CALENDULA

Source indications

Allen's Keynotes

  • 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 woulds
  • post-surgical operation; to promote healthy granulation and prevent excessive suppuration and disfiguring scars
  • traumatic and idiopathic neuroma; neuritis from lacerated wounds; 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; old, neglected, offensive; threatening gangrene
  • ulcers: irritable, inflamed, sloughing, varicose; painful as if beaten; excessive secretion of pus
  • almost specific for clean, surgical cuts or lacerated wounds, to prevent excessive suppuration