During a fall barefoot walk through my garden, I picked up a sliver on the bottom of my foot. A hard painful callus developed before the sliver was detected. A visit to a doctor gave me the option of x-rays and specialist visits. A bit ticked off at these options, I opted to soak in epsom salt and pumice over the callus. I then applied a poultice of calendula flowers and witch hazel, followed by a salve of St. John's wort and calendulla. AHHH, the healing properties of Mother Nature without a copay. Thanks for all you do Rosalee, much appreciated.
I love calendula and use it extensively. It's in my after shower oil blend and it's always a base in any gut healing tea I make. I use the salve as a simple but my favorite is with equal parts calendula, cottonwood buds and Western red cedar.That formula makes the most amazing healing salve I have ever used. It also pairs well with a liver alterative formula for some skin conditions.
Rosalee, you are a treasure. Calendula is my newest friend, falling in love with it a year and a half ago. In Jan. 2019 I got a cold that was going around and couldn't shake it , like everyone else . When the weather got warm the cough went away but returned again with winter cold. I decided to wage war against it. My main weapons were calendula, mullein, peppermint and violet leaves in a tea. It takes care of it like magic. Even lately sometimes when I've been shopping I realize that evening I'm coughing and my lungs are burning. Right away I'll make a quart of tea, 1 Tbl spoon of leaves per cup, calendula, peppermint and violet. Puts the fire right out and no more cough. Sometimes I have to make another quart the next day but it works quickly now. The bug gives up, it knows it doesn't have a chance against God's medicine. Bought calendula from Earthwise off amazon. But growing it next year, especially since you told us about all the other uses. Just amazing how effective it is. Thank you
Thank you so much for your informative and beautiful videos! I am being called into plant medicine, but am very much a beginner. You inspire me to continue on this path, and I am truly grateful for you and your teachings!
This year I just learned about the Calendula's Benefits or though I had a vague idea that this was a herb to be justified, used and saved especially grown, which I have just started to do. Thank you Roselee and I would love to learn a lot more. May the blessings you help others with may you too, be bestowed with the same.🌼🌻🌸🌟🎀💐
I love this video. Informative and to the point. I'm going to be growing calendula for the first time this year and can't wait to harvest for these benefits.
This was one of the most informative videos I’ve ever seen on Calendula and it’s many benefits. I am very new to the world of herbal remedies and your video inspires me. I’m going to look into your class and books. I have two questions: first, I am viewing this video as summer season draws to an end. **Is it possible to grow Calendula as an indoor window plant until I can plant outdoors, next spring? **Since the tea one would make is bitter and not so pleasant tasting, would a little local honey be okay? Or would it alter the effectiveness of the tea?
So glad you enjoyed the video! You can grow calendula indoors, but it doesn't always thrive that way. In my area I plant the seeds as soon as the threat of frost is over and by July they are blooming. In more temperate climates calendula can start blooming in February. Adding a bit of honey to the tea is fine. Enjoy!
Thanks for all your expertise, Rosalee! I lovingly grew, harvested, and infused Calendula oil for the first time this year. So beautiful!! Question for you, though-- I plan to give them as gifts to friends, and I have several friends/coworkers that are pregnant. I looked up calendula in the "Handbook of Medicinal Herbs" second edition by James A. Duke. It cautions against using calendula oil when pregnant or lactating due to its uterine stimulating effects. So, out of an abundance of caution, I do not plan on gifting to my pregnant friends. But, just wondering, do you have any thoughts on this precaution? I hope to have a child someday, myself, and I'm thinking that using calendula oil every now and then for minor skin irritation would be totally safe.....but just want to make sure!
Being an herbalist can confirm for me that Calendula flower is the flower call in French Souci due to the confusion of the flower call Mariigold Thank you
Thank you so very much for this great video. At 20:03 you have thumbs up for the jar on the left. I am guessing a lot of people think the jar on the left really looks nasty, but really more medicinal than the pretty whole flowers. Is that dark liquid on the top the carrier oil? The bottom liquid is the chopped, dried calendula flowers and green petals under the flower head? At 20:20 you say freshly dried flowers. Dried completely all moisture completely gone. If some people just wilt over night, there is still liquid and that can cause your oil to go rancid, right? Do you believe that olive oil as the carrier oil has the longest shelf life? But it will change the pretty orange color darker, right? What oil did you use in this video to get the deep orange color? One more question please. At 21:18 is the cloth over the jar is meant to keep it dark with no light on the jar? Here in Wisconsin, zone 5, I planted my seeds a week or so ago. They are up and I need to cover them if there is a freeze predicted, which could happen until about June. Thank you and sorry for wanting so much detail.
I think this is the best video I've seen you make. Thank you. You've inspired me to attempt growing calendula. I use a tincture for my gut and lymph and bought an oil infusion from Mountain Rose Herbs to have on hand for my skin.
Thank you so much.😃. I grew some by seed a little late in the season .I had just got excited about it and didn't want to wait till next season so I enjoyed a few flowers in a container.I'm looking forward to spring and plan to grow alot and make some tintures and oil and tea etc. I love all the different one's but I especially love the bright orange ones . Would grape seed oil be a good oil to use ?
Thank you, you are always on point and explain well. Thank you for the emails I receive from you also. And do you have any work or videos on horsetail I searched your web site and couldn't find much thank you again I will be getting your book and my main reason was to see about the chalomile allergy it stuff me up a bit but I think I can work through it slowly
Just a note, there's that one genetic SNP where many northern Europeans (Irish, Scots, Scandinavians) don't easily utilize the carotenoids to make fully active Vitamin A. I have the darn SNP, though I've never tried this herb so can't comment beyond this. Forget the specific gene.
Thank you Rosalee! Do you ever filter the oil after passing it through a cheesecloth? I always have a bit of sediment in my oils if I don't pass it through a filter.. Much welcome all advice and tips ❤❤🙏🙏
I love your tutorials and am enjoying your books! I do have a question about calendula. When drying the flowers, is there a benefit to using the flowers if they are beginning to start making their seeds. Should I dry the immature seeds or should I just pull the petals off of them.
When drying the flowers, is there a benefit to using the flowers if they are beginning to make their seeds? Should I bother to dry the immature seeds or just pull the petals off of them?
Just a friendly suggestion from a viewer, skip the pauses with written header. Time is valuable and it’s a waste of time and phone battery, plus when just listening not watching I’m not sure if my earbuds quit or I bumped my phone in my pocket and skipped ahead or shut it off. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
Thanks for this feedback. If you're just listening and not watching then I suggest finding this on your favorite podcast app. For video I like to take multiple opportunities for folks to see the herb. The podcast app is a better listening experience, if that's what you're most interested in.
@Herbs With Rosalee These ingredients are not cheap. If it in alcohol it goes in the dark cabinet and nobody ever confuses that at all but the oil infusion is always mixed messages so no I'd like to know which is correct. Thanks
Hi, here are some ways you can find herbs: 1. Search for herbal apothecaries near you. 2. Visit Rosalee’s listing of herb farms and wildcrafters within the US and Canada to find fresh herbs near you. www.herbalremediesadvice.org/Herb-Farms-Wildcrafters.html 3. Visit Mountain Rose Herbs, an online apothecary that sells high quality organic herbs. They are Rosalee’s first choice for herbs she’s not able to find near her. bit.ly/2KXdWIA Cheers, Karin
one question mam, with due respect to u ....i have learnt that to infuse any herb the ratio is 1oz of dried herbs should be infused in 7-8 OZ of carrier oil.....but here u used 2 cups of dried herb to same 2 cups of oil, why ?
So glad you're enjoying my offerings. I am an herbal teacher and I don't sell products. Instead I teach people through my online courses about how to make herbal medicines and herbalism in general.
You could but you'd have to make a new batch of tea every day. Another option is to infuse it into witch hazel. I have a similar recipe for this in my book, Wild Remedies. (That recipe uses elderflower and rose but they could be substituted with calendula.)
Hi, depending on where you live, this may not be the right time to find calendula flowers. Ask around your local area nurseries, gardening groups, extension services, etc. All the best, Karin Rose
Thanks for the amazing insights into Calendula, loved it. Just need to ask, can I use Calendula Oil on its own for Menopausal symptoms like vaginal dryness? Or do you recommend I use it together with some other oil. Please advise. Thanks a ton
Would dry versus fresh calendula blossoms make any difference with the strength of the oil/medicine? I have dried and not fresh blossoms (obviously this time of year).
