Greek oregano is one of the most important aromatic plants. In addition to the characteristic aroma and taste it gives to food, it also has many medicinal properties, with the main active ingredient being carvacrol.
Greek oregano essential oil has excellent quality and is considered one of the best in the world. The country’s Mediterranean climate and soil quality contribute to this.
Oregano essential oil is obtained by steam distillation of the shoots, leaves, and flowers of the plant. Oregano plants are grown on our estate and the essential oil we produce is of exceptional quality.
The ancient Greeks knew its therapeutic value and used it to drink its tea for colic and external swelling and for colic.
The father of medicine Hippocrates used oregano to treat gastric pain and various respiratory diseases as mentioned by Theophrastus in his book “On Plant Stories” as well as by Dioscorides Anazarveas in his famous work “On Plant Medicine”. Antigonus Karystios mentions that the Pelasgians healed their wounds by putting oregano on them.
Carvacrol is what gives the characteristic aroma of oregano. These two phenols, carvacrol, and thymol are also responsible for the antioxidant, analgesic, antiseptic, tonic and anti-inflammatory properties of Oregano.
“Carvacrol could potentially be used as a food disinfectant, as well as a surface disinfectant, in combination with other antimicrobials.”
One of the most powerful essential oils for a healthy digestive system as it increases bile flow and kills the intestinal pathogens that live in the digestive system.
In addition, oregano oil inhibits the growth of yeast, including Candida Albicans, which can cause vaginitis or oral infections.
Other compounds contained in smaller amounts, such as p-cumin, contribute to the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of oregano.






