DIY: Calendula Cream

Everyone can have a homemade Calendula cream without much effort. Using the Calendula flowers you can make a healing cream with which you can successfully treat the skin.

Bas svako moze da napravi domacu kremu od nevena bez mnogo muke. Koristeci nevenovo cvijece mozete spremiti hranljivu kremu sa kojom veoma uspjesno mozete tretirati kozu.

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Calendula flower was a part of European gardens since the 12-th centry. This miraculous herb dates from Egypt. It's a pleasant plant to have among other summer flowers since it is beautiful as well as useful.

Nevenovo cvijece je bilo dio evropskih basti jos od 12 stoljeca. Ova cudotvorna biljka vuce korijene jos iz Egipta. Neven je ugodna biljka koja ce se lijepo uklopiti medju ostalo ljetno cvijece jer je jako lijepa a jos uz to i korisna.

Interesting
Some time ago, one look at a Calendula was a replacement for a weather forecast!. If Calendula flower's petals were opened around 7 AM, it was told that nice weather is about to keep for the entire day. But if the petals were closed, rain was expected. Good to know!

Ono sto je interesantno u vezi sa nevenom jeste to sto je prije sluzio kao zamjena za vremensku prognozu. Ako su latice nevena bile otvorene u 7 sti ujutro to je znacilo da ce taj dan biti lijepo i suncano vrijeme. Ali ako su latice u to doba bile zatvorene, ocekivala se kisa. Odlicna informacija!

Healing properities of Calendula were well known to the Ancient Romans. Also Hildegard von Bingen, a famous nun and a healer, always recommended calendula to sooth tummy aches. Today it is mostly used to heal wounds or to soothe a sprain and also to calm PMS symptoms.There are many varied benefits of using Calendula both internally and externally.Calendula cream/ointment (which is used as a treatment and in beauty products), you can make for yourself  really simple. But you do know that dried flowers cannot always be easily found so the best thing is to plant your own Calendula. Just keep in mind to pick only the yellow parts.

Ljekovita svojstva nevena su poznata bila cak i starim Rimljanima. Takodjer i Hildegard von Bingen, poznata casna sestra i ljekarka je uvijek preporucivala neven za umirenje bolova u stomaku. Danas se najvise koristi za zacjeljivanje rana ili da se ublazi iscasenje i za umirenje PMS simptoma. Mnoge su razlicite koristi nevena koji se moze koristiti kako izvana, tako i iznutra. Mast od nevena tj. krema od nevena koja se smatra beauty tretmanom se vrlo lako moze napraviti kod kuce. Ali znamo da osuseno cvijece ne mozemo uvijek lako pronaci tako da je najbolje rjesenje zasaditi vlastiti neven. Imajte na umu da su vam samo potrebni zuti dijelovi cvijeta, ne peteljka.

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- CALENDULA CREAM -

Grab 50 grams of dried Calendula petals and place them in a jar. Pour 1/2 litre of olive or peanut oil over the petals.Tightly close the jar and keep it in a warm place for 2-3 weeks.

Uzmite 50g osusenih cvjetova nevena i stavite ih u teglu.Uspite pola litra maslinovog ili kikiriki ulja preko njih. Cvrsto zatvorite teglu i ostavite na toplom mjestu 2 do 3 sedmice.

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Afet 2-3 weeks open the jar and transfer the oil-soaked petals in a pot and heat it on the stove. But remove from the stove before the oil boils. Add 40 grams of raw cocoa butter and 40 grams of beeswax. Stir on low heat.

Nakon 2 do 3 sedmice otvorite teglu i prenesite uljem natopljene latice u serpu i zagrijte na peci. Morate skloniti serpu prije nego ulje prokljuca. Dodati 40g sirovog kakao putera i 40g izbijeljenog pcelinjeg voska. Mijesati na tihoj vatri.

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When everything melts together, remove the pot from the heat and stir again. Cool down the final liquid you got in the process and before it starts to harden, distribute it in smaller, dark jars.

Kada se sve stopi sklonite serpu sa vatre i ponovo mijesajte. Ohladiti dobijenu smjesu i prije nego se pocne ucvrscavati, rasporedite u manje i tamnije teglice.

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