ORIGAN luminary CUT 100G IPHYM Origanum vulgare L.
Latin name: Origanum vulgare L.
Family: Lamiaceae
Common names: Oregano, Oregano vulgar or true oregano, wild marjoram
Parts used: Flowering top
Origin: Europe, Middle East, North America
Oregano has antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal and
expectorant. It is carminative and emmenagogue. It increases bile secretion. It's an appetizer and an immune stimulant. This plant is also antioxidant and anti-gallstone; it inhibits the aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals, and protects renal epithelial cells. There is a antispasmodic effect.
Oregano is used in the following therapeutic indications:
- Cough, sore throat, bronchitis, asthma
- Rules Delay
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Hepatobiliary dysfunction (flavonoids)
- External use: crevices, cracks, like mouthwash oral analgesic, stuffy nose
- Marjoram and oregano contain vitamin K. This vitamin, necessary among other blood clotting, can be manufactured by the body in addition to being in certain foods. People taking anticoagulants should take a diet in which the content of vitamin K is relatively stable from one day to another. Herbs, including marjoram and oregano, must be used only as a seasoning.
Perennial 80 cm high (sub-shrub) with red stems quadrangular, elliptic opposite leaves small, purple-pink flowers in panicles.
Europe, Middle East, North America.
dry calcareous soils, seashores.
Active ingredients: ET tanons, flavonoids, phenolic acids