Oregano "Joy of the mountain" (wintersweet)

Oregan "Joy of the mountain" - Origanum vulgare. 
Three in one: decorative, spicy and medicinal culture.
Perennial herbaceous plant of the Lamiaceae family up to 80 cm high with a strong aromatic odour. Good honey plant. Very decorative.
Prefers light, well-drained soils. It blooms in July-August and prefers sunny places and dry, neutral soil.
In folk medicine, infusions and decoctions are used as a sedative, for colds, and as an antibacterial agent.
Seeds are sown in early autumn or May to a depth of 0.5-1.0 cm. Seed consumption is 0.4-0.5 g per 1 m2.
1.0 g = up to 8000 seeds.

* It is impossible to imagine a real Neapolitan pizza without this spice. It is also added to soups, mushrooms, meat and sausages.
The leaves and inflorescences of this plant contain essential oil, tannins, pigments and ascorbic acid. The seeds contain fatty oil.
In medical practice, oregano infusion is used as a means of stimulating appetite and improving digestion, calming the central nervous system, as an expectorant for acute chronic bronchitis, and whooping cough, and as a diaphoretic for colds.
In folk medicine, it is used for rheumatism, and paralysis, as a means of improving the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, and also as a diuretic.
Externally, in the form of lotions and baths, oregano is used for pustular skin diseases and diathesis, and also as a wound healing agent.
Fruit: Fresh and dried young leaves are used for food. For medicinal purposes, oregano herb is used - the upper parts of the shoot with fully blooming flowers.
Use: spicy-aromatic and medicinal.
Please note that ... fresh and dried leaves are used as a seasoning for meat dishes, potatoes, beans, peas, and salads.
Herb oregano for medicinal purposes is used as a strong diuretic, it improves digestion and intestinal motility in atony.
Oregano is recommended as a mild antiseptic and tonic for baths.

 

European oregano, Oregan, common marjoram, joy of the mountain, Turkish oregano, wild oregano, winter oregano, wintersweet. Bot. syn.: Origanum creticum L.