OREGANO OIL AND ITS BENEFITS

Oregano, which we use in many areas in our daily life, is a plant that loves the warm climate and classified in Lamiaceae family. It is frequently encountered in mountains and slopes. It has been proven by scientific studies that oregano, which is located in our mind with its smell, has many benefits for our body. The beneficial substances in our body decrease over time for various reasons and our body loses its vitality day by day. Nature offers us many useful substances to restore the vitality our body loses, especially our hair, skin and nails. Oregano oil is one of the important plants that nature offers us, which greatly helps us to restore the vitality we have lost. Oregano oil, whose history of use dates back to ancient times, is still used today. Today, we turn towards to herbal products and safe food/dietary supplements by using natural ways instead of medicines in order to protect our health and find solutions to the problems that occur in our body. 

Benefits of Oregano Oil

• Some proven benefits of oregano oil with scientific studies;

• •  Oregano oil has antimicrobial properties. (1)

• •  It has antioxidant properties. (2)

• •  Oregano oil has antiviral effect. (3)

• •  It is helpful in the treatment of lower and upper respiratory infections. (4) Many benefits of oregano oil have been proven by scientific research. For more information, we recommend that you take advantage of scientific research on the benefits of oregano oil.

How to produce oregano oil?

Different methods are used to produce the oils of plants. Herbal oils are obtained by distillation, cold press and maceration methods. Distillation method is used to produce oregano oil. Distillation method is the most used method to obtain essential oil. Water, steam or both are applied to the plant. For more information about producing herbal oils, you can read our article titled "Herbal Oil Production Methods".

How and in which areas is oregano used?

Oregano is used as a spice in the food industry and it is used as oregano oil in cosmetics, medicine and pharmacy. Oregano oil can be also used for aromatherapy.

If you have a health condition or taking medication regularly, it is recommended to use it after consulting to a health professional.

References

1. Aligiannis N., E. Kalpoutzakis, S.Mitaku and I.B.Chinou 2001. Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential oils of Two Origanum Species J. Agric. Food Chem. 49, 4168-4170.
2. Oregano Essential Oil as an Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Additive in Food Products. Rodriguez-Garcia I1, Silva-Espinoza BA1, Ortega-Ramirez LA1, Leyva JM1, Siddiqui MW2, Cruz-Valenzuela MR1, Gonzalez-Aguilar GA1, Ayala-Zavala JF1.
3. Antiviral efficacy and mechanisms of action of oregano essential oil and its primary component carvacrol against murine norovirus.
4. Gilling DH1, Kitajima M, Torrey JR, Bright KR.

4. Kekik Yağı Karvakrol’ün İnsan Sağlığına Etkileri Semih YAMAN , Zühal ÖZDEMİR , Mustafa ŞİT , Bahri ÖZER , Oğuz ÇATAL