Introduction
Ιn Greece grows oregano of possibly the best quality in the world that is well known as the Greek Oregano (Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum).
Greece’s conditions (climate and soil) are favorable and contribute to the superiority and high potency of the Greek Oregano.
From fresh wild oregano organically cultivated in Greece we get the oregano essential oil (steam distilled) and produce the Oregano4life products that are of optimal quality, highly effective and safe.
Fresh Greek Oregano
Oregano is well known for its healing and medicinal properties since antiquity. Greek Oregano is widely considered by experts possibly the world’s best mainly due to its high concentration in carvacrol that is its main active ingredient. Its exceptional levels of carvacrol provide powerful antioxidant, antimicrobial and health-boosting properties, making it highly valued in medicinal applications.
Oregano essential oil has plenty of beneficial properties that are supported from extended research and clinical studies which prove that:
Fresh Greek Oregano
Oregano is well known for its healing and medicinal properties since antiquity. Greek Oregano is widely considered by experts possibly the world’s best mainly due to its high concentration in carvacrol that is its main active ingredient. Its exceptional levels of carvacrol provide powerful antioxidant, antimicrobial and health-boosting properties, making it highly valued in medicinal applications.
Oregano essential oil has plenty of beneficial properties that are supported from extended research and clinical studies which prove that:
The Legend Of Oregano
The word oregano is derived from the words “όρος” (=mountain) and “γάνος” (=joy), and means “joy of the mountain”. Oregano symbolizes happiness and peace. Greek oregano because of the country’s ideal climatic conditions, contains particularly high levels of carvacrol, that is its main ingredient, and as a result is considered to be the best in the world. It is impressive that in a 2400-years-old wreck of an ancient Greek ship near the island of Chios (Eastern Aegean sea) were found amphorae filled with the “valuable oregano essential oil” that were transported to other countries.
Oregano is a potent antioxidant and has 42 times greater antioxidant action than apples and 12 times than oranges and it is listed as one of the eight largest sources of organic iron together with liver, red meat and eggs. The oregano essential oil produced from this particular species of oregano (Vulgare ssp. hirtum) has been scientifically proven that has a wide range of pharmacological properties.
The oregano essential oil is suitable for the: