Thentix: A Touch of Honey and Calendula

Here is one of the secret ingredients in Thentix: A Touch of Honey:

Calendula (Calendula Officinalis)
(Calendula or Pot Marigold is of the Daisy family of flowers)

Calendula is considered by many to be the miracle worker for skin. For centuries calendula has been used for anything from skin ulcerations to burns to bruised or sore muscles. It has also, much like honey, been used much for wound healing.

Historically Calendula has been used to help heal or treat:

Herpes sores
Skin ulcers
Warts
Chicken pox,
And shingles.
Many of these are skin eruptions or lesions caused by viruses.
Lessens scar formation
Wound Healing
Burns
Eczema
Acne
Athlete’s foot
Scabs
Abrasions
Sunburn
And in some cases can help stop bleeding

It is hard to believe that a plant that flowers most of the year and will grow pretty much anywhere has the following qualities:

Antioxidant: Antioxidants are substances that prevent or slow oxidation. Research shows that some antioxidants can prevent cell damage. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals by donating an electron to end the "stealing" reaction. ...
www.lycopene.org/teamlyc/glossary.htm

Antimicrobial: An antimicrobial is a substance that kills or inhibits the growth of microbes such as bacteria, fungi, or viruses. Antimicrobial drugs either kill microbes or prevent the growth of microbes

Humectant: A substance that can absorb water from moist surroundings.
www.science.org.au/nova/083/083glo.htm

Antiinflammatory: preventing or reducing inflammation
www.treatmewell.net/dictionary_.html
(Inflammation: a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat

Antibacterial: A substance that stops the progress of one or more kinds of bacterial organisms resulting in their death or stopping their growth.
www.theherbprof.com/GlossaryA.htm

Antifungal: any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi
Antiviral: inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses

Antiparasitic: Antiparasitics are a class of medications which are indicated for the treatment of infection by parasites

Antiviral: inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses

Antiprotozoal: an agent used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa

Antiseptic: a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues

Epitheliazation*: The process of covering a denuded surface with epithelium
Epithelium: the cellular covering of internal and external body surfaces, including the lining of vessels and small cavities. It consists of cells joined by small amounts of cementing substances and is classified according to the number of layers and the shape of the cells.
* essentially these are very big words for tissue regeneration

Internally, Calendula stimulates the immune system and can be used to help treat ulcers

Now that is Calendula all by itself. With honey and some of the other ingredients, Thentix becomes a really effective skin conditioner.