Calendula Hydrosol

Specification :

• Botanical Name : Calendula officinalis
• Parts Used: Flowers
• Extraction Method: Steam Distilled Hydrosol
• Appearance: Clear colorless to slightly cloudy liquid
• Odor: Refreshing, soothing, sweet, mildly floral aroma

Hydrosols, also known as floral waters, hydrochlorate, flower waters, or distillates, are products from steam-distilling plant materials. Hydrosols are like essential oils but in far lower concentrations. When a distiller brews plant material with water in a large cooker, the steam fills the pot, and as it rises, it causes the glands of the plants to burst and release the oils and essence of the plant into the steam. The oil rises through a condenser and collects in a separate vessel. This hydrosol has therapeutic properties.  This is what we know as an essential oil, but what about all that fragrant water that was steamed with the original plant material? That is our hydrosol or floral water.