Marjoram

Botanical name: Origanum Marjorana
Botanical family: Labiatae

Note: Middle

Part of plant used: Leaves, flower tops

Origin: Marjoram is indigenous to Persia, the Mediterranean coastal regions, Hungary and is cultivated in France.

Description: Warm and penetrating.

History: The Greeks and Romans plaited Marjoram in girl’s hair. Aphrodite picked Marjoram to heal wounds. The Victorians said it ‘strengthens the brain.’

Properties and Indications:

Good tonic for the digestive system
Flatulence
Insomnia – for those who don’t sleep well
Migraines
Mental instability
Hypo-tensor – lowers blood pressure
Anti-spasmodic – can ease a spasmodic cough if nothing else helps
Can help bruising in terms of the nervous system (blood) – use as a compress
Forgetfulness, absentmindedness
Shock, trauma
Nourishes the nervous system (like recharging a car battery)
Can help people who are exhausted, worn out and tired
A natural sedative, particularly acts on the parasympathetic nervous system
Can calm sex drive

Personality

Can help people with too much anger, are irritable and a tendency to violence and tantrums
Loneliness, certain depression (mood swings up and down not just down)
For intense fear

Contra-indications: