Feb 27
The word oregano is derived from Greek and ancient Greek words rigani or oros (mountain) + ganos (joy) or “Joy of the Mountains.” In Greece the scent of oregano fills the air when you hike hillsides in summer. The pretty blooming plants grow aggressively, helping to hold the oil on slopes and for centuries providing a popular medicinal herb. The plant thrives on the mineral rich hillsides, and from a purely nutritional point of view it packs an incredible variety of common and trace minerals. Continue reading »
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Feb 20
First, Get the Right Oregano Product
No, I’m not telling you to eat more pizza. In fact the thing called oregano used to season food is usually not even oregano at all, but a type of Marjoram. Only a few species of true wild oregano have the medicinal powers we are interested in. Much commercially available “so-called” oregano oil, is actually thyme or Marjoram oil. Also, to preserve the natural curative strength, oil of oregano should be made using cold pressing and steam distillation, not chemical extraction. Commercially processed essential oils can even be 
toxic when taken internally. Continue reading »
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Nov 07
Recently I thought it might be a good time for me to try oil of oregano. As usual this was based on bits of information I had collected from the media. A radio nutritionist seemed to suggest it now and then when talking about fighting “those winter bugs” and I thought I had heard it helped with the digestive tract and even skin problems like athletes foot. Beyond this I knew it was called Oil of Oregano and not oregano oil; maybe for the same reasons it is “eye of newt” and not newts eyes; or maybe this is to keep you targeted on the herbal oregano and not cooking oregano. Continue reading »
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