Healing with Oregano

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Oregano

Healing with Oregano Oregano won’t grow hair on bald heads, but next time you have a cough or bronchitis, try a pizza with extra oregano. (If it doesn’t help, at least it will taste good.)

Cough Remedy, Expectorant - All the oreganos contain a volatile oil high in two chemically related expectorants (carvacrol and thymol). They help loosen phlegm and make it easier to cough up, lending credence to the herb’s traditional use in colds, flu, and chest congestion.

Digestive Aid - Like most culinary spices, oregano helps soothe the smooth muscle lining of the digestive tract, making it an antispasmodic. It may also help expel parasitic intestinal worms. These attributes lend support to its age-old use as a digestive aid.

Rx for Oregano

For a warm, aromatic, spicy infusion to help settle the stomach after meals or to help treat a cold, use I to 2 teaspoons of dried herb per cup of boiling water. Steep 10 minutes. Drink up to 3 cups a day.

Medicinal doses of these herbs should not be given to children under age 2.

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