Oregano
Oregano is one of the plants of the family called Lamiaceae; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Origanum vulgare L.
As for the name of the oregano family itself, in Latin it will be: Lamiaceae Lindl.
Description of Oregano
Oregano is a perennial herbaceous aromatic plant with a branched, oblique and creeping rhizome. The height of the stems will be about thirty to sixty centimeters, such stems will be erect and oppositely branched, as well as obtusely tetrahedral and softly pubescent in the upper part. The leaves are opposite, they are elongated-ovate in shape, and can be either finely toothed or entire. The length of such leaves will be about two to four centimeters, while the width will be one to three centimeters. The leaves are dark green on top, but underneath they will be lighter and softly pubescent with short hairs. The flowers of this plant are quite small and colored in purple tones; such numerous flowers are collected either in oblong or oblong-oval spikelets. Such spikelets will form a spreading paniculate inflorescence. Oregano fruits are dry and round-ovoid, they will consist of four nuts, the length of which will be about one millimeter.
Oregano blooms from July to August, while the fruits ripen in September-October. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. For growth, the plant prefers forest glades and steppe meadows.
Description of the medicinal properties of oregano
Oregano is endowed with quite valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. The concept of grass includes flowers, leaves and stems.
The dry grass and flowers of this plant contain essential oil, which will be endowed with a very pleasant smell and valuable bactericidal properties. In addition, the presence of healing properties is explained by the content of free alcohols, tannins, ascorbic acid, flavonoids, sesquiterpenes and garanyl acetate in this plant.
Products based on this plant have a calming effect on the central nervous system, and are also endowed with diaphoretic, hemostatic, and expectorant effects. The drugs can increase lactation, increase appetite, stimulate the secretion of the digestive organs, bile secretion and peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract.
As for traditional medicine, here remedies based on this plant are taken as sedatives for insomnia, headaches, various neuroses, cholecystitis, biliary dyskinesias and gastritis, which are accompanied by reduced secretory activity.
Oregano is also used as an expectorant and diaphoretic for pneumonia, bronchitis, bronchial asthma and acute respiratory diseases.
An infusion of this plant can be used for whooping cough, acute and chronic pharyngitis, tonsillitis and chronic tonsillitis. For periodontal disease and gingivitis, an infusion of oregano is used for rinsing as a sedative, analgesic and hemostatic agent. This infusion should be prepared in a one to one ratio. It should be noted that the infusion will also have a calming effect when the genital organs are overstimulated.
