Oregano is a perennial plant of the family clear-cut, the height of which reaches 30 to 60 cm. It usually blossoms from July to September. Although in our forests oregano is very common, you do not need to tear it from the root, it is better to cut with scissors as much as you need. Oregano is mainly used for making tea, it not only gives a magnificent aroma and taste to your tea, but also has medicinal properties.
Tea, brewed from oregano, is a soothing, diuretic, anti-inflammatory and expectorant. Oregano is used in the treatment and prevention of many diseases. When excitation of the central nervous system is used as a sedative. The medicinal plant is used for rheumatism, epilepsy, cystitis, as a diuretic, with colds as an expectorant and an anti-inflammatory agent. The medicinal plant helps with bronchitis, angina, paralysis, with problems with the gastrointestinal tract, namely, it stimulates the appetite, stimulates the intestine, improves digestion, relieves stomach and bowel spasms, relieves nausea and vomiting, helps with atony of the stomach and lack of gastric juice. Relieves headache, cough, choking, helps even in bad mood and depression. Oregano drink usually with a delay of menstrual, pulmonary tuberculosis, with insomnia.
As for the chemical composition, in the medicinal plant oregano contains up to 1% essential oil, which includes phenols, thymol, free alcohols, in the oregano contains ascorbic acid, tannins. Oreganica is used for aromatic baths, used in the form of compresses for rickets, scrofula, rashes, boils, abscesses, various wounds and scratches - oregano has a wound-healing effect. Acts as a sedative for sexual overexcitation. Infusions of common oregano are used as anthelmintic, used for constipation, normalizes metabolism, helps with painful menstruation, removes noise in the ears, with pertussis, hypertension, flatulence, diabetes, bronchial asthma.
Oreganica has found application even in cooking, its leaves are used in cooking meat dishes, soups, compotes and kvass, salads. Used oregano in canning cucumbers, cabbage, tomatoes, mushrooms as spice - it gives a special flavor and taste, and also increases the shelf life of canned products. Oregano can be sprinkled with clothes in order to protect against moths! Oregano is used for making strong spirits. Oregano is a good honey.
As for contraindications, then to assert that the infusion of oregano is forbidden to drink during pregnancy, as it can cause miscarriage, because I could not find the exact data. Someone argues that it is harmful, and someone claims that no side effects are observed, and I decided to stay in the middle, because if you think about it, everything is harmful in large doses, even water in large quantities can kill a person. Someone argues that also oregano is contraindicated in ulcers of the stomach and duodenum. Men are not recommended to drink broth oregano for a long time, as this can lead to problems with potency. It is also not recommended to abuse sedge in people with cardiovascular diseases. But how to know ...
The herb is used for various female diseases, therefore it is called female grass or the mother, the herb facilitates hot flashes during menopause and relieves pain with menstruation. Infusion of oregano is drunk with general weakness, after fainting, and generally just to raise the general tone of the body. When toothache is recommended to chew oregano, or on a sick tooth, put oregano oil. Preparing the oil is very simple, finely chopped herbs, pour sunflower oil and insist 10 hours. Oregano is used for hair loss and hair loss: for this you need to rinse the hair with a decoction of oregano.
How to prepare a decoction? In principle, nothing complicated in this. Two tablespoons of the crushed grass are poured with a glass of hot water in enameled dishes, heated in a water bath for 10-15 minutes, and then insisted for 40 minutes at room temperature. After this, strain and take half a cup before meals for 3-4 days.
Decoction of herbs, where there is oregano, it is recommended to drink even if you are not used to smoking. To do this, take the oregano, black currant leaves, peppermint and brew a strong potion, insist an hour and strain, and this rinse your mouth when you want to smoke.
You can also prepare the juice of a medicinal plant by squeezing during flowering plants, and take the juice one tablespoon with honey 3 times a day before meals for 15 minutes.
As mentioned above, oregano is used as a seasoning for the preparation of various types of dishes. To do this, dry leaves of oregano need to be crushed and stored in paper bags in a glass container.
In different countries, oregano is used in different ways, in Italy, for example, oregano is used for pizza, and in Germany it is added for cooking sausages. In the Caucasus, it has found its application in canning, and in Siberia, oregano is mixed with fillings for pies.
Oregano is associated with many myths and legends, it is mentioned in the legends of Zeus and Hercules. It is generally believed that the oregano has magical properties. They say that oregano is a love grass, it is used to make a different potion that is manipulated by a person's feelings, but it does not generate love or interest from someone or someone, it strengthens the already existing relationship.