Marigold Flower Powder (Calendula officinalis) - Bulk
Marigold Flower Powder (Calendula officinalis) - Bulk
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Celebrate healing with Calendula. Native to Southern Europe, Marigold Flowers were sacred in ancient Roman and Hindu traditions - the Romans used them in rituals and cooking, while Hindus wove them into offerings and garlands. Their centrality in culture is not only for their beauty but also for their healing power. Traditionally, they were infused into oils for wound care, brewed as teas for digestive support, and considered a symbol of warmth, cheer and recovery.
♡ Why we love it: Marigold’s colour comes from its rich carotenoid content, making it a natural choice for colouring foods and cosmetics. It’s also bursting with active compounds like triterpenoids, flavonoids, saponins and essential oils. Calendula is incredibly skin-friendly, proven to accelerate wound healing and reduce inflammation. It has also been known for soothing eczema, rashes, and sunburn, while its gentle antimicrobial action helps protect minor cuts from infection. The antioxidants present shield the skin from oxidative damage and teas made from Calendula support digestion, provide a mild detoxifying effect and can even be added to bath blends or herbal hair rinses.
Sizes: 200g, 500g or 1kg.
Most effective calendula extracts
- Oil: Most effective for Calendula’s skin-healing compounds, carotenoids and some flavonoids. The fat-soluble compounds are responsible for much of Calendula’s anti-inflammatory, skin-regenerating, and soothing properties.
Oil infusions are ideal for making salves, balms, creams, and massage blends that target wounds, rashes, eczema, and general skin repair. - Alcohol: Strong at extracting both fat-soluble and water-soluble actives.
Alcohol-based tinctures are useful for internal digestive support (in small, guided doses) and can also be diluted for wound washes or added to sprays. Works best at 40-60% ethanol. - Water: Pulls out water-soluble flavonoids, mucilage, and a small amount of saponins.
These give Calendula teas and infusions their gentle digestive, soothing, and mild antimicrobial benefits. Great for drinking, compresses, skin washes, and hair rinses, but it does lack the high concentration of anti-inflammatory triterpenoids that oil or alcohol extracts. - Vinegar: Extracts flavonoids, acids, and some carotenoids.
Useful in herbal hair rinses (adds shine, soothes the scalp) and in compresses where gentle astringency is helpful. Medicinally weaker than oil or alcohol for wound healing, but great for culinary herbal vinegars or beauty rinses.
Different solvents extract different compounds. Here's what extract to choose based on your goals.
Uses & benefits
- Powdered marigolds make a great natural exfoliant.
- Tea made from dried marigold flowers is said to lower symptoms caused by inflammatory bowel diseases acid reflux and ulcers
- Salves and ointments made with marigold flowers are used to treat fungal infections of the skin, including genitals, feet, eyes and mouth
- Marigolds are naturally anti inflammatory and skin calming
- Marigolds can treat problem skin issues such as eczema, psoriasis and rashes
- Add a pop of colour to your soaps and scrubs, or add to salads and baking - marigolds are edible flowers!
- Infuse dried marigold petals into your carrier oil of choice by macerating the petals in oil: put it in a sunny window and shake the bottle daily for a few months.
Marigold (calendula) tea
Just add a tablespoon of dried flowers to the pot of tea (3 or 4 cups) before letting it steep for at least 5 minutes.
Ingredients
Dried marigold flowers (Calendula officinalis).
Country of origin: Egypt
Product rating: Green.
Warnings
- Herbs taken in therapeutic dosages should always be checked for safety and use during pregnancy and breast feeding in consultation with a qualified herbal practitioner
About These Botanicals
This product is grown in an organic and regenerative fashion with as minimal use of insecticides, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides as possible, in certified organic fertilizer. The product is certified food grade. It is not certified organic. Suitable for Kosher, Halaal and Hindi diets.
