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BGB; BIS); Bruise (1; BGB; BIS; CRC); Bug Bite (1; WAM); Burn (2; PHR; PH2; SHT); Callus
(f; JFM); Cancer (1; CAN; CRC; PHR); Cancer, breast (1; CRC; FNF); Cancer, colon (1; CRC;
FNF); Cancer, intestine (1; CRC; FNF; JLH); Cancer, skin (1; CRC; FNF; JLH); Cancer, stomach
(1; FNF; JLH; JFM); Cancer, uterus (1; CRC; FNF); Candida (1; PH2); Cholera (f; CRC);
Circulosis (f; PH2); Condyloma (1; JLH); Conjunctivosis (f; BGB; CAN; PHR; PH2); Consti-
pation (f; CRC; PH2); Convulsion (f; PHR); Cough (f; PHR; PH2); Cramp (1; CAN; CRC; PHR;
PH2); Dermatosis (1; BGB; PHR; PH2; SHT); Dysmenorrhea (f; CAN; PHR; PH2); Dyspepsia
(1; CAN); Eczema (1; CAN; PHR; PH2; WAM); Enterosis (1; PH2); Epistaxis (f; CAN); Eruption
(f; CRC); Fever (f; CAN; CRC; JFM; PHR; PH2); Flu (f; CRC); Frostbite (f; PHR; PH2); Fungus
(1; BGB; PH2); Furunculosis (f; PHR); Gas (f; CAN; CRC; WO2); Gastrosis (1; PH2; SKY);
Gingirrhagia (f; CRC); Hemorrhoid (f; CAN; CRC); Hepatosis (f; BGB; PHR); Herpes (1; WO2);
High Blood Pressure (1; WO2); HIV (1; BGB; PH2); Immunodepression (1; BGB; CAN);
Induration (f; CRC; JLH); Infection (1; BGB; PH2); Inflammation (2; KOM; PH2; SHT; WAM);
Insomnia (1; WO2); Jaundice (f; BGB; CRC; PHR; PH2); Mastosis (f; PNC); Menstrual Distress
(f; PHR); Mucososis (2; KOM; WO2); Mycosis (1; BGB; PH2); Nephrosis (f; CRC); Nervousness
(1; WO2); Otosis (1; CAN); Pain (1; BGB; CRC; WAM); Pharyngosis (2; KOM; PH2; SHT);
Phlebitis (f; PHR); Pneumonia (1; PH2); Proctosis (f; CAN; CRC; PH2); Rhinosis (1; PH2);
Scrofula (f; CRC; HHB); Sore (2; KOM; PH2; SHT; WAM); Sore Throat (2; PHR; PH2; SHT);
Sprain (1; CRC; WAM); Staphylococcus (1; PH2); Steatoma (f; JLH); Stomachache (f; CRC;
PH2); Stomatosis (2; KOM; PH2; SHT); Strep Throat (2; PHR); Strains (1; WAM); Streptococcus
(1; PH2); Sunburn (SKY); Swelling (1; CAN); Syphilis (f; CRC); Thrombophlebitis (f; PHR);
Toothache (f; CRC; JFM; PHR); Tuberculosis (f; CRC); Tumor (1; CAN); Typhus (f; CRC);
Ulcer (2; PH2); Ulcus cruris (2; CAN; KOM); Ulcer (internal) (1; BGB; CRC; PHR); Varicosis
(f; CRC; PHR; WO2); Virus (1; BGB; PH2; SKY); Vomiting (1; WO2); Wart (f; CRC; JLH;
JFM); Water Retention (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Worm (f; PHR; PH2); Wound (2; CRC; PH2; SHT);
Xeroderma (f; PHR); Yeast (1; PH2).
Dosages (Calendula) — 5–40 drops tincture 3 ×/day; 1–5 g herb/cup tea, 3 ×/daily (SF); 1–4 g
flower as tea, 3 ×/day (CAN); 1–2 tsp flower/cup water (APA); 5 g flower in 1 liter milk for stomach
cancer (JFM); 0.5–1.0 ml liquid flower extract (1:1 in 40% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 0.3–1.2 ml
flower tincture (1:5 in 90% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 1–4 ml liquid floral extract (PNC); 0.3–1.2
ml floral tincture (PNC); ointments w/ 2–5 g herb/100 g (PIP).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Calendula) — Class 1, Class 2b (AHP; CAN).
I think it safer than coffee, discounting a report of anaphylactic shock in one Russian who gargled
with the infusion (it’s kin to ragweed) (LRNP, August 1992). No known side effects or contrain-
dications (KOM; SKY). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”
(PH2). CAN caution that due to its reputed affect on the menstrual cycle, and being a uterine
stimulant in vitro, its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided (CAN).
Extracts (Calendula) — Calendula triterpenes sometimes better as antiinflammatories than
indomethacin. Triterpenoids considered abortifacient, antiblastocytic, spermicide, uterotonic (CAN;
WO2). Flavonoids antiinflammatory (SKY). Faradiol-3-myristic-acid-ester and faradiol-3-palmitic-
acid-ester proven antiinflammatory, equal on equimolar basis to indomethacin. Unesterified faradiol
more antiinflammatory = indomethacin PH2. Calenduloside-B has antiinflammatory, antiulcer, and
sedative activities (WO2).CALIFORNIA BAY
(Umbellularia californica (Hook. and Arn.) Nutt.) +Synonym — Tetranthera californica Hook. & Arn.