Hittite
Calendula officinalis
Calendula · Pot marigold · Ringelblume · Aynısefa
Region Black Sea hinterland
Use Skin · Healing
The healing flower — recorded in Hittite plant tablets, still cultivated along the Black Sea today.
Calendula is the gold of the Anatolian apothecary. Hittite herbalists prescribed it; the Black Sea hinterland still grows it. Its old Turkic name carries the colour: altın — gold.
On the skin, calendula is the gentle healer — soothing, restorative, calming inflammation. It earns its place in Aurina, the line that returns the body to itself after exertion.
Properties: skin-restoring, anti-inflammatory, mild. Traditional uses: salves, oils, baths, post-sun and post-exertion balms.
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