4. As an Aid in Healing
You can also use calendula to help with healing wounds. In fact, there is plenty of evidence showing that this plan has remarkable properties when it comes to helping with healing including stimulating tissue growth and producing collagen. Calendula has been shown to aid in healing on all kinds of injuries in both humans and animals these include cuts, scrapes, bruises, insect bites and burns.
The way that you use calendula when it comes to healing of the skin is by creating a poultice or applying it directly to the wound area. The healing properties of this herb were demonstrated in a big way in a recent study published in the Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology. The study showed that when closing with calendula was approximately 90% while when closing with the control group was only 51%. This was very significant in the study concluded that calendula had extremely potent wound healing abilities.