Oregano
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates" title="Hippocrates">Hippocrates</a> used oregano as an antiseptic, as well as a cure for stomach and respiratory ailments. A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan" title="Cretan" class="mw-redirect">Cretan</a> oregano (<i>O. dictamnus</i>) is still used today in Greece as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliative_care" title="Palliative care">palliative</a> for sore throat.<sup id="cite_ref-Epikouria_9-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano#cite_note-Epikouria-9">[9]</a></sup></p>
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Oregano is high in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphenol_antioxidant" title="Polyphenol antioxidant" class="mw-redirect">antioxidant</a> activity, due to a high content of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenolic_acid" title="Phenolic acid">phenolic acids</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavonoid" title="Flavonoid">flavonoids</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Faleiro2005_10-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano#cite_note-Faleiro2005-10">[10]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dragland2003_11-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano#cite_note-Dragland2003-11">[11]</a></sup> In test-tube studies, it also has shown <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial" title="Antimicrobial">antimicrobial</a> activity against strains of the food-borne pathogen <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listeria_monocytogenes" title="Listeria monocytogenes">Listeria monocytogenes</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Faleiro2005_10-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano#cite_note-Faleiro2005-10">[10]</a></sup>
In the traditional Austrian medicine <i>Origanum vulgare</i> herb has been used internally (as tea) or externally (as ointment) for treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, and nervous system.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup></p>