The Calendula Girl

The Calendula, or the 'Marigold' is Native to Asia and southern Europe and was brought to America by early settlers.  Believed to bring good luck, clairvoyance (if petals are kept under one's pillow) & comfort to the broken hearted,  it is especially indicated for personal relationships, work, and for all healing and teaching work when the art of communication must be intensively developed as a soul force. Calendula gives great forces of warmth and benign compassion to the human soul, especially helping to balance the active and receptive modes of communication.
 Apart from healing a broken heart, the flower is also said to have excellent antibacterial properties which help in healing broken skin, menstrual problems, relieve stomach cramps, indigestion, stomach aches, stings, bites, rashes & relief from flus & fevers. The flower is also used in a number of beauty treatments like making oils, salve's, creams etc.
It's not because I have a deep connection with the plant, that I've named my blog 'thecalendulagirl', but it is because I have a few Calendula's growing in my little herb garden, & plan to make use of them tonight, before they wither off in the heat of the Arabian sun & also because, the uses of this little flowering plant don't cease to amaze me. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be like the Calendula? Tiny & simple yet useful to millions in more ways than one!

On that note, I make my first beauty product, my first.....well actually no, my second blog (the first one got deleted, along with an entire spammed gmail account) & my first attempt to some clairvoyant dreams!
Kudos to the Calendula!


Monisha