| Common Name: |
Marjoram |
| Botanical Name: |
Origanum marjorana |
| Family: |
Labiatae |
| Location: |
North America, Bulgaria, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, Morocco, Tunisia. |
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| Extraction: |
Steam Distillation |
| Parts Used: |
Leaves |
| Color and Odor: |
The essential oil is colorless with a warm, sharp, spicy aroma. |
| Background: |
As well as being a popular herbs in cookery, marjoram has a reputation for promoting long life. It is a joyful herb given to newlyweds and planted in graveyards to bring peace. Marjoram was very popular with the ancient Greeks, who used it in their perfumes, cosmetics and medicines. |
| Properties: |
Sedative, antispasmodic, hypotensive, analgesic, carminative. |
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| Uses: |
- Digestive Sytem—Aids digestion by stimulating and strengthening intestinal peristalsis. Also relieves intestinal spasms, heartburn, colic, flatulence, and spasmodic indigestion.
- Respiratory System—Eases respiratory difficulties and clears the chest by helping to loosen mucus in colds and bronchitis. Soothes the distressing spasms of tickly coughs.
- Reproductive Sytem—Promotes menstruation, good for period pains and leucorrhoea.
- Nervous System—Sedative and tonic to the nerves, effective for states of anxiety and insomnia.
- Muscular System—Good for muscles spasm and sprains. Especially useful for tired or stiff muscles after strenuous exercise.
- Emotions—Promotes restful sleep and dispels loneliness, grief and all forms of agitation. Marjoram is comforting, warms the emotions and soothes the broken hearted. Marjoram dimishes the desire for sexual contact. It redirects excessive ardour and reduces excessive masturbation and nocturnal orgasms while removing the fear of love.
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| Bibliography: |
Aromatherapy Blends and Remedies by Franzesca Watson Copyright ©: 1995 Thorsons, Harper Collins Publishers, Inc. pp.130-131
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