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Calendula: From golden flower to healing salve

Learn about calendula’s traditional use for minor skin irritation, see how it is prepared for topical use, and make a simple calendula salve to take home.

California Trail Interpretive Center

Long before modern first-aid creams filled medicine cabinets, people relied on plants to help soothe and protect damaged skin. Calendula, with its bright golden flowers, has a long history of use for minor cuts, scrapes, burns and irritated skin.

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