Herba Origani is used to treat cough, colds and bronchial catarrh, and is used as an expectorant and diaphoretic (39–41).
Other uses include the treatment of bloating, stimulation of bile secretion, of the appetite and of digestion, and as a sedative and antispasmodic agent (15,42,43).
Herba Origani is also used as an emmenagogue in Unani medicine (44), and for treatment of algomenorrhoea and impotence (45).
The herb is used as a diuretic and as a treatment for kidney infections, kidney stones and poor renal function resulting from chronic nephritis (22). It is also used to treat inflammation, arthritis (46), hepatitis (47,48), and externally for scrofula and wound healing (49
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