrhages, in scalp wounds or after drawing teeth, etc. Prevents pus. Sensitive to damp or open air. Takes colds. .................... Yellowish vision. Nausea, in chest. Curdy stools. Bruised pain at angle or right scapula. Jaundice.
Calendula officinalis — Worse
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Calendula officinalis — Worse. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-5fa96eaf-489f-43f0-bd48-9c1d6b222577.
Weather; damp; cloudy. During chill. Excessively painful, open, torn, cut, lacerated, ragged or suppurating WOUNDS.
Calendula officinalis — Region
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Calendula officinalis — Region. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-ff09137b-9485-4ccb-b37f-20058d386277.
SOFT PARTS. Spine. Liver.
Calendula officinalis — Relationships
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Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Calendula officinalis — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-25a5a8ce-9fc1-479e-a8b2-522e7cc3feb1.
Related: Arn. Bellis.
Allen's Keynotes
H.C. Allen · 3rd edition (1910) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
Calendula officinalis — Keynotespp. 74–76
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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/calendula-officinalis#s-5143283a-f1f7-407b-8ca7-c16f0e6c95c6.
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.
Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
Calendula officinalis — General
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-92a7c571-f6e2-4e40-9b4c-150373cb7153.
A most remarkable healing agent, applied locally. Useful for open wounds, parts that will not heal, ulcers, etc. Promotes healthy granulations and rapid healing by first intention. Hæmostatic after tooth extraction. Deafness. Catarrhal conditions. Neuroma. Constitutional tendency to erysipelas. Pain is excessive and out of all proportion to injury. Great disposition to take cold, especially in damp weather. Paralysis after apoplexy. Cancer, as an intercurrent remedy. Has remarkable power to produce local exudation and helps to make acrid discharge healthy and free. Cold hands.
Calendula officinalis — Modalities
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — Modalities. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-489f62b8-1511-443a-9fee-066568609bd8.
Worse, in damp, heavy, cloudy weather.
Calendula officinalis — Head
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — Head. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-4779031a-b6c8-469d-be03-2241406ca4a9.
Extremely nervous; easily frightened; tearing headache; weight on brain. Submaxillary glands swollen, painful to touch. Pain in right side of neck. Lacerated scalp wounds.
Calendula officinalis — Eyes
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — Eyes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-cdb3ac99-5716-498f-ae52-1284ea69ecbf.
Injuries to eyes which tend to suppuration; after operations; blenorrhœa of lachrymal sac.
Calendula officinalis — Ears
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — Ears. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-3e0ac0b6-e95e-478d-9884-a3528e6d8ad5.
Deafness; worse in damp surroundings and with eczematous conditions. Hears best on a train, and distant sounds.
Calendula officinalis — Nose
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — Nose. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-6f99ac21-5085-48de-91c4-a34d599f9d26.
Coryza in one nostril; with much green discharge.
Calendula officinalis — Stomach
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — Stomach. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-249eddc1-c061-45ae-8fe5-5a93634bbb92.
Hunger immediately after nursing. Bulimia. Heartburn with horripilations. Nausea in chest. Vomiting. Sinking sensation. Epigastric distention.
Calendula officinalis — Female
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — Female. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-cbd74da1-c3c8-4246-a5cb-865daf9ce8d5.
Warts at the os externum. Menses suppressed, with cough. Chronic endocervicitis. Uterine hypertrophy, sensation of weight and fullness in pelvis; stretching and dragging in groin; pain on sudden movements. Os lower than natural. Menorrhagia.
Calendula officinalis — Respiratory
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — Respiratory. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-ec1512b9-0f2f-4c37-ada0-6cd59f205fcd.
Cough, with green expectoration, hoarseness; with distention of inguinal ring.
Calendula officinalis — Skin
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — Skin. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-e1402928-dd06-476b-9cc4-590184221362.
Yellow; goose-flesh. Promotes favorable cicatrization, with least amount of suppuration. Slough, proud flesh, and raised edges. Superficial burns and scalds. Erysipelas (use topically).
Calendula officinalis — Fever
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — Fever. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-51f5a638-ca8d-416e-8969-b8427b815d99.
Coldness, great sensitiveness to open air; shuddering in back, skin feels warm to touch. Heat in evening.
Calendula officinalis — Relationships
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — Relationships. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-b384b754-4972-4c67-b82f-dc3f04ff8f8e.
Compare: Hamamel; Hyperic; Symph; Arn. Compare in deafness: Ferr pic; Kal iod; Calc; Mag c; Graph.
Antidote: Chelidon; Rheum. Complementary: Hepar.
Calendula officinalis — Dose
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William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Calendula officinalis — Dose. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/calendula-officinalis#s-c5a9f786-1af2-4e95-ae21-4065a565c572.
Locally. Aqueous Calendula (Marigoldin) for all wounds, the greatest healing agent. Also as an injection in leucorrhœa; internally, tincture, to third potency. For burns sores, fissures, and abrasions, etc, use Calendula Cerate.
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