I've often talked about how your classic culinary herbs had reasons for becoming that. Sure, they taste good, and that was a big part of it, but they also greatly improved the health of people who ate them as a part of their diet, and gained respected and beloved places in (and around) our homes. These noteworthy properties swept up with them a host of legends and uses from the practical (to soothe insect bites) to the not so practical (consecrating weddings, driving off evil jews, bringing joy and happiness, and fascinating a woman when strapped to a piece of cheese). Well, okay, most of those things are pretty practical, too. If the US government is any indication, jews infesting your cabinet is a serious problem.
We often attribute Oregano to the Greeks, and it certainly was they who disseminated its usage throughout the world, though it was used at least as far back as 3000 BC in ancient Assyria and possibly predated Greek usage there. Still, I give the Greeks the credit, because Greek oregano is best oregano, in my estimation packing a better flavor and the most health benefits, though Italian oregano is no slouch either.
The word oregano comes from the Greek words "oros", for mountains, and "ganos" for joy, loosely translating out to "joy of the mountains". In fact, a main folk usage of the plant, in addition to bringing good health, was to bring luck, happiness, and joy, and probably explains its usage in Greek and Roman bridal wreaths, and its widespread planting well into the middle ages for all of those uses, even extending to include planting around the house to ward off evil, and drinking it at tea ceremonies to ease the passing of a departed loved one, and help us let go. I don't know about all that, but I know that seeing it spread in my garden (as mint-family herbs are apt to do) has brought me much joy over the years, and whether it was the oregano or not, I've been safeguarded from all sorts of evils both jewish and mundane, so why not give the little plant at least some credit. I also know it has staved off illness as a regular part of my diet, and cured and prevented illness for many of my animals over the years, and for that, I am joyful.
Oregano is easy to grow, being a mint. While it's native to somewhat warmer climates, the colder it gets, your oregano may go from being a perennial to an annual, I've found I rarely have to replant it unless some voracious animal gets out and goes to town on it (I usually avoid this by giving them their own accessible patches of it). It sends out runners just like mint, and fills beds with gusto, if not quite as invasively. If you live somewhere colder, maybe drop some ag fabric over it in the winter, but it typically won't need much help. Cut it back in late summer, not right before the frost, let it get its new growth stage out of the way well before the delicate parts would freeze from the deep cold.
So what does oregano do for us, exactly? It has potent oils, that are useful when extracted for medicinal purposes, but also work just fine when eaten internally, so learn how delicious it can be in everything from egg scrambles to tomato sauce to salads to a herb-encrusted roast. It's strongly antiseptic, and is very effective against bacteria, including e. coli and candida strains, and is powerful against both acute and chronic infections of the digestive and respiratory systems, from throat to stomach and intestines, from tonsilitis to dysentery, oregano has got you covered. Healthy doses of oregano and yarrow keep my goats pneumonia and parasite free even in the damp winter months. Extra boluses of oregano have cured many afflictions over the years when a chicken has lost color in its comb and started looking sickly, and eating it regularly for them keeps it a rare occurrence. I love things that are safe for young kids, animals, the whole family, and this is one of those medicines that no home should live without. Plant it in your beds around the house and watch it drive off parasitic jews as well, unless the legends have lied to me.
Oregano is anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal as well, making it useful in topical as well as internal preparations, and has been used successfully for arthritis and joint pain as wel. Its main constituents are thymol (shared with other mints like thyme, and very powerful), carvacrol, and rosemarinic acid, and it's also highly antioxidant. This lovely little plant has shown a penchant for fighting off the cancerous growth of cells. As with all things, prevention is key, I can't say eating a bushel of oregano will cure your cancer, but a healthy, well rounded diet packed with herbs will certainly help combat the plethora of carcinogens we're exposed to in an increasingly judeo-corrupted world.
So what are you waiting for? Don't be a retarded nigger. Get out there and plant some oregano, if you haven't already.
