Calendula oil - properties and use

In the distant past, man collaborated with nature and treated it with deep respect, thanks to which he comprehended many of her secrets. Today, we not only have useful knowledge about many plants, but also constantly use it for our own good. One of these natural gifts is the medicinal calendula, or nails, as it was christened by popular rumor. Official and traditional medicine uses a flower for the preparation of decoctions, ointments, infusions and tinctures. Calendula oil has some therapeutic properties and helps women increase their beauty. In the article you will learn how to cook and correctly use a natural tool.

Nogots belong to the family of complex plants and have family ties with chrysanthemums and asters. It is difficult to confuse the flowering from June to October with others - we are all familiar with these yellow and orange flowers, which are distinguished by a rich tinted palette. In our country, medicinal calendula is cultivated as a decorative and therapeutic plant. Gardeners call about 20 varieties of terry and non -minor forms of nails. The healing properties are possessed by the flower baskets of the calendula medicinal - they retain their therapeutic qualities throughout the warm season.

Features of the workpiece of calendula oil

If you planted the seeds of medicinal calendula in your area, wait for the first shoots in 10 to 14 days. The plant blooms from June until the fall, and you can collect flowers for the workpiece up to 20 times per season, every 2 to 5 days. The required amount of raw materials is put in a dryer and put a device at a temperature of 40 - 45 ⁰S. There is another option for preparing dry flowing: lay out the flowers of the nails with a thin layer on papyrus paper in a well -ventilated room and wait until they dry.

The benefits of calendula nails

The composition of the plant flowers includes many biologically active components. As a result of laboratory tests in the tissues of the plant, the following beneficial substances were discovered:

1. Carotinoids. With the participation of this component, vitamin A. is produced in the body
2. Steriles. The structure of these substances largely resembles the structure of the cholesterol molecule. Once in the digestive system, sterins replace harmful cholesterol, thereby reducing its level in the body.
3. Triterpenoids. This group of substances in the composition of the flowers calendulas are oleanic acid glycosides. Thanks to them, nails have a pronounced anti -inflammatory effect, high ability to heal ulcers, and stimulate the advance of pulses on nerve fibers.
4. Flavonoids. These physiologically active elements relax the spasmodic smooth muscles, control the synthesis of bile, the production of urine and its excretion from the body. In addition, beneficial substances take part in neutralization of harmful substances, prevent the division of tumor cells and maintain the performance of the stomach affected by the ulcer.
5. Essential oils. Prevent the propagation of pathogenic microflora and contribute to its destruction.
6. Kumarins. Substances suppress inflammatory reactions of various origin.

In addition, calendula flowers contain a sufficient amount of potassium, iron, magnesium and calcium, which entirely justifies its status of a medicinal plant. Zinc in the composition of the nails strengthens the body's immune system, molybdenum prevents the washing of fluorine from the body and is an indispensable substance for the prevention of caries, selenium suppresses the development of cells unusual for the body and supports the functioning of the cardiovascular system in the optimal rhythm.

Calendula oil: remarkable properties

The oil prepared from the nails has a complex therapeutic effect. After the use of a natural remedy, patients note:

• persistent anti -inflammatory effect;
• rapid healing of the skin affected by burns, wounds or painful cracks;
• obvious antiseptic action;
• suppression of irritable reactions on the skin.

The composition of the calendula oil is similar to the composition of the plant flowers - there are many useful substances and trace elements that determine the therapeutic effect of the product. The list of indications for the use of calendula oil is quite large:

• excessive dry skin;
• abrasions and scratches;
• fractures of the nipples during breastfeeding;
• cracks of the anal opening with hemorrhoids;
• burns and cuts;
• periodontal disease;
• acute and chronic tonsillitis;
• sunburn;
• frostbite;
• varicose veins;
• poor skin tone;
• disruption of blood circulation in the skin.

How to make calendula oil

You can cook oil from nails yourself - this will not take much time and effort. To do this, use fresh or dried plant flowers. The latter allow you to use the product at any time of the year.

Fresh raw materials calendula recipe

Pour 2 cups of flower boxes of the nails into a jar with a volume of 1 liter and pour them 2.5 tbsp. vegetable oil. For this purpose, both sunflower refined and corn, almond or olive oil are suitable. Now put a jar of ingredients for future oil in a container of water (pre -put a rag on its bottom) and stretch it in a water bath for at least 2 hours. Complete the resulting oil, and then hold it in the sun for a day. To do this, leave a jar of nails on the windowsill of the southern window. According to a folk recipe, the oil that has absorbed the strength and energy of the Sun has a powerful healing force. When the oil is finally infused, strain it, squeeze the used raw materials and pour useful fluid into a sterile glass bottle or jar. At home, calendula oil is stored in a cool place - in a cellar or refrigerator.

Pay attention! For complete confidence in the sterility of the product, the necessary portion of oil before direct use is cast into a sterile container and brought to a boil in a water bath.

Preparation of calendula oil from dried flowers

Loose a liter jar loosely with dry color and pour 2 tbsp. any vegetable oil. Tash the product for 3 hours in a water bath, and then insist in a sunny place for at least 48 hours. The prepared tool is stored exclusively in the refrigerator.

Calendula essential oil

Airol of nail flowers is one of the most popular basic oils that are used to treat and in appearance. The extract is born in the process of exposure to fresh petals of carbon dioxide calendula. Please note that the production of the product requires exclusively industrial conditions. This is a very painstaking work - 5 tons of the source material are transformed into 1 kg of etherol, so the cost of the product is quite high.

Calendula flowers in home cosmetology

Women who mainly use natural remedies to maintain their beauty, know how to use the oil of nails with the proper and benefit. In a female audience, the product is very popular, as it has a wonderful effect on the skin and hair.

Calendula oil for skin, which lacks its own moisturizing secretion, is a real salvation. The natural remedy perfectly softens dry by nature or simply weathered skin, making it more elastic. The effect is truly instant - the transformation becomes noticeable almost a few minutes after applying oil. It is especially useful to lubricate your hand with oil with oil - the skin there is rude and covered with cracks with age. Using a natural product, you can also put in order coarse heels and feet. If you are not lazy and treat the skin with calendula oil regularly, you can reduce the severity of rosacea.

Face calendula oil

Inflamed acne, black dots, stains-stains, expanded pores, peeling, irritation-you will get rid of most of the listed defects if you make friends with calendula oil and begin to use it on a regular basis. As a result, your face will acquire a fresh and healthy look. We will share with you a few simple, but very effective recipes for increasing your beauty.

Recipe No. 1

This is a hot mask of calendula oil. You will need a cotton napkin - lower it into hot water, then squeeze it. Now evenly soak the fabric with a certain amount of calendula oil (an average of 20 - 25 drops). Put this compress on the face, and cover it with a terry towel on top. Fly with such a mask for about half an hour. Excess oil on your face then remove a dry paper cloth. If you use calendula oil in the form of a hot mask regularly, soon notice how moist and smooth your skin became. The tool leads to the norm, the release of natural fat with the sebaceous glands and reduces expanded pores.

Nogots oil will have to be in handy, if you cannot “agree” with your sensitive, oily or problem skin. A natural product has a gentle effect, so it can be used daily. For wiping, lotions, masks and compresses, clean basic oil and its mixture with other cosmetic oil are suitable. The oil of nails with black caraway oils, St. John's wort, grape seeds and woodcocks goes well. For cosmetic procedures, oils are mixed in a proportion of 1: 1.

Recipe No. 2

Mix oil in one dishes, the material for which are nails and grape seeds. Vinogram seed oil can be replaced with St. John's wort oil. Add 3 tbsp to the therapeutic mixture. l. pulp of fresh cherries and 2 tbsp. l. Stocking juice. Mix the mask components thoroughly. Cover the skin with the resulting mass for 25 minutes, then wash with warm water.

Calendula oil will not spoil a single cosmetic product - they can safely complement masks based on healing herbs, clay, and fruits. Regular fueling of the skin with oil of the nails will pleasantly delight you with a soothing, cleansing and drying effect. The natural product will serve the skin with a reliable protective tool if the window is a strong wind, frost or the scorching sun. Just distribute a few drops of the product on the skin of the face, and after 5 minutes, remove the excess using a paper towel.

Recipe number 3

Acne and acne calendula oil are used as follows. 1 tsp. The oils are mixed with cocoa oil in the same proportion, added to the mixture of 1 tbsp. l. pulp of melon and 1.5 tsp. Stocking juice. Cover the peeled face with the resulting mass. After 20 minutes, wash yourself, rinse your face with warm water and apply a light nutrient cream to your skin.

Hair calendula oil

With the help of calendula oil, you can also take care of your curls. The product will come in handy if you have sensitive skin on your head, hair grows slowly or dandruff.

Recipe No. 1

If the scalp is dry and irritated, make a mask before washing your hair: 3 tbsp. l. Combine the oils of the nails with 1 tbsp. l. Jozhoba oils, and then add 5 drops of rosemary, tea tree and sage to a mixture of basic oils. Apply the therapeutic mass to the scalp and the basic part of the hair rods and walk with the mask for at least 1 hour, after washing your head with a suitable hair type with shampoo. The systematic use of this mask will save you from dandruff and soften the scalp.

Recipe No. 2
To make the hair shone and get stuck less, prepare a home cream using nail oil.   6 tbsp. l. The oils must be connected to 2 tbsp. l. almond oil, 1.5 tbsp. l. cocoa and 3 tbsp. l. Carita oils. Put a glass jar with a healing mixture for a quarter of an hour in a water bath, and then pour into a dry sterile container of glass. Put the product in storage in the refrigerator. In half an hour before each wash, process the scalp and hair with the ends with the cream.

Calendula oil: contraindications for use

Non -risk oil can use almost everything. But each medicine has disadvantages, therefore, when using a natural product mined from calendula flowers, some nuances must be taken into account:

1. You can not combine the use of calendula using sedative herbs - motherwort and valerian.
2. It is better to abandon people who cause allergies (chamomile, for example), it is better to abandon the calendula oil.
3. Nogotkov oil is contraindicated for people with low pressure and heart failure.

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