Having your garden at home can be beneficial in so many ways. Aside from planting flowering plants and shrubs, try to plant some medicinal plants too.
Before, I've shared here one of our medicinal plants at home, the Mayana plant. This plant is easy to grow, aside from Mayana you have many choices to choose from, and one's best to select is the Oregano.
Oregano is an herb, a wonderful herb with a lot of health benefits. It is closely related to mint, thyme, marjoram, basil, sage, and lavender.
I know you are familiar with this amazing herb. It is one of the most well-known used herbs globally.
Because of its health benefits, we have lots of planted oregano in our yard. Mostly, we use oregano for coughs as herbal medicine.
How to grow an Oregano plant
Growing oregano is very easy. You can grow oregano from seeds, through cuttings, or bought it as container plants.
We planted our oregano through cuttings. Oregano can grow indoors or in your garden. The oregano plant is perfect for growing in areas prone to drought. A few weeks ago we trimmed our planted oregano and throw the cut stems on the ground, then weeks passed it grows.
Planted oregano does not require much attention. These are drought-tolerant herbs that need watering only during extremely dry periods. Oregano doesn’t need to be fertilized either, as these plants can naturally take care of themselves. These plants can double in volumes, as you can see in the image below.
Did you know?
Oregano helps in repelling insect pests that commonly affect some vegetables such as beans and broccoli.
I remembered I used some Oregano leaves as a mosquito repellent when our hometown became the top municipality with the highest dengue cases. What I did was, I hanged the Oregano stems with leaves in front and at the back of our stand fan. What I noticed was the mosquitoes at home lessen. Fortunately, despite the dengue outbreak in our place, our family didn't become one of the victims.
These are our planted oregano in the yard we have a lot of planted Oregano here because of its proven benefits and medicinal effectiveness.
This herb fits in your kitchen and medicine cabinet too!
As aforementioned above, oregano is from the family of mint and is used for a long time to add flavor extra to their dishes and to treat various health conditions.
Oregano Fun Fact 💡
Oregano comes from the Greek words “oros,” meaning mountain, and “ganos,” meaning joy. Which makes the oregano associated with joy and happiness for the Greeks and Romans. Amazing! 🤩
As mentioned above, oregano is added to various dishes to add extra flavor. It gives an extra distinctive taste to culinary cuisines. Oregano has become one of the most popular cooking herbs in the world, featured prominently in Italian, Turkish, Mexican, and Greek cuisine.
It is used sometimes as a condiment that provides fragrance to salads and strong-smelling meat dishes. It is also used as a flavoring for drinks. However, the dry form of oregano leaves is commonly used because fresh oregano leaves have a highly pungent aroma.
Here are some tips for adding oregano to food:
🥩 When cooking meat, or chicken, sprinkle it with oregano for aroma and flavor.
🥣 You can use it in marinades or stuffings.
🥘 Mince and combine into bread or pizza dough for a herby taste.
Also, oregano has been used for centuries in herbal medicine too, to treat many ailments, including:
skins sores
aching muscles
asthma
cramping
diarrhea
indigestion
colds
to boost overall health
Oregano has lots of essential nutrients for our bodies. About 8% of your daily vitamin K needs in the body can be fulfilled through just one teaspoon of dried oregano. Aside from treating the mentioned ailments above, oregano has science-based proven health benefits too.
Oregano is rich in antioxidants. The essential oil in oregano is high in carvacrol and thymol, this two antioxidants can help prevent damage to cells caused by free radicals.
Oregano may help fight bacteria. Also, Fresh oregano is a great antibacterial agent. It's an excellent source of fiber, vitamin K, manganese, iron, vitamin E, tryptophan, and calcium. Other uses include treating menstrual cramps, rheumatoid arthritis, urinary tract disorders including urinary tract infections (UTIs), headaches, and heart conditions. While oregano oil is taken orally for intestinal parasites, allergies, sinus pain, arthritis, cold and flu, swine flu, earaches, and fatigue.
Tips if you're unwell 🤢
Just brew a cup of oregano tea if you feel unwell, especially if you feel congested, all you just need to do is breath in the steam to loosen your congestion. And if you have an oral sore, just rinse your mouth with oregano tea.
You shouldn't miss planting this amazing herb in your garden. This aromatic herb will surely be beneficial in your kitchen and medicine kits.
Oregano is just one example of how our nature's plants can provide us. This plant is always ready to be planted, easy to grow and no need for extra attention to care but it will provide you long-lasting benefits for life!
All photos are mine : Featuring our planted oregano at home.
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