Origanum

Low perennial herb with opposite, are short of dolgovato ovate leaves from the family Yasnotkovyh. Oregano in Russia occur in the European part (except the Far North), the Caucasus, in Western and Central Siberia, mountainous regions of Central Asia and Eastern Kazakhstan. In the European common in forest and steppe zones in the upland and flood plain meadows, sparse coniferous and deciduous forests, clearings, forest clearings, grassland steppes, the Caucasus is common in the forest belt along the river valleys, rarely in the subalpine meadows of Siberia grows in the birch forests with coarse, forest meadows, fallow lands, clearings. Stocks of raw materials are significant. Blanks are held in Bashkortostan, the Volga (in the Saratov and Penza region), in the forest steppe of Central Chernozem regions (Orel, Voronezh) and the regions of Ukraine (Kiev, Cherkassy, Poltava, Sumy, etc.) in the North Caucasus, possibly harvesting and other areas of habitat.

Oregano, dushmyanka, ghost color pchelolyub, motherboard, mint timber - a very popular old folk remedy. As a crude drug in oregano used only the tops of flowering shoots. When storing raw materials a year loses its essential oils, and along with them and their healing qualities.

In folk medicine has been used quite widely. Infusion of herbs into taking for insomnia from suffocation, cold. The same infusion consumed externally "from sewage and rashes on the body, from scrofula and as a means for hair growth. Oregano quite decorative and often gets in the bouquets, the more so because of essential oils has yet strong and pleasant smell. Villagers like to drink tea made from oregano, especially during field work. The doctors of antiquity used the herb oregano, calling it "oregano".

its name to the plant must fragrant smell. Thanks to the pleasant aroma of essential oils of oregano have been used in perfumery, in particular for soap fragrances, colognes, lotions. The composition of essential oil along with other substances is an aromatic alcohol, thymol, which has antiseptic properties. In our country, is widely used in cosmetics and dermatology in the form of aromatic baths, compresses, wash - with pustular skin diseases, with stomatitis, various rashes, diathesis, seborrheic dermatitis.

Herb oregano with cosmetic purposes is used in many countries : Poland is widely used in perfumes, essential oils in India is used as an antibacterial and aromatic; in Bulgaria - in the form of baths for itchy eczema and for washing wounds, in France - for wound healing; and Germany - for aromatic baths.
< br> grass harvested at the flowering stage (July - early August), cutting with knives, scissors or shears olistvennye flowering tops of up to 20 inches. In no case Oregano can not pull out, as it leads to death of plants. When properly assembled in the same place can be carried out in preparation for several years without prejudice to the population.

Collection and drying are conducted according to generally accepted rules; drying with artificial heating temperature should not exceed 40 œ C, as Essential oils can evaporate. Shoots at first slow to develop. It is therefore very important to promptly destroy weeds, loosen the soil and, if necessary to make watering.