From July to September in the gardens, on the forest edges, along the roads, you can often see lilac or pink fragrant panicles decorating the grass, which sometimes grows up to half a meter. This is oregano or, as it is called in some places, oregano. Rich in essential oil, flavonoids, ascorbic acid, it is widely used in various fields of our lives. The leaves of the plant give the meat and fish dishes a spicy aroma. Sprigs added to pickles make them more savory, help canned vegetables to be stored longer. Oregano is added to kvass, compotes, tinctures, and oregano tea has healing properties.
It helps to cure a cold, relieves headaches, treats cough, suffocation. Infusions from this herb are recommended for pulmonary tuberculosis.
Making tea or infusion is very easy, because dried oregano briquettes are sold in a pharmacy. It is enough to fill the bag with boiling water - the tea is ready. If you let it cool without removing the tea leaves, you will get a useful, fragrant infusion. And you can drink tea or a decoction of this herb all the time, only occasionally taking breaks.
Doctors prescribe such a drink not only as a good expectorant and sedative. Oregano is part of complex therapy in the treatment of malignant tumors, wounds, bedsores, burns. The grass is able to cure all diseases of the throat, oral cavity. Rinse or inhalation for gingivitis, tonsillitis, stomatitis, laryngitis, tracheobronchitis.
Baths with the addition of oregano have an antiseptic, cleansing, soothing effect, so they are prescribed for pustular diseases, nervous breakdowns, stress, eczema, and insomnia.
Oregano has many more useful properties, among which the main thing is a tonic, stimulating effect on the muscles of the uterus. This means that it accelerates the puberty of girls, relieves unpleasant pain in critical days. This quality was known and successfully applied in antiquity.
Oregano with a delay of menstruation very quickly normalizes the cycle. The systematic use of aromatic healing tea not only normalizes and organizes critical days, but helps to conceive a baby normally.
However, it should be borne in mind that tea from it in some women can cause profuse bleeding, therefore they should not be abused anyway. Moreover, if the critical days for women arrive on time, and the discharge is plentiful, it is better to exclude this spice from the diet for the period of menstruation.
Oregano is absolutely contraindicated during pregnancy. Tea from it can cause bleeding and lead to a miscarriage, however, this only applies to taking the drug inside. Oregano during pregnancy should be excluded from drinks, salads, it can not be used as a seasoning, because even a microscopic amount can cause a miscarriage.
However, this recommendation does not apply to the external use of decoctions and tinctures from oregano.
Oregano during pregnancy can be used to improve the skin, which usually becomes problematic in women in an interesting position. Regular washing with tincture of oregano will help to get rid of irritations and peeling, dark spots, and improve skin tone.
Oregano helps to get rid of a runny nose during pregnancy (it is enough to smell the crushed grass). Essential oil can treat headaches, colds. To do this, it is enough to smell the oil several times or gargle with a decoction of dry grass. You can wash your hair with the same broth to relieve a headache.
Oregano can be stuffed with pillows or made out of sachets. The aroma will not only calm, help you sleep better, but also give all things a pleasant smell, which is very afraid of moths.
Oregano grass, laid out in closets with clothes, will help get rid of insects forever.