Herbal Remedy Index for Flowers, Herbs and Trees starting with C

Please peruse my herbal remedy index for flowers, herbs and trees starting with C. The ingredients listed here all make for wonderful hydrotherapy ingredients, as well as skin care recipes, and herbal medicines.

Calendula, known as Pot Marigold or Scotch Marigold, was used in ancient Greek, Roman, Arabic and Indian cultures as a medicinal herb as well as a dye for fabrics, foods and cosmetics. Its flower heads appear all year long and are used to accelerate healing, as well as a colorant in hair rinses and shampoos.



Cayenne has single white flowers that fruit. Fruit is green when unripe, changing principally to red, although some varieties may ripen to other colours including brown and purple. Cayenne is an excellent colorant as well as having the ability to accelerate healing.

Chamomile or camomile is a common name for several daisy-like plants. These plants are best known for their ability to be made into a herbal tea which is commonly used to help with sleep and is often served with either honey or lemon. The flowers and essential oil from the plant can also be used in facial masks and steams, eye creams and hair rinses. Chamomile is an essential ingredient in any herbal remedy index.



Chickweed is a cool-season annual plant native to Europe, which is often eaten by chickens. It is commonly also called Chickenwort, Craches, Maruns and Winterweed. The plant germinates in fall or late winter, then forms large mats of foliage. Flowers are small and white, followed quickly by the seed pods. This plant flowers and sets seed at the same time and the flowers and leaves are used for lotions, salves and baths.

Cinnamon tree bark is often overlooked in herbal remedy indexes, but it is useful for home spa recipes when making hair rinses.

Clary Sage is a short lived herbaceous perennial, its flowers appear in several clusters of 2-6 on the stem and are white, pink, or pale purple in color. Flowers, leaves and essential oil are all useful from the plant. It’s home spa uses include baths, lotions and hair products.

Cleaver is a climbing plant that sprawls over the ground and other plants. The leaves and stem have fine hairs tipped with tiny hooks, making them cling to clothes and fur much like velcro. The white to greenish flowers are 2-3 mm across, with four petals.

Clove tree is an evergreen which grows to a height ranging from 8-12 m. The flower buds are a pale color that gradually become green then develop into a bright red. The dried flower buds are astringent, aromatic, and have antiseptic and colorant qualities. Home spa uses include bath herbs, hair rinses, waters and lotions.

Coltsfoot is a perennial herbaceous plant. The flowers resemble dandelions and appear in early spring before dandelions appear. The leaves can be used as a demulcent or emollient for home spa facial masks and steams.



Cowslip leaves and roots are useful as an emollient, astringent, and has regenerative cells. It grows wild almost everywhere and can be used as an ingredient in facial masks, steams, hair rinses and face creams. It is a common target of many Wild crafters around the world.

Comfrey has been used in folk medicine as a poultice for treating burns and wounds, so it’s a common addition to any herbal remedy index. However, internal consumption, such as in the form of herbal tea, is discouraged, as it can cause serious liver damage. The leaves and roots of the plant are useful for facial masks, steams, hair rinses and face creams.


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