Oregano

Overview

Aliases

Tu Xiang Ru, Shan Bo He, Xiang Cao, Zhi Li Cao

Nature and Flavor

Slightly Warm; Pungent, Slightly Bitter

What's Inside

Ingredients

Contains volatile oils including thymoquinone, benzyl alcohol, eugenol derivatives, 2-phenylethanol, thymol, 3-hexen-1-ol; leaf oils rich in monoterpenes such as linalool oxide, (E)-β-ocimene, pinene, caryophyllene; inflorescences contain thymol, carvacrol, terpinene and other compounds

Therapeutic Effects

Antimicrobial against dysentery bacillus, Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, typhoid bacillus; relaxes vascular smooth muscle; mild hypotensive effect in rats; enhances macrophage phagocytosis

Precautions

Contraindicated in spontaneous sweating due to exterior deficiency

NOTE: THE INFORMATION PROVIDE IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE.