Oregano - grass, which owes its name to a pleasant and quite a strong flavor.In people, it is called differently: pchelolyub, motherboard, kostolomnaya grass field chabrik, brass color, winch, dushinka ... Rusty oregano prefers full sun locations, ie, in the meadows, on mountain slopes and ravines, on roadsides.She meets and single shrubs and whole groups, even thickets.
marjoram : botanical characteristic
It is a herbaceous perennial plant.At the height sometimes it reaches and meters, but the average is extended only up to 60 cm. Oregano has branched rhizome and more coming from him direct pubescent stems with four faces.Oblong leaves are held on short stalks, are arranged oppositely.Flowers are small, may have a reddish or purple color.They very much, they are collected in the ears, which form the flaps.Here is the marjoram.Photography perfectly illustrates how a plurality of flaps form a large panicle-like inflorescence.Fruits of oregano - a round-shaped nuts.They ripen in September, after the plant was ottsvetёt (which does not last long - just 25 days, and then 15).
marjoram : used in herbal medicine
herbal medicines based on it are widely used in modern medicine.They are recommended for colds, asthma, cough, pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases of the respiratory system as a means of promoting the separation of sputum expectoration and relieves inflammation.Also oregano herb is effective for intestinal, under certain gastritis.It is part of the fees for gargling.Use herbs oregano and externally: from its broth make lotions, baths and compresses for diathesis and skin diseases accompanied by pustular sores.It is useful to the plant and kidney problems, blood pressure, liver.However, it has contraindications.It is undesirable that oregano used in the treatment of women, since it causes impotence and breast tenderness.Absolutely contraindicated this plant and pregnancy: in early pregnancy, it provokes a miscarriage.
marjoram: application in alternative medicine
where its use is even wider.Also the diseases listed above, popularly marjoram treated and joints, and headache, and insomnia, and gynecological problems.Previously, from its seeds yield an oil and rubbed his body against rheumatism and paralysis.Her fresh flowers recommended to chew and kept in the mouth for about five minutes at a toothache.In dry and rastёrtom as they breathe into the nostrils with a cold.When abscesses, boils of chopped and steamed with boiling water the grass make compresses.When diathesis, scrofula, and other rashes children oregano broth is added to the bath.Often in this case it is used in combination with a string.If the evening to wash head infusion of marjoram, it will save not only the pain and insomnia, but also contribute to the growth of hair.In cosmetology from a plant preparing medical masks.His crushed, add natural honey or egg yolk and applied to the face 10 minutes on a mask to wash off the lotion.The person after the procedure, be sure to lubricate some nourishing cream.This mask is often impossible to apply, because of the coloring properties of oregano darken the skin.
