Candles with Calendula in Gynecology

One of the most famous medicinal plants that is used in both traditional and traditional medicine is calendula officinalis. The popular name of the plant is "marigolds." This low plant, which blooms all summer until late autumn with bright orange flowers, has a specific smell. For medical purposes, flowers are most often used, the plant retains its properties both in fresh and dried form.

Calendula - an application in gynecology

For a long time calendula in gynecology shows such local useful properties, as anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, wound-healing actions. There are other medicinal properties, plants that are not used directly in gynecology - calendula has choleretic, diuretic, diaphoretic, restorative, analgesic, desensitizing, sedative, spasmolytic, expectorant, immunomodulating, anticoagulant action, which allows using it in complex treatment of gynecological diseases not only locally.

Calendula in gynecology - topical application

For topical use, various dosage forms containing calendula are used: suppositories, ointments, oils, tinctures and infusions. But calendula and preparations from it can not be used in the presence of an allergic reaction to the plant.

Side effects from the use of calendula are rare, and drugs from it are widely used in medicine.

  1. For example, in gynecology calendula oil is used - its use is recommended for pregnant women for the treatment of hemorrhoids or varicose veins.
  2. Calendula ointment in gynecology is rarely used: it has been used in gynecology to treat nipple cracks in nursing mothers: calendula ointment is for external use only.
  3. Candlesticks with calendula are used as rectal - for the treatment of hemorrhoids in women, and for vaginal (for example, Vagikal) - for the treatment of inflammatory processes, vaginal dryness, erosion of the cervix, atrophic colpitis.
  4. Calendula often comes in combination with other anti-inflammatory drugs - chamomile, vitamin A. For vaginal douching, use the infusion of calendula flowers. To this end, also used tincture of calendula, but alcohol solutions can not be used for syringing in undiluted form, so 1 teaspoon of tincture is dissolved in 200 ml of boiled water. To treat erosion of the cervix, the tincture is dissolved in water in a ratio of 1:10.