Wild Marjoram
Other names: Lucerne
Scientific name: Origanum vulgare
Common names:
Ayurvedic names:
Chinese names: Ao le gang, Niu zhi, Ao le gang cao
Bangladesh names:
Arabic names: السمسق البري (al ssamsaq al barri)
Rain Forest names:
Family: Labitae
Approximate number of species known:
Common parts used: Leaf, flower
Collection: Summer
Annual/Perennial: Perennial
Height: upto 2 feet
Actions: stimulant, diaphoertic, anti-microbial, expectorant, emmenagogue, rubefaciaent
Known Constituents: Oil including thymol, carvacrol, tannins
Constituents Explained:
Description:
It is a perennial herb, with creeping roots, sending up woody stems about a foot high, branched above, often purplish. The leaves are opposite, petiolate, about an inch long, nearly entire hairy beneath. The flowers are in corymbs, with reddish bracts, a two-lipped pale purple corolla, and a five-toothed calyx, blooming from the end of June, through August. There is a variety with white flowers and light-green stalks, another with variegated leaves. It is propagated by division of roots in the autumn
Traditional Use:
Used in cooking, it uses for colds, flus and as an antiseptic. Its not uncommon for a Mahoram tea to be made up in cases of heaches, or the oil to be rubbed onto the temples.
Clinical Studies: