Sweet Marjoram
| Botanical Name | Origanum majorana |
| Botanical family | Lamiaceae |
| Origin | Egypt |
| Method | Complete distillation by steam distillation |
| Plant part | Aerial parts |
| Note | Middle |
| Appearance | mobile liquid clear |
| Color | pale yellow to his ce |
| Odor | sweet, fine, warm and delicate |
| Biochemical composition of the essential oil | Monoterpene alcohols (45–50%): terpinen-4-ol, linalool, thujanol Monoterpenes (35–40%): sabinene, terpinene, para-cymene, terpinolene Sesquiterpenes (3%): caryophyllene |
| Therapeutic properties | Wide-spectrum anti-infective +++ Analgesic ++ Rebalancing neurotonic +++ Powerful tonic for the parasympathetic nervous system +++ Anti-thyroid ++ |
| Main therapeutic indications | Muscular rheumatism, osteoarthritis, neuralgia, +++ Respiratory infections: coryza, nasopharyngitis, otitis, sinusitis +++ Digestive infections: diarrhoea, dysentery, enterocolitis +++ Hyperthyroidism +++ Neurovegetative dystonia ++++ – Arterial hypertension and disturbances of cardiac rhythm – Dyspnoea – Gastric hyperacidity, colitis, duodenal ulcer – Sexual obsession, erethism, infantile enuresis (bedwetting) – Anxiety, neurasthenia, psychosis, insomnia, epilepsy, vertigo |