INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: TU YIN CHEN - 土茵陳 - HERBA ORIGANI

Pharmaceutical Latin: Herba Origani
Common English: Oregano

CATEGORY

Dampness Expelling Diuretics

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Acrid
Cool
9-15g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Induces diaphoresis, eliminates Dampness

Common cold, fever, vomiting, dysentery, jaundice

Malnutrition in infants

Regulates Qi

Chest fullness and distention

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • It should not be used medicinally by pregnant women though it is perfectly safe in small amounts for culinary purposes.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES

  1. This herb is used for chronic bronchitis.
  2. It helps to improve the appetite and digestion.
  3. In Austrian folk medicine, oregano was used internally (as tea) or externally (as ointment) for treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, and nervous system.
  4. Externally, oregano is used to treat bronchitis, asthma, arthritis and muscular pain.