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Names
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History
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Constituents
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Uses
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Marigold
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The marigolds name is a cor-
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volatile oil
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Entire flower heads;greens for
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Garden Marigold
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ruption of the Anglo-Saxon
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a yellow resin
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salad burnet
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Pot Marigold
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merso-meargealla, meaning
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calendulin
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cholagogue
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Caltha officinalis
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Marsh marigold.
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saponins
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styptic
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Golds
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traditionally used as a dye
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a bitter principle
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anti-inflammatory
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Ruddes
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and garden herb for food
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vulnerary
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Mary Gowles
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and medicine.
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anti-septic
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Oculus Christi
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An early horticulturist,
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emmenagogue
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Marygold
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Linnaeus, noted that the
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Specific use for inflamed lymph-
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Fiore d'ogni mese
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plant opened from nine in
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atic nodes,duodenal ulcers, and
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Solis Sponsa
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the morning til 3 pm.
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some inflammatory skin lesions
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Common Marigold
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Theplant acquired the names
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externally for leg ulcers
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English marigold
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solsequia and solis sponsa
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eye lotion for conjunctivitis
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Jackanapes-on horsebacke
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Marigold was once used for a
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petals sub for saffron
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cheese colouring.
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petal tea
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pain and swelling of
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beesting
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sprains
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"Macers' herbal induces the picker to say three Pater Nosters (Our
fathers) and three Aves(Hail Marys) to give the wearer a vision of anyone
who has robbed him"! (and from the same source: " to be taken only when
the moon is is in the sign of the Virgin and not when Jupiter is in the
ascendant, for then the herb loses its virtue"
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cosmetics
hair rinse
yellow dye
snuff
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Botanical name from
latin calen-dulae or calends, meaning "throughout the months"
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