(Marigold)
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. Hemostatic 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. | ||
| Head. Extremely
nervous; easily frightened; tearing headache; weight on brain. Submaxillary
glands swollen, painful to touch. Pain in right side of neck. Lacerated
scalp wounds. | ||
| Eyes. Injuries
to eyes which tend to suppuration; after operations; blennorrhea of
lachrymal sac. | ||
| Ears. Deafness;
worse in damp surroundings and with eczematous conditions. Hears
best on a train, and distant sounds. | ||
| Nose. Coryza in
one nostril; with much green discharge. | ||
| Stomach. Hunger
immediately after nursing. Bulimia. Heartburn with horripilations.
Nausea in chest. Vomiting. Sinking sensation. Epigastric
distention. | ||
| Respiratory.
Cough, with green expectoration, hoarseness; with distention of inguinal
ring. | ||
| Female.
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. | ||
| Skin.
Yellow; goose flesh. Promotes favorable cicatrization, with least amount of
suppuration. Slough, proud flesh, and raised edges. Superficial burns and scalds.
Erysipelas (use topically). | ||
| Fever.
Coldness, great sensitiveness to open air; shuddering in back, skin
feels warm to touch. Heat in evening. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, in damp, heavy, cloudy weather. | ||
| Relationship.
Compare: Ham.; Hyper.; Symph.; Arn. Compare in deafness: Calc.; Mag-c.; Graph. Antidote: Rheum Complementary: Hep. | ||
| Dose. Locally.
Aqueous Calendula for all wounds, the greatest healing agent. Also as an
injection in leucorrhea; internally, tincture, to third potency. For burns,
sores, fissures, and abrasions, etc., use Calendula Cerate. |