Useful properties and contraindications of oregano as a herb and essential oil

Oregana is a herbaceous perennial plant from 35 to 80 cm in height with a pleasant aroma, blossoming in the middle-end of summer.

Oregano heals many diseases and helps to get rid of moths.
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• Healing properties
• Which to choose
• Harvesting and harvesting of grass
• Proper storage
• Useful diet
• Use in cosmetology
• Folk recipes
  • From nervous disorders
  • In diseases of the intestines and stomach
  • From diseases of the upper respiratory tract
  • With joint diseases
  • From inflammation and insect bites
• Contraindications to use

Healing properties

The curative effect of plants on the body is due to the high content of oregano in the composition of useful components, such as:

• Essential oils, which provide a strong smell of the plant;
• bioflavonoids;
• vitamin C;
• cellulose;
• tannins.

The main useful properties of oregano are:

1. The use of funds on the basis of a medicinal plant reduces the likelihood of developing cancer.
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2. Decoctions and infusions with a plant in the composition have a positive effect on the human nervous system - they soothe, eliminate seizures, help with sleep disorders and severe headaches.
3. Means from oregano favorably affect many human organs - treat intestinal atony, the herb is used with worsening or total absence of appetite, flatulence, cholecystitis and reduced secretion of gastric juice.
4. The curative plant has an antimicrobial effect.
5. Medicines based on oregano are used for skin pathologies - abscesses, eczema.
6. Stomatitis and diseases of the oral cavity of an inflammatory nature pass after chewing the pure leaves of the plant, rinsing and inhalation with medicinal broths.
7. Means with oregano in the composition help to relieve inflammation and exert an expectorant effect.
8. Medicines based on medicinal plants help the body cope with colds.

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Which to choose

When self-gathering oregano or buying raw materials should pay attention to the appearance of the plant:

• leaflets should be bright green;
• When squeezing the leaf in your hands, you should feel a characteristic aroma - a sharp ethereal odor.

For today in supermarkets it is possible to find fresh oregano practically all the year round.

Harvesting and harvesting of grass

Oregano can be found on hills, forest edges, in meadows and between thickets of bushes.

For billets it is recommended to collect the plant in sunny dry weather away from noisy roads, dumps, industrial plants.

Grass for the preparation of medicines is harvested at the beginning of flowering by cutting the ground part of the oregano (medicinal properties and contraindications) at a height of 20 cm. To prevent the death of plants, do not tear it from the root.

For drying, the grass is collected in bundles and placed in ventilated areas without exposure to drafts and direct sunlight in a suspended state.

Another way of drying is the decomposition of the plant on thick paper with a layer of 5 cm with periodic overturning of the medicinal herb.

When properly brewed, the plant must retain its color, aroma and specific taste.

Proper storage

Fresh oregano is stored for 1 week in the refrigerator in the following form: in a covered jar with water or a glass of plastic. The liquid changes in the tank daily.

Grass in dried form can be stored in a hermetically sealed jar of glass in a dark place for 3 years.

The plant can be frozen for storage - finely chopped, placed in molds, added water and sent to the freezer. Such ice cubes are effectively used for cosmetic purposes to improve the skin condition.

Useful diet

Oregano can be consumed in dried, frozen and fresh form. In this case, the useful properties of the plant are preserved.

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The herb has a spicy and pungent taste with a small bitterness and is perfectly combined with dishes from eggs, poultry, meat, beans, giving them piquancy.

Use in cosmetology

Plants are effectively used to care for the skin and prevent hair loss.

For cleansing and freshness of the skin, it is recommended to wipe the face regularly with a decoction or frozen cesspool of common oregano.

The infusion of the curative plant can be used as a hair conditioner or add a remedy when taking baths.

In perfumery essential oil of oregano is necessary for addition in perfume compositions as perfumes.

Folk recipes

Experts do not deny the beneficial effect on the body of preparations prepared on the basis of oregano, in the treatment of various diseases as a supplement to the main treatment.

From nervous disorders

In 1 cup of boiled water, add 1 tablespoon of oregano in dry form, insist all 20 minutes, strain and use for ingestion before ingestion of ½ cup 3 times a day.

The product is effective for headaches.
For best results, it is recommended to use a decoction in combination with a hair-rinsing infusion after washing the head, prepared from 3 tablespoons oregano, infused for 2 hours in 1 liter of boiling water.

The soothing effect of taking relaxing baths. In the water it is recommended to add a warm broth of oregano, which is prepared by brewing 200 grams of dry grass in 3 liters of boiling water and languishing for 20-25 minutes in a water bath.

In diseases of the intestines and stomach

It is necessary:

• to connect 1 cup of boiled water with 2 tablespoons of dry medicinal plants,
• put the mixture in a water bath for 15-20 minutes,
• let it brew for about half an hour and take half a cup for 30 minutes before eating 2 times a day.

The administration of the remedy eliminates gastric spasms, intestinal colic, and improves the intestinal peristalsis.

From diseases of the upper respiratory tract

It is useful to prepare a vegetable collection with oregano in the composition.

For this, it is necessary to connect the roots of the altea, the mother-and-stepmother and the oregano in the ratio 2: 1: 1. 1 teaspoon of the obtained crushed medicinal mass should be poured with 1 glass of boiled water.

The drug persists for half an hour, and is used in a warm, strained form for ½ cup per day 2 times a day ..

With joint diseases

1 tablespoon of oregano juice is combined with 3 tablespoons of lime honey (how to determine).

The received mass is used for oral administration 3 times a day for 1 teaspoonful.

The course of treatment is 2 weeks with a break of 1 week.

From inflammations and bites of insects on the skin

The plant is brewed in dry form in boiled water to make a lot of mushy consistency, which is recommended to apply to the affected area under the bandage.

It is effective to use fresh grass for this purpose, having previously stretched it in hands until the juice is isolated.

Contraindications to use

Like all medicinal plants, oregano has contraindications for use, despite a wide range of useful properties.

Medicinal herb is prohibited in the following cases:

1. Bleeding.
2. Waiting period of the baby.
3. With ulcer of the stomach and duodenum.
4. Increased acidity of gastric juice.
5. Infringements in activity of cardiovascular diseases.

The maximum effect and safety of application depend on the correct collection, use and storage of medicinal herbs.

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