Calendula for injured paws.

This article focuses on the healing property of calendula. The healing properties of calendula, the English marigold, have become well-known. Consumers love how calendula ointments or lotions relieve simple irritations like chapped lips, mild diaper rash, and dry hands. They may not realize, however, that a diluted tincture of this sun-loving flower has proven itself useful in healing serious, lacerated, and infected wounds. Fewer people still, however, know that in addition to applying calendula tincture or ointment topically, it can be taken internally as a homeopathic remedy potentized and prepared by a homeopathic pharmacy as pills or pellets. INSET: Calendula Cures.