The Medieval Soup Ingredient That Can Still Beat Your $150 Serum

Calendula: the cheap, low-risk skin fix hiding in plain sight.
The Medieval Soup Ingredient That Can Still Beat Your $150 Serum
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In a world where everything from spinach to shower heads promises to detoxify, it’s oddly soothing to meet a plant that earned its stripes without hashtags, but in battlefields and soup pots.

Calendula officinalis, the modest pot marigold, was patching people up a long time before it was squished into pastel-labelled serums.

Nicole James
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Nicole James is a freelance journalist for The Epoch Times based in Australia. She is an award-winning short story writer, journalist, columnist, and editor. Her work has appeared in newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, Sun-Herald, The Australian, the Sunday Times, and the Sunday Telegraph. She holds a BA Communications majoring in journalism and two post graduate degrees, one in creative writing.