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Calendula, ook wel goudsbloem genoemd, is een gemakkelijk te kweken eenjarige bloem die de tuin opfleurt. Maar deze bloem fleurt niet alleen de tuin op, goudsbloem heeft namelijk ook vele gezondheidsvoordelen en is heel nuttig in de moestuin. Calendula trekt namelijk bestuivers aan en stoot ongedierte af.
Maar in deze blog gaan we het niet hebben over de voordelen van goudsbloem in de moestuin. We gaan het hebben over de gezondheidsvoordelen van calendula en hoe je er een fijne olie van kunt maken.
Let me show you how to make calendula oil, a powerful healing oil that helps calm eczema and other types of skin irritations. There are three main ways to make it at home including a simple method, a quick one, and an advanced method that creates a medicinally potent oil. I’ll also share some therapeutic ways to use your homemade calendula oil in skincare and soap making.
Calendula officinalis, which I’ll refer to simply as calendula, is hands down my favorite skincare herb. I’ve used it for over ten years in handmade soap, bath products, lotions, salves, lip balms, skin creams, and countless other skincare recipes. If there was any plant ally that has been with me through thick and thin, it’s this beautiful and versatile flower. I’d love for you to know it, too! For me, growing, harvesting, and drying calendula flowers are the first few steps to making calendula oil. I detail how you can do it, too, in my ebook, Calendula: A Guide to Growing & Using it in Skincare. Though I highly recommend that you grow your own, you can skip that step and buy high-quality dried calendula flowers to work with instead. Paired with the right carrier oil, you could have homemade calendula oil to use tomorrow. Let’s dig into how to make calendula oil.
To make calendula oil, you’ll need two main ingredients: liquid carrier oil and dried calendula flowers. We’ll get to oils in a moment, but first, let’s chat about where to get calendula flowers. The calendula you use to make infused oil for skincare should be standard yellow and orange varieties, and they should be varieties listed as high in resin. For the most potent calendula oil, avoid using modern varieties with unusual petal shapes or different colors. They’ve been bred for looks rather than substance.
Though calendula is common enough to find for sale, quality can vary greatly. I’ve ordered it a few times, and some brands and suppliers are much better than others. However, with any packaged calendula, there’s no way to say how long ago the calendula flowers were picked and dried. It could have been a year or even longer, and the variety of calendula is never given, in my experience. The older the dried calendula is, the less potent it may be.
If you buy dried calendula, try to get it directly from the grower. More easily said than done! It’s very easy to grow yourself, though, and that’s the best place to get calendula. You might already have it in the garden and know it as pot marigold! If you grow it yourself, you know its variety, what went into the soil, and if anything was sprayed on the plants. You also control when the flowers get harvested and how they are dried. Dried, whole flower heads are what you use to make calendula oil, but you can also use dried calendula flower petals. Fresh flowers can spoil and rot during the infusion process and introduce a small amount of moisture to the oil. The smallest amount of water in oil can lead to rancidity and a much-reduced shelf-life.
Calendula (goudsbloem) staat onder plantkundigen bekend als “moeder van de huid”.
Calendula-extract is namelijk een krachtige, natuurlijke ontstekingsremmer. Bovendien heeft calendula ultiem hydraterende eigenschappen.
Calendula staat erom bekend het genezingsproces van de huid te versnellen. Daarom wordt het al lange tijd gebruikt voor de behandeling van eczeem en andere huidaandoeningen.
Calendula kalmeert de eczeemgevoelige huid en maakt deze weer zacht, glad en soepel. Calendula helpt oude littekens vervagen en bestrijdt nieuwe uitbraken van eczeem.
Het extract is rijk aan carotenoïden: krachtige antioxidanten die de uitgedroogde, eczeemgevoelige huid goed kan gebruiken.
Calendula-extract is daarom een belangrijk ingrediënt voor de behandeling van eczeem en ontbreekt dan ook niet in Reverta eczeemcrème. Deze crème bestrijdt de ontstekingen, jeuk en pijn waar eczeem mee gepaard gaat.