Calendula Flowers
by Sharon Mau
Title
Calendula Flowers
Artist
Sharon Mau
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Macro
Description
In medieval Europe calendula was widely available and was known as poor man's saffron as it was used to colour and spice various foods, soup in particular. It was used not only to colour foods, but also as a dye to colour hair and to make butter look more yellow (it is interesting to note that calendula's use as a food colouring in butter lead to it being used as a topical ointment for burns). Believed to be first cultivated by St. Hildegard of Bingen, an herbalist and nun practicing herbalism in the 11th century in present day Germany, calendula is a mainstay in a variety of European historical herbal texts.
A Niewe Herball, from 1578, by English botanist Henry Lyte states that calendula 'hath pleasant, bright and shining yellow flowers, the which do close at the setting downe of the sunne, and do spread and open againe at the sunne rising' referring to the flower's well known propensity to open in the day and close at night or on overcast days.'
Nicholas Culpepper, a 17th century botanist, herbalist and astrologist, mentioned using calendula juice mixed with vinegar as a rinse for the skin and scalp and that a tea of the flowers comforts the heart.
Astrologically associated with the sun and the fire element, calendula was believed to imbue magical powers of protection and clairvoyance, and even to assist in legal matters. Flowers strung above doorposts were said to keep evil out and to protect one while sleeping if put under the bed. It was said that picking the flowers under the noonday sun will strengthen and comfort the heart.
Calendula was used in ancient times in India as well, and according to Ayurvedic healing principles is energetically cooling.
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January 24th, 2017
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