Origanum vulgaris: medicinal properties. How to brew oregano for cough

Everyone knows about the miraculous properties of oregano. This is a unique plant that has found its niche in folk medicine and in the kitchen.(the second name of the herb is “oregano”), and in the perfume industry (it is often added to creams, toilet water, soaps, body and hair care products).

As a natural doctor, oregano has been used since ancient times and has been tested for thousands of years. However, most adults are not entirely clear whether it is possible to give oregano to children for medicinal purposes and how to do it correctly? There is a lot of information on the Internet about the beneficial properties of the plant, but there is practically no data on the use in children. We'll talk about this.

Medicinal properties

Collecting oregano is easy, because in Russia it grows almost everywhere in large quantities. In this regard, we are more fortunate than the French, because they are forced to cultivate oregano on purpose.

It is better to harvest grass during the period of active flowering, it is at this time that the plant accumulates the maximum amount of nutrients. A ready-made plant collection can be bought at a pharmacy and from professional herbalists, it costs mere pennies.

Oregano contains ascorbic acid, a number of tannins, essential oils, the maximum concentration of which is in the leaves and flowers of oregano, their stems are less. A lot has been said and written about the beneficial properties of tannins, so I want to dwell on the essential oils of this plant. In terms of their effectiveness and strength of action, they surpass even some pharmacy antibiotics and anti-allergy drugs.

What will the oregano help from?

Oregano has a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect, antimicrobial effect, and well relieves pain, normalizes appetite, eliminates allergies, acts as an expectorant.

The cycle from the program "Live Healthy" will tell us about the antiviral properties of oregano.

Use in children

With all its many healing properties, oregano is strictly forbidden for children to brew and use inside. The fact is that some substances contained in the plant negatively affect the production of sex hormones in a growing man, so the reproductive function of boys and girls is at risk.

Moreover, in girls, this weed can cause an acceleration of puberty, and in boys, it significantly slows down this process. The ban on internal reception is equivalent for all our children, without adjustments for the age, weight and sex of the child.

Only adults can enjoy the full range of wonderful properties of oregano, children are left with only that part of the scope of oregano in which the plant is used externally. These are baths with a decoction of oregano for allergic reactions and skin diseases, therapeutic baths for nervous children with hyperexcitability and problems of night sleep, compresses for headaches with colds, lotions for wounds and burns, body wraps, gargling for sore throats (for adolescents from 15 years ).

Contraindications

External use of oregano, for example, as part of therapeutic herbal baths, is not worth it for children who suffer from bedwetting. Oregano is a strong diuretic, and therefore water procedures with this herb will only provoke another attack of enuresis. You should not use fragrant grass even externally, even when the child suffers from hepatic or renal colic, he has a weak heart and vascular disease.

How to use

Baths with oregano

Brew three tablespoons of dry raw materials in two liters of boiling water, let it brew, strain thoroughly and pour the required amount of the resulting liquid into the bath prepared for bathing.

Oregano is not recommended for newborns and infants, toddlers up to a year., since the herb can cause allergies due to the essential oils it contains. For a one-year-old child, add an infusion of wild mint (this is another name for oregano) at the rate of 250 ml of infusion per 10 liters of bathing water. For children under 5 years old, add no more than 350 ml of infusion for every 10 liters of water. For older children, the amount of infusion is increased to 500 ml per 10 liters of water.

The water temperature should not exceed 37 degrees. Baths with oregano should not be taken more than once a week. Indications for use - allergic reactions with skin manifestations, skin diseases, diaper rash, dermatitis. Such baths are useful for capricious and restless children from the age of one year, as well as adolescents during puberty.

Be sure to test for allergies before swimming.- moisten the space between the thumb and forefinger of the hand from the back side with the decoction, if after an hour there is no redness and itching, you can take the herbal bath.

Compresses and lotions

Make a concentrated decoction of oregano. To do this, brew 5-6 leaves and 2-3 flowers in 300 ml of boiled water, let it boil for 10-15 minutes, then keep it in a closed thermos for an hour and a half. Strain the resulting liquid, cool and make compresses and lotions on the temporal region of the child and the superciliary space. Apply cotton swabs moistened with broth for about 15 minutes, the procedure is repeated up to 4 times a day. This is a great way to get rid of a headache with the flu, SARS, colds.

Wraps

This method of using a medicinal plant is good for colds and severe coughs., but against the background of high temperature, the procedure cannot be carried out. You will need a concentrated decoction (as for compresses). With a towel or sheet soaked in decoction, wrap the upper body of the child for 10-15 minutes. Repeat 1 time per day.

Tea with oregano

There is only one reason to give a child oregano for internal use. If this is a girl, she is already 15 years old, and her doctor stated a delay in sexual development. In this case, you can brew homemade tea with a leaf of oregano or buy a pharmaceutical herbal tea packaged in bags, which is convenient to prepare and dose. Remember that the dosage of such tea for a teenage girl should be almost half the indicated dose for adults! In order to stimulate the sexual development of a girl, oregano can be brewed for bathing.

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Dear readers, today I want to talk on a blog about oregano herb, its beneficial and healing properties, and its use for health. Probably many of you know it, love it and often use it for health and taste. What a scent from her - not to convey. It is no coincidence that the name is - oregano. I’ll make a reservation right away that we often confuse herbs oregano and mint. But they are completely different herbs. I hope you understand.

Do you know how the word "origanum" is translated? This is the herb that makes our pores glow. Really, great? If we look at the back of a leaf of oregano herb, we see that it looks like silver. Beautiful, fragrant and very useful for health and preservation of our beauty and youth. And I’ll immediately notice that oregano and oregano are one and the same. It is simply the Italian name for the herb oregano.

I have great respect for all medicinal plants, to distinguish them, to collect them at the right time, to properly dry and use them, my grandmother taught me, who lived in a remote village, where it was a big problem to get to a pharmacy or a doctor, so she herself was treated and She treated her grandchildren only with herbs.

I try to grow medicinal plants on my plot, but there are those that have to be collected in the vicinity of the village where our dacha is located. One of these plants is my favorite herb oregano, this fragrant herb is known by different names, it is popularly called the wind flower, bone-breaking grass, fleabane, forest mint, mother, which indicates its wide application.

Oregano. A photo

Oregano. Benefit for health. Useful and medicinal properties

• Essential oils are found in the composition of oregano herb, thanks to which this herb has such a strong smell. And since the herb contains essential oils, this always indicates that it has some useful and healing properties. Let's talk about this in more detail.
• It contains vitamin C, bioflavonoids, tannins and much more, which allows this herb to be widely used in folk medicine.
• The herb oregano is rich in fiber.
• The herb oregano protects us from cancer.
• Decoctions and infusions of oregano soothe the nervous system, relieve convulsions, they are used for headaches and insomnia.
• Oregano has a positive effect on many organs of our body, including the stomach, liver, and gallbladder. Oregano infusions are used for intestinal atony, flatulence, with a decrease in appetite, it is prescribed for reduced secretion of gastric juice, for cholecystitis.
• As an expectorant and anti-inflammatory agent, there is nothing better than plants, the properties of which are bestowed on us by nature itself, and in this case, it is oregano that is good. A warm infusion of oregano herb, taken at night with a cold, helps to sweat well, and this is enough to feel healthy in the morning.
• Oregano kills germs. In the form of lotions and compresses, this herb is used for various skin problems, such as eczema or pustular skin diseases. If the gums are inflamed or tormented by stomatitis, rinses and inhalations are needed using a decoction of oregano. It can be recommended to simply chew the washed clean leaves of oregano for stomatitis and diseases of the oral cavity.

How to choose an oregano?

If you buy or collect oregano herb itself, first of all, pay attention to its appearance. The leaves should be green, bright, crush the leaf in your hands, the aroma immediately comes. She has a very sharp, ethereal smell that cannot be confused with anything. It is now possible to buy fresh oregano almost all year round in our supermarkets.

How to store oregano?

We keep fresh oregano like flowers. They put it in a jar of water, it is better to cover it with something on top, you can use a plastic cup, and put it in the refrigerator. We change water every day. In this form, oregano is stored for up to a week. It is better to buy special gadgets for storing greenery, which are sold in stores. Pay attention to this. It is very convenient to place it in the side wall of the refrigerator.

Dried herb oregano should be put in a glass jar, hermetically sealed and stored in a dark place.

And a great way to eat oregano is to freeze it. Cut into small pieces, arrange in molds, pour water. And then, as needed, get and apply. Can be used in soups, meat, fish. And also use such cubes for cosmetic purposes.

advice from me: try making frozen oregano pasta. Finely chop it, mix a little with olive oil and place in a container in the freezer. You will take it out as needed.

How to eat oregano for health benefits?

You can use oregano, both fresh and frozen and dried. All useful properties of oregano are preserved. But fresh oregano, in my opinion, is always preferable.

I suggest watching another video about oregano.

Oregano. Application

As you can see, the spectrum of action of this plant is quite large, and now I want to give you recipes for traditional medicine based on oregano, used for various ailments.

For nervous diseases pour a tablespoon of dried grass with one glass of boiling water, let it brew for 20 minutes, strain and take 1/2 cup 20 minutes before meals three times a day

For cooking soothing bath take 200 grams of dry herb of oregano and brew it with three liters of boiling water, sweat in a water bath for about 15 - 20 minutes, then leave to cool and pour into a bath of water.

For diseases of the stomach and intestines Pour 2 tablespoons of dry oregano with a glass of boiled warm water, put in a water bath for 15 minutes, then leave for another 30 minutes, strain and add boiled water to a glass. Take an infusion of 1/2 cup twice a day 20 minutes before meals. This infusion relieves intestinal colic and stomach cramps, improves intestinal motility.

For diseases of the upper respiratory tract more effective is the collection of various plants, which also includes oregano. To compile the collection, you need to mix a tablespoon of oregano herbs and coltsfoot and two tablespoons of marshmallow root. Grind everything and to prepare the infusion, take one teaspoon of the mixture in a glass of boiling water. Infuse for 40 minutes, then strain and take half a glass three times a day in a heated form.

For a headache use an infusion prepared according to the first recipe, to enhance the effect, you can prepare an infusion for rinsing your hair after washing your hair, for which pour three tablespoons of dry raw materials with a liter of boiling water, leave for two hours and rinse your hair several times, wetting the entire head abundantly. Pat dry with a towel and dry naturally without using a hair dryer.

After insect bites and with any inflammation of the skin brew dry oregano with a small amount of boiling water to make a thick slurry, and apply this slurry to the inflamed area under the bandage. If there is fresh grass, then it must be kneaded until the juice is released and also applied to the sore spot, changing the bandage several times a day.

Fresh oregano juice helps in diseases of the joints , why mix a tablespoon of juice with three tablespoons of honey, take this mixture in a teaspoon three times a day before meals. The course of treatment is long, but it is better to take courses of two weeks with a week break, and so for two summer months, until you can find blooming fresh oregano.

Oregano is also used for home moth control , just hang thick cloth bags filled with dry grass in the closet.

I suggest watching another video about the use of oregano for health from an herbalist.

Oregano for beauty

This fragrant herb is used not only for the treatment of various diseases, it can be successfully used for facial skin care, as well as for strengthening hair. You can prepare an infusion and use it instead of lotion or freeze it in a special container and wipe your face in the morning, the skin will become much fresher and cleaner.

Add a decoction of oregano to the bath, rinse your hair regularly with it, it will benefit both the skin and hair.

In the perfume industry, essential oil extracted from oregano is used, it is added as a fragrance to various perfume compositions.

Oregano in cooking

It is used in dishes from meat, poultry, eggs, added to sausages, seasoned with legumes. It has a spicy, slightly spicy taste with bitterness, very specific, which gives the dishes a certain piquancy. Personally, I really like it.

In some countries, oregano is used in home canning to add flavor and spiciness.

I can offer you my recipe in which I use dried oregano:

I cut the potatoes into thin slices, a little salt and pepper, put the sliced ​​​​tomatoes on top so that they completely cover the potatoes, sprinkle with salt. I beat the eggs together with grated hard cheese, add dried oregano to the mixture and pour potatoes with tomatoes. I put it in the oven and after 20 minutes a fragrant tasty dish is ready.

I also recommend that you try to infuse olive oil with oregano, oregano. Make a small batch for the first time. Add a sprig of oregano to a container with olive oil, let it brew and apply. Very simple and fragrant. You can add this oil later anywhere. Start with a salad. True, great.

Collection and preparation of oregano

You can find oregano on forest edges, on hillocks and dry meadows, among bushes. It also grows along the roads, but, of course, it is impossible to collect it there. For medicinal purposes, oregano is harvested at the beginning of flowering, cutting off the ground part of the plant at a height of about 20 centimeters, in no case uprooting it, otherwise the plant will die. It is best to do this in dry sunny weather.

It is convenient to dry oregano in small bundles, hanging them in any ventilated room, where direct sunlight does not penetrate and there are no drafts. Oregano can also be dried, like any other herb, by spreading it out on clean thick paper with a layer of 5 centimeters and periodically turning it over.

Properly dried grass does not change its color, retains its smell and specific taste, and the stems become brittle. It is best to store dry raw materials in glass jars with tight lids in a dark place for three years.

Oregano. Harm. Contraindications

Despite the beneficial properties of oregano, like any other medicinal plant, it has its own contraindications.

If you are prone to bleeding, or are expecting a baby, oregano is categorically contraindicated for you. You can not use this herb and suffering from peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, as well as those who have increased acidity of gastric juice.

Serious disturbances in the functioning of the cardiovascular system are also a contraindication for the ingestion of drugs from oregano.

I hope that information about the beneficial and healing properties of oregano was useful to you.

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Oregano, or oregano(Latin name: origanum vulgare) - a medicinal plant, which is affectionately called arugula among the people. By right, it is considered the most effective remedy for coughs and colds.

A short grass with pink-lilac flowers and silver-green leaves. It grows almost everywhere: on the edges of the forests of central Russia, southern Siberia, near rivers, in the valleys of Central Asia and on the slopes of the Caucasus. Due to the wide geography of growth, it has many names: motherboard, forest mint, good herb, bestial, delight of the mountains And that's not all of her names.

Grass is harvested in the first decade of July, dried simply - in the shade. The plant retains its properties for several years. Oregano has polymorphic properties and can be colored to rich purple tones.

Essential oils of the motherboard have a tonic and analgesic effect. Just inhaling the aroma of the plant, you can calm down and relieve daytime stress. Even a headache will not resist this smell.

The medicinal properties of oregano are explained simply - a high content of vitamins, phytohormones, antibiotics, essential oils and other trace elements. In various forms and concentrations, the mother is used to treat and prevent the genitourinary system as a diuretic and to cleanse bile, fight against helminths and various inflammations.

By adding three drops of essential oil to the inhaler, you can cope with a cold, and if you add it to the bath, you can normalize the menstrual cycle. Mixed with vegetable oil (2 drops per 1 tablespoon of oil), we get a remedy for relieving pain in the joints, it remains to rub into the problem area.

With your own hands at home, you can prepare a decoction, infusion and alcohol tincture, also put a compress.

Dry herb decoction

This dosage form is usually used for diseases of the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract or disorders of the nervous system. To do this, take: half a liter of boiling water and pour 2 tbsp. spoons of oregano. Soar in a water bath for 15 minutes. and let it rest for another 15 minutes. Take strained, 80 g 3 times a day. Drink 15 days.

The decoction can also be used as a choleretic and laxative. It will help overcome insomnia, and if you add honey and ginger, it will increase immunity.

Infusion of dry or live oregano

It is very good to rinse the throat and mouth, make compresses, add to the bath when bathing. Quite often used as an antiseptic, treat wounds and abrasions. Required: Pour 2 teaspoons of grass with a glass of hot water and let it brew for 30 minutes. Before use - strain.

It is good to treat the face with acne or skin with neurodermatitis with this infusion. The same solution is used for douching.

Alcohol tincture

It is better to use the color of the plant, dry or fresh. Not only alcohol is suitable for tincture, but also strong moonshine, in extreme cases - store vodka. The container must be completely filled with raw materials, but not trampled down and filled with alcohol. Let stand in a dark place for a month, periodically shaking and shaking.

Compress

To prepare a compress, you only need a fresh plant, with or without flowers. They take a small amount of grass - a bunch, it needs to be crushed and poured with a liter of boiled water. Wrap in a thick cloth and leave for 30 minutes, after which you can use.

Pharmaceutics, using extracts from oregano, prepares diaphoretic and antitussive drugs. And also the plant is considered the champion of vitamin C content and a very strong herbal antibiotic.

Our ancestors bathed babies not in chamomile, as they do now, but in the mother. They drank a decoction during a cold, and applied compresses to bruises or tumors. The mother is used to reduce renal colic and remove sand. They even produce herbal remedies based on oregano.

Oregano tincture and coffee

From the combination of coffee and oregano, a valuable effect was obtained. Oregano should soothe, and coffee, on the contrary, should excite the nervous system. But in this case, the positive properties of the components intensified. Their combination works as an antioxidant, in the pathology of the mammary and prostate glands, peristalsis increases, stagnation in the liver decreases.

To do this, use alcohol tincture. To prepare it, they take a glass container, fill it with the upper parts of the plants (inflorescences and stems), and pour it with medical alcohol. Three weeks it is necessary to infuse the solution in a dark room.

To influence coffee, you need to add 5-7 drops of infusion to the cup. Do not abuse the drink, in the morning and in the afternoon - this is the maximum.

Tea with oregano

This tea is useful for the prevention of infectious diseases of the throat and bronchi. To prepare it, you will need a glass of boiling water and 1 teaspoon of herbs. Brewed like regular tea, and drunk with honey. You can drink all day, but not longer than three weeks.

Tea can be strengthened by adding St. John's wort and rosehips to the motherboard, in a ratio of 1:1:1. One st. motherboard spoon, 1 tbsp. l. St. John's wort and 3 rose hips, pour a liter of boiling water and let stand for 60 minutes. That's five servings of tea for one day.

To cleanse the bronchi and enhance expectoration, another mixture is recommended: add linden blossom, dry raspberry and marshmallow root to oregano in equal proportions. Mix composition. Brew 1 tsp. 250 ml of boiling water, let stand for 15 minutes. Tea should be drunk warm, half a glass 3-4 times. In addition, the drink will help to calm down after stress and relieve nervousness.

Phytotherapy offers a recipe for medicinal tea to combat insomnia and headaches, to get out of a nervous and depressed state, in case of mental disorders. For this you need to take:

• oregano;
• parsley;
• bearberry.

Take the same amount of ingredients, mix and measure out two tablespoons of the mixture in a thermos. Pour boiling water over 0.5 liters and let it brew for six hours. The infusion is divided into three portions, it is necessary to drink warm, before meals.

Tea contraindications

You have to be careful with tea. It should not be taken for a long time and contraindications should always be taken into account.

The phytohormones in the oregano can force the uterus to contract, so it is not recommended to take the mother during pregnancy. With increased secretory activity of the stomach, it is also suggested to refuse to take it. Inhalation with essential oils of oregano is prohibited for heart patients and pregnant women.

Motherboard is referred to as "female" plants, that is, bringing the maximum benefit to the female body. Moreover, if a man uses oregano for a long time and unreasonably, then this can adversely affect the genitals. According to herbalists, men should take this herb very carefully.

Oregano for women: benefits and contraindications

During lactation, let it not surprise men and nulliparous girls, a nursing mother, subjected to constant stress, may experience discomfort and be prone to irritability. This is often observed in the first few months after the birth of the child.

If you start drinking weak tea from the motherboard, then stress loads are easily removed. Relaxes the nervous system and increases the amount of milk. To prepare a soothing tea take: 2 tsp. oregano, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, insist for 30 minutes. and drink throughout the day. To enhance the effect, it is recommended to add a spoonful of lemon balm.

To increase lactation and calm the nervous system, you should alternate this tea with dill seed tincture.

Oregano in gynecology

In the treatment of uterine bleeding or to relieve pain during menopause, use the mother's tincture on alcohol or vodka. To prepare it, they take grass, fill a glass jar to the very top and fill it with alcohol. It is necessary to let it brew in a dark place for 15 days. The medicine is taken for 20 days, 25 grams 3 times a day.

To reduce pain and improve well-being during menopause, the infusion is enhanced by adding a number of additional herbs:

It is good if all the components are available, they are taken in equal proportions, crushed and stored in a tightly closed jar.

On a glass of boiling water take 1 tbsp. a spoonful of a mixture of herbs and insist 15-20 minutes. During the day, it is permissible to drink 3 glasses of this tea. It is recommended to change the composition of tea: change one herb for another from the list above. Take until the improved condition is stable.

Consider contraindications: pregnancy, kidney disease.

Use of oregano for various diseases

Cough and pneumonia

With inflammation of the lungs and cough, brewed oregano works as a strong diaphoretic and expectorant. To prepare a decoction, you need to take 2 tbsp. l. herbs in 250 ml of boiling water. Steam, let it brew for 30 minutes and strain. Infusion is taken: 1 tbsp. l. 3-4 times a day, before or after meals, for 7 days. If necessary, the course can be extended.

High blood pressure and stress

To lower blood pressure and the consequences of a strong experience, a decoction of oregano is also used. In 250 ml of boiling water, 2 tsp are steamed. dry plant for 20 min. strained solution drink ½ cup before meals. You should drink 4 times a day.

If insomnia or nervous overexcitation - take a bath with the mother. To do this, a glass of grass, after grinding it, is poured with a liter of boiling water. Infuse for 60 minutes, strain directly into the bath, where the temperature should not be higher than 38 ° C.

Discomfort in the intestinal area

To get rid of discomfort in the intestines, mix the motherboard and yarrow in equal proportions. Take 2 tsp. mixture in 250 ml of boiling water, steamed and left for 20 minutes. Drink like tea, you can not strain. This tea will help relieve frequent hot flashes during menopause. A runny nose and headaches pass, even if you just breathe in frayed flowers or smell the grass.

Gastrointestinal disorders

To cleanse the intestines and restore the microflora, an enema from a decoction of oregano will help. Take 0.5 liters of boiling water and steam 2 tbsp. l. herbs. The resulting solution must be kept in a water bath for 15 minutes. Use for one wash, wash should be done 4-5 times a day. If necessary, repeat every other day.

Allergic reaction

To relieve allergies, steam 1 tbsp. a spoonful of motherboard in a glass of hot water. In 20 minutes. strain, drink ½ cup before meals, 3 times a day. Take the medicine for 2-3 weeks.

If we strengthen the solution by additionally boiling on fire for 7-10 minutes, we get a remedy for the treatment of various skin diseases, such as:

• eczema;
• dermatosis;
• furunculosis;
• abscesses and pimples;
• diathesis.

You can use oregano for restorative healing baths. For 3 liters of boiling water, 150 g of motherboard and leave for 2 hours. Add the filtered solution to the bath. If you use this infusion to wash your hair, and then wrap your head in a towel, you can even relieve a headache.

To relieve hiccups

To relieve a hiccup attack, you will have to use an inhaler or an old grandmother's method, breathe over a saucepan. Essential oil has an antispasmodic property, does not cause irritation of the mucous membrane and quickly relieves hiccups.

Sleepless nights

To overcome insomnia, you have to grind the grass and steam two teaspoons in a glass of boiling water. For half a cup, add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey, drink warm before going to bed. This drink helps not only to overcome insomnia, but also rejuvenates the body.

For example: to cleanse the face - pour a hot solution into a saucepan and breathe over the steam for 5-10 minutes. For greater effect, cover with a thick blanket. The skin on the face will become ruddy and elastic, repeated bath will help cleanse the pores of the skin.

Motherboard decoctions are widely used in cosmetology, even after chemotherapy.

Oregano oil

Oil is prepared from oregano, where vegetable oil is taken as the basis. It is used for joint pain and skin lesions. The oil will relieve toothache and stop gum disease.

To prepare it, you need to take 0.5 liters of oil and 4 tbsp. spoons of cut grass. Using a water bath, heat to 40°C. Insist 7 days. Rub the sore spot several times a day, 3-5 drops are enough for rubbing.

To treat a cold or clear the respiratory tract, they resort to using an inhaler: three drops per 1 liter of water.

What you should pay attention to?

Any medicinal plant has its contraindications. It is because of this that the drugs from the pharmacy contain instructions. Even if the list of prohibitions is very small, you should familiarize yourself with it.

In the case when the patient has weak blood clotting or the patient is pregnant, the use of oregano is contraindicated in any form. And also for diseases of the stomach and duodenum, subject to ingestion. A serious disruption of the cardiovascular system is a ban on the internal use of medicinal forms based on oregano.

Be healthy!

The results obtained make it possible to start the production of not only soap and washing powder with oregano extract, but also special napkins and bandages, as well as sprays with essential oil - microbes die even at low concentrations in the air. A boom awaits manufacturers of bioadditives and essential oils with carvacrol.

Oregano
Origanum vulgare L.
Folk names

Origanum ordinary among the people can also be called like this: motherboard, amulet, forest mint, zenovka, and also flea.

Chemical composition

The dry herb of oregano contains an essential oil (from 0.12% to 0.7%), this oil contains thymol, free alcohols, geranyl acetate and tannins. Oregano leaves contain ascorbic acid.

Beneficial features

Useful properties of oregano in its ability to have a calming effect on the nervous system, enhances the secretion of the digestive, bronchial and sweat glands. Enhances intestinal peristalsis, and also has an analgesic and deodorizing effect. In infusions, oregano is used as a diaphoretic for colds, lack of appetite, low acidity, as well as a choleretic agent for intestinal atony. In cases of inflammation of the liver, jaundice, as well as various disorders of neuropsychic activity. In acute and chronic bronchitis (to provide an intensifying effect on the secretion of bronchial glands). With increased sexual excitability.

Contraindication

Infusions of oregano are not recommended for use during pregnancy. For men, taking a large amount of oregano is not recommended, as it lowers the sexual desire of men. This quality was used by healers and prescribed to the walking husbands of desperate women who turned to them for help. Also, do not take oregano in case of severe diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Active substances: tannins, essential oil, thymol and ascorbic acid.

The plant is used in diseases of the digestive tract. It is believed that it enhances the motility of the stomach and intestines, improves appetite. Often, oregano is also prescribed as an expectorant. An alcoholic tincture of oregano herb is used for toothache (wet a small ball of cotton wool, which is put into the hollow of a diseased tooth). Outwardly, oregano is used for compresses for abscesses and for aromatic baths. Oregano grass is also included in a number of chest, diaphoretic and carminative collections and collections for gargling.

The most commonly used infusion of oregano, for the preparation of which one and a half tablespoons of chopped grass is poured into a glass of boiling water and after cooling and straining, take a tablespoon 3 times a day. To prepare the tincture, 10 g of dried chopped herbs are poured into 100 g of 70% wine alcohol and kept for 7-10 days with regular stirring or shaking. After straining the resulting tincture, take it 30-40 drops 3 times a day for half an hour before meals.

Application in traditional medicine:

The stomach, intestines, gallbladder and liver are the organs for which traditional medicine uses oregano, whether there is diarrhea with fermentation and bloating, loss of appetite, stomach pain or gallbladder disease. If there is something wrong in the stomach or it grumbles, give a cup of oregano tea, to which, on occasion, yarrow is added.

With spasms and pains of the gastrointestinal fact, take oregano tincture 10 g of dried chopped grass, pour 100 ml of 70% alcohol, leave for 7 days in a warm place. Strain. Take 40 drops 3 times a day before meals).

Pour 3 tablespoons of crushed oregano herb into 0.5 l of vegetable oil, leave to infuse overnight, strain in the morning. Take 2-5 drops 3-4 times a day.

Cough, asthma, whooping cough and chronic bronchitis are also treated with this oregano tea sweetened with honey (preparation described above). Additionally, with a decoction of the herb, baths are used, which, with bronchitis and whooping cough, enhance the effect of oregano. Where oregano grows, it is not difficult to collect it in large quantities.

An infusion of herb oregano (1:10) is prescribed for tonsillitis, tonsillitis, stomatitis, acute pharyngitis in the form of rinses. Also oregano oil. To do this, dilute 1 drop of oil in 1 cup of boiled water. Oregano oil is an excellent remedy for toothache. It works well as a rubbing for diseases of the joints, with myositis and myalgia.
Oregano is often mixed with sage and chamomile. These three herbs should be present in the mixture in equal parts. Tea is prepared according to the already described recipe.

BRONCHIAL ASTHMA

Pour 1 tablespoon of chopped herbs with 1 cup of boiling water. Take 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. It has an expectorant and diaphoretic effect.

ALLERGY

Take 2 teaspoons of chopped herb oregano, pour 1 cup boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day 15 minutes before meals.
In the treatment of epilepsy, take an infusion of oregano 100 ml 3 times a day 15 minutes before meals.

HYPERTENSION

Use the same prescription as for allergy treatment (see above).

Take 3 tablespoons of chopped herbs, pour 0.5 liters of vegetable oil, insist for 8 hours. Take 5 drops of oil before meals.

Genecology

Brew tea with oregano herb in the most common way. Drink 1 cup hot 3 times a day.

Origanum vulgaris is used as a remedy for regulating menstruation when they are delayed, and for painful menstruation. Pour 1 tablespoon of grass with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 1 hour with the lid closed, strain and drink 2 tablespoons 3-4 times a day.

FLATULENCE

Pour 2 teaspoons of oregano herb with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes. Take the infusion warm before meals.

NEUROSIS, EPILEPSY

Take 100 g of finely chopped oregano herb, pour 1 glass of vodka and insist in a tightly sealed container for a week. Take 1 teaspoon 3 times a day before meals for 20-30 minutes.
Neurosis: two tablespoons of herb oregano insist 2 hours in a glass of boiling water, strain. Drink warm half an hour before meals for half a glass 3-4 times a day.

CHOLECYSTITIS

In late autumn and at the very beginning of winter, a collection of choleretic herbs should be taken, consisting of oregano, medicinal sage, lemon balm, knotweed, St. John's wort, crushed rose hips. Pour 30 g of a mixture of these herbs with 0.5 liters of boiling water, leave for 2-3 hours and drink warm in 1/2-3/4 cups before meals with 1 tablespoon of honey.

Pour 2 teaspoons of crushed oregano herb with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain - and gargle with warm infusion as often as possible.

ANXIETY

Wrap oregano herb in a gauze bag and hang it on the faucet so that water flows through it into the bath. The temperature of the water in the bath should not exceed 37°C. Take a bath for 10 minutes.

HEADACHE

Take 2 teaspoons of chopped herb oregano, pour 1 cup boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. Soak a piece of cloth in the infusion and make a compress on the forehead.

Powder from dried leaves and flower tops of oregano can be sniffed for headaches and runny nose.

Ordinary oregano tea - 1 teaspoon per teapot plus 2-3 teaspoons of green tea is brewed and drunk throughout the day for depression, obsessive fears, loss of strength, rapid fatigue, irritability.

Often, capricious children are given weak oregano tea with honey.

ITCHING SKIN

Brew 50 g of oregano herb 10 liters of boiling water, cool to room temperature, strain. Make baths for hands and feet or pour infusion over the affected areas.

Insomnia:

Take 2 teaspoons of chopped herb oregano, pour 1 cup of boiling water. Infuse for 20 minutes, strain. Drink 1/2 cup before bedtime, add one tablespoon of honey.

With furunculosis, crushed oregano grass is tied to abscesses. To cleanse the face of blackheads and other black spots, the face is often washed with infusion of oregano. And then do not wash and do not wipe.

Grass oregano (mother). For 600 ml of water, give 3 tablespoons of herbs, bring to a boil, insist overnight (wrap in warm water), strain and take as water during the day. Drink oregano for 3 days. Needles - 1 day. Alternate. Restores the blood formula.

Take a handful of finely chopped oregano herbs and pour 0.5 liters of olive oil, leave for at least eight hours, strain. Apply two to three drops of oregano oil on the neck and rub. Repeat the procedure three times a day.

The homeopathic preparation Origanum 3x, 3, 6 is indicated for neurocirculatory dystonia, vegetative disharmonious myocardial dystrophy, menopausal complaints, as an antispasmodic agent for gastrointestinal diseases.

Bath with oregano for menstrual disorders or migraine: in the evening, make an infusion - 100-200 grams of oregano herb in 2-3 liters of boiling water, pour it into the bath and lie in it. All ailments will be removed as if by hand.

Oregano oil successfully fights cellulite. To do this, during massage, add 1 drop of oregano essential oil to the cream. The course is 30 days.

In folk cosmetics, oregano is used to rejuvenate and give elasticity to the chest. To cleanse the skin of the face, a decoction of oregano is poured into a small saucepan and, covered with a towel over the head, hold the head over the steam for about 5 minutes.

For baths, ½ cup of raw oregano is brewed with a liter of water, boiled for 10-15 minutes, insisted for 1 hour. Strain and pour into the bath. Before taking an oregano bath, you need to rinse in the shower. Take a bath for 15-20 minutes. The body is not washed.

Use as a condiment. Oregano is often characterized as a spice related to marjoram, but stronger. And this is no exaggeration. Suffice it to say that it has a very strong spicy taste. In ancient times, oregano, exported from Italy, fell in love with us, because we adopted many dishes of Italian cuisine. What goes better with spaghetti with meat sauce than an aromatic spice? And tomato sauce with oregano can be given a special shade. And pizza without oregano is not real pizza; this spice is just made for her.
Those who are not fond of Italian cuisine can try oregano with fried potatoes, fried meat or greens. Mixed with basil, supplemented with a very small amount of thyme and rosemary, it replaces salt in dietary dishes.

Bath with oregano: 100 gr. oregano pour 1 liter of water, bring to a boil and leave for 10 minutes, then filter. The liquid is added to a bath filled with water.

But this conspiracy helps to attract a beloved girl if they are still virgins. It is necessary at dawn to brew 1 teaspoon of oregano with a glass of boiling water, boil for 5-10 minutes. Leave for half an hour. Add to your favorite tea or mix with wine. You can cook mulled wine with the addition of oregano and be sure to say these words several times:

You, my soul, oregano!
Macerdushka! At your place
Girl asks for help
So that my sweetheart
He was faithful to me alone
He only loved me.
You, my soul, oregano!
I pour your infusion into a glass.
Let it be forever bewitched
The one I drink to them.
Amen.
Say the words at least three times. You can even come up with your own, but so that the meaning and basic words are preserved.

In order for the child to sleep peacefully and so that he is not tormented by nightmares, a branch of oregano is sewn into his pillow.

In order to prevent the husband from walking, a branch of oregano is placed under the mattress of the matrimonial bed.

Oregano is a folk remedy for fighting moths.

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For medicinal purposes, the tops of flowering plants are used, they are collected during flowering (preferably at the very beginning of flowering). It is necessary to dry the grass in the fresh air, in the shade, you can dry it in a dryer. The grass must be spread in a thin layer, and occasionally shake it. After drying, the rough stems are removed, so that in fact the flowers and leaves of the plant are mainly used for the preparation of medicines.

In our country, among the many shrubs on the hillocks, clearings and on the forest edge, the common oregano grows separately. Its other name is mother board, oregano, amulet. Many peoples of the world breed this plant, as they believe that the medicinal properties of this herb can relieve any ailment.

Medicinal characteristics of oregano

The perennial herb looks like a large stem with pink or purple flowers. The plant has a pleasant aroma. It blooms at the end of summer, and when harvested, only the top is cut off, leaving a stalk thirty centimeters high.

Oregano tea is popular all over the world, as it is very tasty and fragrant, has a mild and pleasant taste. The medicinal properties of oregano have been identified by doctors for a long time. The plant has an antibacterial and soothing effect.

Oregano may be prescribed for the following health problems:

• NS violations.
• Disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
• Diseases of the teeth and gums.
• Diseases of the joints.
• Convulsions and spasms.
• Skin diseases.
• Fungal diseases.

In addition, oregano has an expectorant and diuretic, choleretic effect, and has an anti-inflammatory effect.

Medical indications for the use of medicinal herbs:

• Different forms of bronchitis.
• Gastritis.
• Cholecystitis.
• Hepatitis.
• Inflammation of the gums.

Motherboard for women

Medicinal herb treats many women's diseases. Alternative medicine uses it in the form of an effective remedy that relieves a woman of negative sensations during menopause. The healing characteristics of the medicinal herb normalize the hormonal level of a woman.

Explosions and tinctures from it are advised to be taken by young girls whose mammary gland does not grow very well.

Pregnant women should not use medicinal herbs, as it provokes a decrease in the uterus, bleeding and premature birth.

Oregano for men

The mother is a herb for women, so it is not recommended to drink it to the stronger sex in large volumes. Oregano has a good effect on the potency of a man. It is necessary to take a medicinal herb in the form of a drink, for a short course, if there are no contraindications. Medicinal herbs are recommended to drink with the following ailments:

• To normalize the process of digestion.
• For colds.
• For diseases affecting the respiratory system.
• With disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
• With diabetes.
• With a stomach ulcer.

Where is the medicinal herb used?

1. Tannins, essential oil and a high content of ascorbic acid in the medicinal herb have a good effect on a person who is in a depressed state, will help with prolonged stress, sleep disturbance, epilepsy.
2. It is a natural antibiotic that helps with liver diseases. You can take medicinal herbs not only inside the body. The plant is widely used by cosmetologists for rejuvenation and restoration of the skin, cleansing pores, and removing dandruff.
3. The composition based on the motherboard is used by homeopaths for the treatment of tantrums, VVD, with increased blood pressure.
4. It is also used as an adjuvant in the treatment of cancer.
5. In cooking, oregano is used both in dried and fresh form for the preparation of sauces for fish, salads and meat dishes. The spice improves digestion and increases appetite. It is useful for intestinal obstruction, as it has a laxative effect.

mother during pregnancy

Since ancient times, alternative medicine has used the beneficial characteristics of the plant not only for health, but also for abortion. It is strictly forbidden to use oregano at the initial stage of pregnancy.

A decoction of oregano will help a woman in a position to eliminate inflammation on the skin, if you wash your face with it daily. The smell of medicinal herbs will relieve a headache if you use a tincture to rinse your head.

1. The antibacterial characteristics of the herb are widely used in gynecology. Women's ailments such as itching in the vagina, cervicitis, colpitis can be easily cured with douching.
2. The medicinal plant will help during the menstrual cycle, eliminating pain, restore the cycle of menstruation.
3. During lactation, oregano will increase the production of breast milk, and after the birth of a child, it will help the uterus recover.

mother for cough

Oregano is a very effective remedy for colds, bronchitis or coughs. It has a negative effect on bacteria that are quite immune to chemicals.

Drinking medicinal herbs for coughing is allowed in the form of decoctions or inhalations. To do this, oregano essential oil (three drops) must be added to the nebulizer. Oregano tincture with honey and ginger will quickly strengthen the immune system in case of colds.

Side effects

Along with the healing characteristics, the herb also has contraindications. It should be drunk very carefully for people suffering from allergic reactions. If such a reaction occurs, the reception of oregano should be stopped and seek help from a specialist who will prescribe anti-allergic drugs.

Third-party actions of the motherboard are:

• High blood pressure;

With such problems, it is better not to take oregano for a long time and in large volumes.

Drinks with oregano - good or bad?

The benefits and harms of drinks with the motherboard are closely interconnected. They can and should be drunk for general health promotion, in the treatment of diseases and cosmetic problems. However, the drink can be harmful if drunk in unlimited quantities. The harm of the drink is as follows:

• If you give a drink with oregano to babies or teenagers, then you can disrupt their sexual development.
• A large amount of oregano can cause sexual impotence.
• When drinking tea with oregano in large quantities, anaphylactic shock may occur.

How to brew a medicinal herb so that there is no overdose? Actually, it's easy enough to do:

• A small spoonful of oregano must be poured with a glass of hot water.
• The composition should stand for ten minutes.

Traditional medicine recipes

Preparation of medicinal tincture
Finely chop ten grams of oregano and add a glass of boiled water. Cover the bowl with a lid and let the composition stand for an hour. Filter the tincture and use it one hundred grams in two doses a day.

cooking broth
Finely chopped grass is poured into 250 ml of cold liquid, put in a bath on water for thirty minutes. Allow the composition to cool, clean it and drink half a cup in the morning and at night.

Epilepsy cure with tincture
In a large spoonful of finely chopped grass, you need to add 0.5 liters of boiled liquid, leave the composition for 120 minutes. Filter the tincture and take one hundred grams three times a day. The duration of therapy is three years.

How to make a healing drink: finely chopped oregano, mix with chopped marshmallow and coltsfoot. Ten grams of the resulting composition is poured into 250 ml of hot water, and allowed to stand for twenty minutes. The composition is filtered and consumed warm, one hundred grams in five hours.

diaphoretic drink
Ingredients: coltsfoot, motherboard and dry raspberries. Finely chop the herb and mix well. Twenty grams of grass is poured into 0.5 liters of water and allowed to stand for thirty minutes. Filter it and drink fifty grams in the morning, afternoon and night.

Healing remedy for inflammation in the mouth
You need to take oak bark, motherboard and marshmallow. Finely chop everything, pour twenty grams of the resulting composition into 0.5 liters of boiled water. Let the composition brew for twenty minutes, then filter it. The resulting infusion is required to rinse your mouth.

Windmill composition
Mix chamomile inflorescences with the mother, finely chop the grass. Ten grams of herbs are poured into 250 ml of hot water, boiled in a water bath for ten minutes, then filtered. Drink one cup twice a day: in the morning and at night.

Uses of oregano juice

Using a juicer, squeeze the juice from the motherboard and drink it in a spoon several times a day for therapy: paralysis, spasms, sore joints, gas formation, intestinal obstruction, colds. Juice improves the digestion process, normalizes the menstrual cycle. For external use, it is recommended to use it for:

• wound healing;
• removal of skin rashes;
• and for headaches.

Drink about colds
Finely chop the dried grass and add a liter of hot water, place the saucepan on the stove and simmer for five minutes. Remove the container from the burner, let the composition stand for ten minutes. When drinking, finely chopped onion, milk or cream can be added to the drink.

Drink for the treatment of female diseases
The drink will help stop bleeding and discharge, normalize menstruation, and cure endometritis. It is necessary to take chamomile, mistletoe, acacia, motherboard, blackberry leaves, oak bark, nettle, yarrow, raspberry leaves. Cut everything, mix well. Fifteen grams of the resulting composition is brewed with 1 liter of hot water and left for thirty minutes. Drink a drink of one hundred grams in the morning, afternoon and at night.

Healing drink for hypertension
Ingredients: motherboard, adonis, astragalus, sweet clover, mistletoe, hawthorn, clover, mint, cudweed and horsetail. Everything is crushed and mixed well. Twenty grams of the mixture is poured with boiled water and allowed to stand for two hours. Drink 125 grams in the morning and at night.

Composition from insomnia and stabilization of the central nervous system
You will need: motherboard, mint, motherwort, lemon balm, initial letter and valerian. Cut the herbs, mix, pour twenty grams of the composition with boiled water. Let stand for twenty minutes, filter the composition and drink 50 grams of tincture four times a day.

Oregano inflorescences for toothache
The inflorescences need to be washed and applied to the aching tooth, you can survive them or hold them in the oral cavity for a while. In ten minutes the pain will be gone.

Cold and migraine therapy
To do this, you need to grind oregano leaves into a powdered state and inhale with a runny nose or migraine.

mother oil for stomach ulcers
Add olive oil or sunflower oil to 20 grams of chopped grass, and put it in a dark, cold place for seven days. Then clean the oil and consume it three drops before each meal.

Contraindications

Regardless of the fact that the herb has many healing characteristics, formulations based on it are forbidden to be used by women in position. The fact is that the substances contained in the herb provoke uterine contractions, which can lead to miscarriage. It is also not recommended to drink funds from this medicinal herb for people with severe cardiac anomalies.

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