My oregano experience

My son was hospitalized for 3 days. Upon returning home, I noticed he has a cough and a cold. Since he just got out of his medicines, I was hesitant to give him another medicine. A friend recommended Oregano leaves which she uses to cure her daughters cough as well.

Since I am not really familiar with herbal medicines but I heard some of it while growing up, I googled it and found a lot of readings and testimonials of how Oregano (Scientific name: Origanum vulgare) is considered an effective home remedy for cough and cold. Here in the Philippines, it is a known herbal medicine for its strong anti-oxidant properties. Oregano also contains a rosmarinic acid compound, thymol, and carvacrol that are responsible for its anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-oxidant, anti-fungal and anti-viral properties.

What Yaya Lyda did is get the smaller leaves of Oregano. Wash it properly with cold and hot water to make sure the bacteria is out of the leaves. You can steam or boil it to make sure it is really bacteria free. Then extract the juice. Put it in a dropper and we give it to Johan who is 1 year and 1 month by the way.

It was pure luck that Johan is a brave boy. He sipped it all in just one go. Yaya Lyda mentioned that he did not cry or vomit when he drank the whole concoction. He only cried when he finished it all. Not because he doesn’t like it but because he still wants more. Johan is really amazing. He is our pride and joy. He is such an understanding boy. He doesn’t need force to drink his vitamins and even his medicines. He knows he must drink it so that he can be cured. I am just thankful that I have a boy like Johan. And very grateful to God for giving him to us.

Back to the Oregano leaves, the night after giving him the Oregano juice, his coughing lessened. Hopefully, it will be gone in a few days. I’ll be giving an update very soon.