The most common medicinal plant found, perhaps, throughout Russia - oregano. Its properties as a medicinal product, aromatic soothing tea have been known for a long time. And the name oregano - from the aromatic smell, spirit, endowed this grass with its wonderful properties with magical witchcraft properties: drive away evil spirits, bring good, kindness to a person, raise tone and improve mood. Especially these witchcraft properties were effective on the night of Ivan Kupala, the most witching night of the year.
Oregano - a perennial plant with numerous small flowers of lilac-pink or almost white, having a pleasant smell, is widely used in both folk and traditional medicine. Essential oil and thymol are the fundamental beginning of the oregano plant. What is useful for the herb itself, it is with these substances that allow it to have anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and analgesic effects. The medicinal properties of oregano have been used in the treatment of a variety of diseases: they enhance the excretory function of the bronchial and digestive glands, increase intestinal motility and improve appetite, increase lactation, and increase the tone of the smooth muscles of the uterus.
The whole plant has healing properties, with the exception of the roots. The grass is rich in ascorbic acid, tannins. Decoctions are used for colds, suffocation, diseases of the respiratory tract as an expectorant and diaphoretic.
Oregano, whose properties have a strong diuretic effect, also helps promote the absorption and removal of stones in the bladder and kidneys. Use it as a stimulant for the secretion of gastric juice, with bloating and atony of the intestine. It is recommended for liver diseases.
Oregano, whose properties contribute to a decrease in appetite, is indispensable for various degrees of obesity, is used in various diets. In addition, oregano has a calming effect on the nervous system, has an antiemetic effect in epileptic seizures, and is a general tonic.
But, perhaps, the main healing quality that oregano possesses is properties that help with female diseases. It is called in some areas female grass or motherboard. Oregano is effective in painful menstruation with heavy bleeding, helps relieve hot flashes in the menopause and soothe a headache.
The medicinal properties of this herb are known for hypertension, bronchial asthma, diabetes mellitus, and tuberculosis. Oregano is useful for insomnia, after fainting, with general weakness and malaise.
The main use of oregano is a decoction, for the preparation of which two tablespoons (tablespoons) of grass are poured with a glass of hot water and heated in a water bath. Having stood, forty minutes, the broth is ready for use. The broth, in addition to oral administration, is indicated for rinsing with throat diseases, and to eliminate hoarseness, the broth is insisted on milk.
Oregano helps with stomatitis and periodontal disease of toothache - it is simply chewed. A cotton wool with oregano oil is placed on the tooth to relieve or reduce pain. It is not difficult to prepare the oil: pour the finely chopped oregano with vegetable oil and let it brew for eight to ten hours.
Compresses from a decoction of oregano are used in the treatment of furunculosis; aromatic baths with the addition of oregano are indicated for childhood eczema, neurodermatitis. In cosmetics, grass, which is washed with a decoction of hair, is used to strengthen hair, serves as an anti-alopecia remedy.
Oregano found its application in cooking, as a spicy additive to various dishes of meat, potatoes, salads and culinary products. Oregano leaves are used for canning salted vegetables.
However, even such a wonderful herb, which is a remedy for almost all diseases, has its contraindications. Men should not be excessively addicted to oregano, as it negatively affects potency. Women can not eat oregano during pregnancy, the properties of this herb can trigger a miscarriage.