The book “Herbs for Flavor, Health and Natural Beauty” has an amazing array of herb-filled recipes, but also a crafting chapter that features how-tos on candles, lip balm, sugar scrub and more. Here’s ...

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Calendula, commonly known as pot marigold, has been used for centuries in herbal medicine for its remarkable skin-healing properties. Extracted from the flowers of Calendula officinalis, calendula ...

CARNATION, Wash. -- It's harvest time in these flower fields, and PCC'S Lynne Vea helped Angelique Saffle, owner of Bodyceuticals, pluck the yellow and orange calendula flowers that she would later ...

Pot marigold is a plant that belongs to the daisy (Asteraceae) family. It's been used for medicinal purposes for hundreds of years. Calendula is a small bushy plant that has light green leaves and ...