Oregano Compacta
| Botanical Name | Origanum compactum |
| Botanical family | Lamiaceae |
| Origin | Morocco |
| Method | Complete distillation by steam distillation |
| Plant part | Aerial parts |
| Note | |
| Appearance | mobile liquid, very slightly viscous |
| Color | orange to light brown |
| Odor | powerful, aromatic, herbaceous, with spicy and bitter notes |
| Biochemical composition of the essential oil | Phenols (45–60%): carvacrol, thymol Monoterpene alcohols (10%): linalool, terpinen-4-ol Monoterpenes (25%): pinenes, myrcene, para-cymene |
| Therapeutic properties | Powerful and very wide-spectrum anti-infective ++++ General tonic and stimulant +++ Analgesic ++ Antigenotoxic +++ |
| Main therapeutic indications | Any infection, any location ++++ – respiratory system: sinusitis, bronchitis, sore throats, catarrhal influenza, laryn tracheitis – urinary: pyelonephritis, cystitis, urethritis – intestinal: gastroenteritis, parasitose infections, turista (traveller’s diarrhoea) – skin: abscess, boils, infected wounds – gynaecological: leucorrhea, genital herpes, HPV Prevention of all risk of tropical and other infections ++++ Amoebic dysentery, malaria, yellow fever, typhoid, Lyme disease ++++ General asthenia, whether physical, nervous or sexual +++ Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis +++ Anti-cancer prevention, chemoprevention +++ |