Oregano is a household herb in our country. It is well known to us in helping ease sore throat and cough.
Oregano is an herb from the mint family of plants. Aside from its health benefits, you can use it as a spice for cooking. It can either be used dried or fresh. You might recognize it on one of your pizza orders when you see small green leaves as toppings. They can also be used in pasta sauces.
Since it's from the mint family, the taste is of course minty. So it really helps relieve sore throat and dry itchy cough. All you need to do is pick some fresh oregano leaves, wash and squeeze its juice and drink the extract. Simple and easy.
Oregano Characteristics:
> Oregano is gluten-free so it's good for vegans
> It has olive-green colored leaves
> The aroma of Oregano has a camphor note
> The taste is pungent, earthy, and green with some mint and hay. It can be slightly bitter.
Oregano oil has antimicrobial, antifungal, and antiviral properties and contains substances that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
Aside from the above-mentioned uses, it is also a natural remedy for indigestion, allergies, arthritis, and to stimulate menstruation.
Oregano is very easy to grow and maintain. Just break an aged branch and put it in water until you see some roots. Then transfer it into the soil and place it in a well-lit room. When you do that you will have an all year round supply of Oregano. Try it!
Do you know any other uses of Oregano?
When things do not go your way and problems arise that you don't want to deal with, we tend to become depressed and try to ignore the problems hoping it would just go away.
But, more often than not, problems do not go away until we face and deal with them.
Life is not fair and when things go bad that is too much, some people resort to therapy. Not the normal therapy that needs a Psychiatrist. I am talking about **retail therapy**.
Be it online or actually going out to shop, retail therapy can boost your mood. Although effective, it is a potentially expensive coping mechanism.
People that are sad and depressed tend to be an impulsive buyer. They might go and buy things they don't really need. But then again, shopping boosts their mood so they don't really regret spending money. When their moods improved, it is easier to face and deal with the problem they have been avoiding before the retail therapy experience.
While retail therapy tends to make you happy and fight depression or stress, it is not always a good coping mechanism as like what I have said, it is expensive and you don't have an endless supply of money.
Many people have gone into debts from credit cards or bank society due to retail therapy addiction. And you don't want that to happen.
So, regardless of the mood-boosting effect brought about by retail therapy, is it good or bad?
What coping mechanisms do you do when you're sad, depressed, and stressed?