Glenn Ash

Apples are rich in vitamins and minerals which are good for our health. This is the reason behind the nursery rhyme “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. You may have pictured out when you were a kid that if you throw an apple at your doctor every time you see him, of course he’d rather keep himself away from you. The rhyme just meant that since apples make you healthier, it would be rare that you would need to see a doctor. The same goes with the Welsh rhyme “eat leeks in March and wild garlic in May, and all the year after the physicians may play”. This just means that some plants have been long recognised for their benefits in our health.

For people who love cooking, the oregano would be a very familiar herb. This herb has been used by many to make pizzas, pastas, meat and fish more tasty with the added flavor and aroma. This herb is either dried or used freshly picked. Even breads are made tastier with oregano sprinkled on them.

If you enjoy oregano in your home cooked meals then you would be glad to know that this herb is not just a kitchen spice. The wild oregano plant found in the mountains is making a bigger buzz for its medicinal value. This plant grows in environment that is clean and free from pollution. The leaves of this wild plant are extracted for its essential oils that we now find in the market as wild oregano oil.

You can never avoid getting in contact with harmful microorganisms. This is because we share the same environment with them. However some people who get in contact with these microorganisms would easily fall sick because of a weak immune system. The immune system is the body’s defense against these microorganisms. If the immune system is weak, these microorganisms can easily invade the body and cause different illnesses.

The wild oregano oil comes from the leaves of the wild oregano plant which only grows in high lands. These plants grow only in the mountains because of the clean air in such kind of environment. Today the wild oregano oil is seen as the most effective alternative to pharmaceutical drugs in treating many ailments.

We are plagued by many diseases. It seems like the more modern the world gets the more serious diseases come out. One of the main reasons for stronger bacteria, viruses and fungi that have emerged is because of our dependence in pharmaceutics developed drugs. Although these drugs were helpful in combating disease causing microorganisms, these microorganisms were able to develop immunity to our modern medicines and a new strain of stronger and much fiercer microorganisms came about.

In our times, infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria and other pathogens have been multiplying. There had been reported epidemics of diseases such as AH1N1, SARS, bird’s flu, ebola, and dengue just to name a few. Outbreaks had been seen in developed countries, and developing countries. These diseases had lead to many fatalities all over the world. The pathogens causing these disease outbreaks are of a different strain from what we have encountered from before. They have mutated and seemed to have grown fangs and are immune to the antibiotics our scientists have developed. The prevention of these outbreaks is one of the top priorities of our medical researchers and scientists.

Many of us are familiar with oregano. We use this to spice up our dishes and we usually would find them spiced in Italian pastas and pizzas. The ancient Greeks though have found out that the wild oregano variety has many health benefits. Today the leaves of this Oregano scientifically known as Origanum Vulgare are extracted for its essential oils to produce the wild oregano oil.

Most plants that we eat give our health a good boost. Garlic, most commonly used as a spice in dishes, also known in myths to be effective against vampires, also has medicinal value. Medically garlic is known to be a natural antibiotic. It prevents the growth of microorganisms such as fungi and viruses thus preventing infections.