All about Oregano / Marjoram (Origanum majorana /

Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) is a lake person whose birthday it is, plant hardy herb like. The plant becomes 30 until 60 cm high. The leaves are oval, sharp, gaafrandig and dark green. The leaves taste of pepper. Oregano blossoms from July until September with white or pink flowers. When the Marjoram he becomes blossoms massive visited through the by. Oregano is general to find in South-Limburg, next to roads and edges of the wood. It is plant in the Netherlands and Belgium a protected.
	Common or Sweet Marjoram (Origanum Marjorana) comes run wild rarely for. This plant is cultivated frequently in gardens. It is a half hardy plant. The flowers of Marjoram its white or light red. The leaves its means green and at both side grijsviltig hairy. The stems is straight till weak, hairy, around and green with red spikkels. The plant has horizontal root stem which they hit the ground.
Self Oregano / Marjoram cultivate. Place. The plant grows best in the full sun, but they have shadow of the noon’s necessarily. Soil. The soil must good drained what dry, alkaline and realm on nutrients are. In contrast till the most other herbs from the same family, Marjoram has grows a stronger taste than these on rich soil on. Multiply Sow in the spring (germination can slow be). Hardy lake persons whose birthday it is kinds can be split up in the spring or summer. Take root or stem cutting of slat spring till midsummer. Cultures. Thin out or replant on 30 until 45 cm distance. Die off lopping Marjoram branch with two third back before they because of the winter. If the spot is not too windy, late then seed head lie as a feed for the birds. Marjoram can be cultivated indoors. Pick the young leaves when wished.

The Greeks left us the legends and the name of this ancient kitchen herb: oros ganos, joy-of-the-mountain. Those who Greece wanted to have, where oregano (wild Marjoram or majoraan) the hill slopes covers and the summer air her smell gives, will that names certainly affirm. The sweet-spicy smell of Marjoram wanted to say created according to by Aphrodite as a symbol for luck. Brides pairs were crowned with swings of Marjoram and plant became on tombstones placed to give rest at rondwarende minds. Aristotle reported that turtles that a snake devoured immediate oregano ought to eat not dead to go, thus became oregano also through men as anti-poison taken in. The Greeks loved massaged became the smell after a bath, as a Marjoram oil on their forehead and in their hairs. Before already, in the old Egypt, was the known that oregano wanted to cure, disinfect and food preserve and that knowledge since then has been kept remained.
Real Marjoram was introduced in the middle Ages in Europe and was to be done" she in feature at the ladies "round in ruikers, herb bump and smell water. The leaves were rubbed also over oak pieces of furniture and fleas to get there a fragrant glow over. By thunderstorm, the milk girls Marjoram stopped to keep by the buses fresh milk the sweetness of it.
Wild Marjoram resembles awful Thyme and became by the peoples medicine also the same qualities valued. More particular use as a stomach strengthening and cough lowering properties and as an expectorants (in case of violent fits of coughing).

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Applications

Keep house.
Leaf: (Real Marjoram) Join gepulverde leaf or strengthen a decoction closed at furniture wash.
Flower: Culture Origanum round by and butterflies to pull.

Cosmetic.
(Oregano) An extract for a relaxing bath. Take a strengthen extract as a hair strengthener.

Medicinal.
As a medical herb, one uses season it in the flowering time collected.

Wild Marjoram
The content at ethereal oil with the same composition as by thyme also a same use fixed as a cough means with ontslijmende and prikkelverzachtende working. Externally also for baths and turned with antiseptic working by badly curing wounds.
An extract of the flower top of oregano can use cough you as a tea by, stomach and gall-bladder disorders, tensions headaches and agitation, complete exhaustion and menstruation pain. You can drink to prevent it also as calming means sea sickness. Fit the herb externally closed as antiseptic dad round swellings, rheumatism and a stiff neck to light.

Real Marjoram.
The application and method is correspond to that of wild Marjoram, namely by cramps and cough. Moreover the promoting works on the digestion and weak urine drijvend.
You can use an extract of the blossom top as a tea by cold, headache, simple stomach intestine jellyfishes and nerve disturbances. A decoction or a little ethereal oil join closed at bath water, ointments or compresses for lighting by rheumatic habits and tension. A few drops ethereal oil sprinkle to promote on a cushion the sleep.

Applications with ethereal oil.

The ethereal oil is won season by steam distillation of the blossoming, is light yellow smell by colour, with a warm, spicy, Chamfer like. The oil becomes become at the parent brown and contain a high content, 80-90%, phenols (cavaciol and thymol). Because of this is the one of the most antiseptic oils and kills many bacteria, moulds and viruses. Becomes about that many uses by all sorts of infections. It is moreover an immune stimulant and a good expectorant (slijmoplosser). Through the good soothing working beneficially by nerve habits and rheumatic habits, stimulates moreover the blood circulation.

Use Oregano o. a. by; nerve habits, muscle pain, muscle rheumatism, arthritis, flu, cold, bronchitis, belt rose, being stuck cough, asthma, hooked, slow digestion, bad appetite, menstruation problems, low blood pressure, worm infections, cramps, mould infections, bacterial- and virus infections.

Here single applications of the ethereal oil of Oregano follow.

By muscle pain.
A dad make glued of green and join for that 3 drops Oregano at. Cover with this mixture the painful places and late this 15 until 20 minutes work in.

By muscle rheumatism, arthritis (1).
15 drops Oregano mix with a little bit milk, cream or a spoonful honey. This add warm at a bath and 20 minutes bathe.

By muscle pain, arthritis (2).
20 drops Oregano mix with 50 ml St. Johns wort-oil. With this mixture daily or to need the painful spots massage.

By nerve habits (neuralgia ), belt rose.
10 drops Oregano mix oil with 50 ml Almond and rub with this daily or to need.

Evaporate.
8 until 10 drops Oregano in the aroma lamp work stimulating by physical and clergyman tiredness and by a too low blood pressure.

Examples of available ethereal oil of Marjoram, you find here, and of oregano, you find here.

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Chemical properties

In the plant present matters.
Ethereal oil (thymol, carvacrol ), bitters matter and tan-bark matter.

Active constituents in the Ethereal oil of Origanum majorana.
Monoterpenoids
a-pinene 1.5%, beta-pinene 0.2-2.5%, sabinene 2.5-10%, myrcene 1-9%, a-terpinene 6-8%, y-terpinene 14-20%, paracymene 5.5%, terpinolene 1-7%, a-phellandrene, beta-phellandrene 4%

Sesquiterpenoids
beta-caryophyllene 2.5-3%, a-humulene 0,1%

Monoterpenols
linalool 2-5%, terpine-1-ol-4 14-22%, terpine-1-ol-3 0.3%, a-terpineol 3-6%, cis-thuyanol-4 4-13%, trans-thuyanol-4 1-5%

Terpenic esters
linalyl-acetate 0.1-3%, terpenyl-acetate, geranyl-acetate 1,2%

Phenol-methyl-ethers
trans-anethol -0,5%
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Precautions

Do never use the ethereal oil undiluted, Oregano can sometimes skin and mucous membrane irritations cause. The most ethereal oils cannot be taken in without risk.
Use ethereal exclusive internal oil has as you sufficient knowledge or consult a (homeopathic) physician. Over the general is however the working by external use more strongly than by internal use. The ethereal oil can cause skin irritation.

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Culinary

Marjoram has pronounced a spicy taste, oregano yet a little more spicily. Both herbs can be dried good. Marjoram has been arranged for sturdy vegetable soups, paste, fish, game, beef, chicken, sausages and hook bread. Tomatoes, courgettes, potatoes and sweet pepper fit good by the herb. Marjoram becomes uses also in omelettes and in courts with cheese.
Oregano is especially good in pizza's and can further on the same manner uses become as a Marjoram (they the something more thriftily).
An extract can uses become as aromatic tea. It can be minced and uses become in salads or butter sauces. Oregano is good to mix with garlic and chilli. You can give courts a light Marjoram taste to lay through single stems of Marjoram on the barbecue cabbages.
Oregano vinigar is to be used by for instance salads. Click here for the method.

Recipe 1: Oregano- / herb butter
Requisites
250 grams reasonably soft cream butter
1 bunch of minced oregano
Salt and verse press garlic juice to taste
Method
Do the cream butter, oregano together with what salt and stir verse press garlic juice, in a bowl and it with the mixer through each other. Do this mixture in a butter fleet or other suitable scale.
This herb butter is approximately 3 weeks long maintainable in the refrigerator.

Recipe 2: Tomatoes with oregano
Requisites
4 large tomatoes
50 grams butter
1 tablespoon minced oregano or 1.5 tablespoon dried oregano
1 squeezed toe garlic
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese.
Black pepper and a novelty salt
Method
Cut the tomatoes in two and lay she in an ovenvaste scale.
Stir the better in a small bowl soft and stir there the oregano, the garlic, the pepper, the salt and the grated cheese through. Cover the snijvlakken of the tomatoes with the mixture.
Grill the tomatoes approximately 5 minutes under the oven whim till the top begins to colour.

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Other variants

Origanum onites
Means green, piquant tasting leaves and white or pink flowers.

Origanum vulgare "Variegata"
Generous tasting green leaves seasoned, with yellow spots in the full sun, and pale pink till white flowers

Origanum onites "Crinkle leaf"
Curled, spicily tasting, yellow leaves that scorch in the full sun. He has rarely flowers and it is a compact form.

Origanum vulgare "Compact little finger flowered"
Spicily tasting dark green leaves. Compact and dark pink flower heads.

Origanum heracleoticum
Half hardy variant with sweeten seasoned aromatic leaves and pink flowers. Height 23 cm.

Origanum vulgare "Aureum"
Generous, spicily tasting yellow leaves that singe in the full sun.

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Literature

[1]. Bremness, Lesley;- the complete naslagwerk SEASON for the cultivating and use -
Fifth edition; Wooden: Of Reemst Publisher (2000). ISBN 90-410-0158-1
[2]. Dr. C. Norman Shealy; - Encyclopedia of the Natural Medicines -
First edition; Groningen: TextCase (1999). ISBN 3-8290-1713-8
[3]. Rüdt, YOU.; - Therapeutic and poisonous plants - First edition; Zutphen: B. V. W. J. Thieme & Cie (1973). ISBN 90-03 94630 , 2

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