Helen Butler says:
"I understand that calendula [in ointment for example or in  tincture 
diluted as a rinse]  is so healing that  it is not advised  for use on 
nipples unless they are wholly free of infection, has anyone come across 
this?"

Helen, this makes no sense. Calendula has anti-bacterial properties. I have never seen a wound heal 
better than when I have used calendula.  About 12 years ago, my husband, kids and I were at a wedding. 
A huge stone fell off a stonewall when a child was playing on it. My husband and an older man lifted the 
stone back onto the wall and the other man dropped it first--right onto my husband's thumb, splitting it 
wide open to the fascia. I immediately washed it with diluted calendula and hypericum tinctures, gave him 
to stop the bleeding (it was profuse, as you can imagine) and applied pressure. I reapplied the wash every 
few hours through the next two days and the wound healed with no stitches and barely a scar. I have seen
many similar results with calendula since then. I don't love the ointment b/c of the petrolatum, but it is 
world's better than petroleum jelly, which IMO should never be applied to human skin. Nor would I use 
lanolin, as it has no intrinsic healing properties.



 


Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
Intuitive Parenting Network LLC

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