Grass oregano: application, properties and contraindications

Oregano is a herbaceous plant, perennial, belonging to the family of the Gubotsvetnye. Straight, branchy tetrahedral stems are covered with thin hairs. Leaves are finely toothed along margin, petiolate, oblong-ovate, opposite. Blossoms oregano from July to September, many small purple flowers collected in spikelets. Fruits ripen during the period from August to October - brown, dry, smooth, round-ovoid, consisting of 4-millimeter nutlets.

Grass oregano, the use of which is widely spread, is also called lardanka, a mother tongue or a swan, as in folk medicine it treated many gynecological diseases. In Russia, you can find 3 species of this herb, but the most common oregano, which also grows in Central Asia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, the Caucasus, Siberia (Western and Middle) in dry steppes, bushes, forest glades, meadows The slopes of ravines, forest edges, etc.

Procurement of raw materials

Medicinal raw materials are above-ground flowering leafy stems and flowers. The billet is produced at the very beginning of flowering, cutting about 20 cm long, along with the inflorescences. After that, the raw materials are knitted in bundles and dried, hanging for this purpose in a ventilated dark room. After drying, the leaves and flowers are separated from the stems by the method of threshing or wiping through a nonmetallic coarse screen. Stored raw materials can not last longer than 3 years in hermetically sealed glass containers.

The smell of oregano is pleasant, the taste is tart, slightly astringent, bitterish-spicy.

Chemical composition

Widespread use of grass is associated with its chemical composition, containing tannic and coloring substances, a fairly large amount of essential oil, phenols, geranilacetate, free alcohols, flavonoids and vitamin C in huge quantities.

Grass oregano: application and properties

Oregano is an excellent honey, a common spice and seasoning in cooking, as well as a medicinal plant widely used in folk medicine.

Oregano has anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, expectorant, analgesic, and sanitizing properties. Grass oregano application has found in the treatment of bronchitis, SARS as an expectorant and diaphoretic.

Recognized oregano and official medicine, it is part of the collection of herbs in bronchial asthma, gynecological, breast, hypertonic, sedative, cardiac fees, as well as a collection for body cleansing and slimming.

The herb of oregano soothingly acts on the central nervous system, it helps with nervous system disorders, insomnia (acting as an easy sleeping pill), neuroses, convulsions, epilepsy, nervous exhaustion or shocks, bad mood, headache. Also, official medicine uses decoctions and infusions for atherosclerosis and hypertension.

And also used oregano for delaying menstruation, to improve the secretion of bile and intestinal motility, enhance secretion of the sweat and digestive glands, helps to reduce smooth uterine musculature, acts as an excellent diuretic and regulates the menstrual cycle.

They use oregano and as an analgesic, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory agent. Its infusions are useful in diseases of respiratory organs (pneumonia, bronchial asthma, pertussis, bronchiectasis, bronchitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis), with poor digestion, especially in colitis or enterocolitis, which are accompanied by flatulence and constipation, as well as in the absence of appetite, Secretory deficiency of the gastrointestinal tract, gastritis, intestinal atony, dyskinesia of the biliary tract, spasms of the intestine or stomach, cholecystitis.

Grass oregano has also found application in the treatment of liver inflammation, it is used for painful menstruation, jaundice, increased sexual excitement, and also as a secretagogue for sweat glands.

This medicinal plant has the ability to suppress microbial flora in pulmonary tuberculosis, sore throats, rashes, and also is used to heal wounds. In addition, broths of oregano are recommended for use in staphylococcal infections, especially in children.

Applicable oregano and externally. For washing and compresses it is used for headaches and skin rashes. With scrofula or rickets in children they can be bathed in broth of oregano. Baths with the addition of decoction are taken with various rashes. To stimulate hair growth or headaches, wash the head with a decoction or infusion of oregano. Effective are preparations of oregano for rinsing with inflammation of the mouth or throat, as well as as compresses or lotions for eczema, itching rashes, abscesses, boils and for washing wounds.

And folk medicine advises to rub the body with paralysis oil.

1. Infusion of oregano. 2 tables are filled with boiling water (200 g). Spoons of raw materials, a quarter of an hour insist and drink twice a day for 100 g before meals. The same infusion is used for lotions, rinses and compresses. For baths, take 10 liters of water and 10 tablespoons of raw materials.

2. Decoction of oregano. 200 g of hot water pour 2 teaspoons of herbs, cover with a lid, put in a hot water bath. A quarter of an hour is heated, cooled and used as well as infusion.

3. Infusion of oregano for the treatment of epilepsy: 300 g of boiled water take 10 g of grass, insist and filter. Take this infusion before meals to 100 g three times a day. The course is 3 years.

4. The taxon fee. A mixture of tablespoon chamomile and oregano pour 200 g of boiling water, put in a bowl and in a water bath for about 5 minutes, cool, filter and take 100 grams in the morning and evening.

5. Sweating tea. Two tablespoons of a mixture of 1 part of the motherboard, two parts of dried raspberries, 2 parts of leaves of mother-and-stepmother pour 400 g of steep boiling water, a quarter of an hour insist, filter and drink 100 grams hot three times a day.

6. Thoracic tea. Take a tablespoon of a mixture of 2 parts of the root of the althaea, 2 parts of leaves of mother-and-stepmother and 1 ochergano, pour 400 g of steep boiling water, puff for a quarter of an hour, filter and drink warmly after eating 100 grams.

7. For the gargling of the throat and mouth, an anti-inflammatory preparation is prepared: two tables. Spoons of a mixture of four parts of oregano, 6 parts of oak bark, 1 part of the root of the althea pour 400 g of steep boiling water, a quarter of an hour insist, filter. Use in a warm form after eating for rinsing several times a day.

8. Tea: 2 teaspoons of herbs pour 200 g of boiling water, 3 minutes insist and drink with honey or sugar the whole serving. Such tea stimulates digestion. It is recommended to drink it and women with early menopause or with constant and frequent hot flashes, severe bleeding, oppressed mental state, and also to increase lactation in lactating mothers.

Contraindications

Contraindication to this herb is any period of pregnancy, because, causing a contraction of the uterus, it serves as an oregano for the interruption of pregnancy.