Multiple Healing Properties of Oregano Oil

The health advantages of Oregano Oil can be accredited to its properties as an antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-parasitic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, digestive, and emenagogue substance.

The healing properties of oregano have been known since ancient Greece where they were often employed for treating skin bacterial infections, wounds and food poisoning.

Health Benefits of Oregano Oil

• Respiratory conditions: Oil of Oregano acts as an expectorant. It helps to eliminate the buildup of mucus and phlegm in the respiratory tracts and sinuses; it also serves as a soothing balm for inflamed lungs and throat. Therefore, oregano both prevents and treat symptoms of respiratory problems.
• Antioxidant: This is one of the most important properties of oregano oil as it safeguards you from the damages done by free radicals (oxidants); it helps to neutralize free radicals while repairing the damage already done; thus it slows down the aging process and protects against certain cancers, macular and muscle degeneration, wrinkles, loss of vision & hearing, nervous disorders and several other ailments. Oregano oil contains phenols that literally scour the body helping it to get rid of free radicals.
• Antibacterial: Oregano oil protects against bacterial infections adding a protection against bacterial diseases, such as infections in the colon and urinary tract, as well as typhoid, cholera, sores, skin infections, and food poisoning. Furthermore, the antibacterial effects of oregano don’t have an inhibitory effect on the beneficialintestinal flora. Oregano oil has also been found to be the best treatment forprostate infection and other prostate-related health issues.
• Anti-allergenic:Oregano oil demonstrates sedative& anti-inflammatory properties. Being sedative in nature, it soothes down food hypersensitivity; it is also offers relief from allergy symptoms by decreasing the severity of allergic reactions, including an anaphylactic shock and throat infection/inflammation.

Standardized oil of oregano, then, can be used in many different ways, both topically and sublingually (under the tongue). It be added to certain foods and even taken in a tablet or soft gel form. However, you should always speak to a health professional before using any alternative supplements.