This is at least 3 years old but this year I'm going to crack it open. Just to see if the Zeolights, if they grow, will really play with pink the way they appear to in the illustration.
A nod to the species, the wiki on it's medicinal uses. Even though their name evokes Caligula, it appears that the plants have much benefit.
Plant pharmacological studies have suggested that Calendula extracts have anti-viral, anti-genotoxic and anti-inflammatory properties. [3] Calendula in suspension or in tincture is used topically to treat acne, reducing inflammation, controlling bleeding and soothing irritated tissue.[4][5] There is "limited evidence" that calendula cream or ointment is effective in treating radiation dermatitis.[6][7]
Calendula has been used traditionally for abdominal cramps and constipation.[8] In experiments with rabbit jejeunum the aqueous-ethanol extract of Calendula officinalis flowers was shown to have both spasmolytic and spasmogenic effects, thus providing a scientific rationale for this traditional use.[9] An aqueous extract of Calendula officinalis obtained by a novel extraction method has demonstrated anti-tumor (cytotoxic) activity and immunomodulatory properties (lymphocyte activation) in vitro, as well as anti-tumor activity in mice. [10]
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