Soothing Oregano Tea Recipe With 9 Oregano Tea Benefits

Hey everyone and welcome back to another episode in our apothecary garden plant series. So in this episode we are going to talk about an herb known in some places as the miracle of the Mediterranean. It's been called this or been given this name because for all of the crazy wonderful benefits it's provided to people over the ages. And yes if you can believe it we are talking about oregano. I mean I find it extraordinary. So hidden behind the mask of an ordinary kitchen seasoning is this incredible incredible herb filled with wonderful benefits. So we're going to go over nine of those benefits with you today and then show you how to make it into a tea where you can you know easily get a daily dose of these the properties amazing properties and not you know spend hours in the kitchen cooking your favorite pasta dish. So I say let's go ahead and just jump right into it. Number one on our list is many people swear by oregano's ability to ease sore throats and to relieve coughs which is pretty awesome. I know when I'm feeling sick I mean even just a soothing tea is great and oregano can do the trick for you here. Number two oregano is part of the mint family and a common characteristic or similar characteristic that these plants share is that they help in with digestive issues. So nausea could be one of these things but with oregano it actually helps with irritable bowel syndrome as well. So all you IBS sufferers out there give it a shot but remember that's just treating the symptoms and you really want to get to the root of that IBS so be sure to talk to your doctor and don't just use oregano to to solve that but you can enjoy it. All right number three on our list it has potential diuretic properties so this could help with bloating or edema. Number four oregano has anti-cancer properties from the flavonoids and phenolic acids which is just wonderful and then actually number five and six on our list which are benefits of antioxidants as well as anti-inflammatories are also anti-cancer properties so you're getting so many things in one. All right and then we're going to move on to number seven which is oregano has antibacterial or antimicrobial properties and then number eight antiviral or oregano is an antiviral which is fantastic when you're going into cooler months. It can help you know during flu season and when basically viruses run rampant so definitely put this in your you know don't just use it as I'm feeling sick I should take oregano take it preventatively build up your immune system and that is going to prevent you from getting sick and having you know to deal who wants to get sick right okay and now number nine I think I've saved the best for last oregano get ready drum roll please may help you with weight I mean I think a lot of people can can appreciate that so that's it y'all um take advantage of oregano we're gonna go and make a tea and while we head up there oh you know I just wanted to say basically when you drink this tea you are giving a like your insides a spa day I think you should feel really proud of yourself they're just like getting massaged all in there with oregano goodness so feel really good about that all right let's go ahead and make the tea and while we head to the place we're going to make tea um if you learned something new or if you like this video please give it a thumbs up because we can the more people that do this the more we can get you know this message out to people who really need to see it so we appreciate it and let's go okay so oregano tea can be made with either dried oregano or fresh oregano so a lot of people do use dried oregano because it is easy to get at the grocery store but I find that dried or you know dried oregano tea it has a really strong earthy flavor to it and honestly I really like the fresh one the fresh the fresh tea has like a very light grassy flavor to it and it makes it so it pairs well with other herbs and it just is really refreshing and tasty so I urge you if you know if you don't have an oregano plant and you have a sunny windowsill and sorry about the the noise guys the the mowers decided to come today um grass oregano anyways um okay so if you have a sunny windowsill I really urge you to get a plant you know and not only you're going to get the fresh oregano here um for the tea but you're also going to have it to cook all the time so like it it's a win-win situation so again if you want to use the dried oregano it's about one teaspoon per cup um I I would honestly try it you might even want to do a little bit less but we're going to go with the fresh oregano for our tea and we're going to do one to two tablespoons of fresh now what we're going to also do is mix it with well we're going to mix it with some mint ginger which is going to be super tasty um yeah like I said oregano fresh oregano is really good blended with other with other herbs so let's say you're feeling sick um and you you know you have a fever you know mint might be something to add with it to have that cooling nature or if you you know you need energy or you want to feel warm maybe lemon balm might be really good with it but today we're going to do the mint ginger and we're going to do a lot of the same that we do with the other herbs so first thing we're going to do just going to go ahead we're going to add all of this so we're just going to put them together and muddle it up we want to release those oils looking delicious here and then while you're doing this go ahead and put your pot of water on you know your cup or two of water um get it to boiling and then I mean this is as simple as it gets we're literally just going to cut it up or you can use scissors if you wanted to too you can use the leaves and the stems you know if you want to just use the leaves and be super fancy go for it I'm just going to go go all in boom and then we're adding it in so again you're going to get your water to boiling take it off let it rest a moment so you're not adding it right on to your or gal tea leaf okay we're pausing we gotta run go get some water I'm back I'm practically the flash you know oregano is so good for me that it's just giving me like superhuman abilities look at that water boiled and everything so let's go ahead and we're gonna pour it over and since this one is fresh I like it um it tastes good around um oh my goodness it tastes really tasty for five to ten minutes letting it sit but really do it to taste I think that's good we're gonna go with that yeah but if you do the dried one um try it at two to four minutes first letting it sit and then pour it because again it it's pretty strong tasting in my opinion but test it out you know you'll find out what you like and that's the cat wanting tea all right everyone let's put this down thank you so much for watching oh can't forget to put the top on the lid here boom thank you so much for watching if you like this video please give us a thumbs up subscribe to the channel for more content like this and we love to hear from you please leave us a comment or a question we'll get back to you um and but then until next time enjoy your tea and see y'all soon you want some tea girl