Most people have heard about the healing properties of oregano oil but recent test results indicate otherwise.

In a review at the National Candida Center of 25 three day stool collection lab tests that presented with pathogenic yeast or bacteria overgrowth, sensitivities were measured for various herbal and prescriptive agents that could be used for Removal of the bug. To our surprise, the herbal botanical OREGANO OIL was found to be 72% NOT effective for yeast (candida species) and 56% NOT effective for bacteria (various species).

The sensitivity was measured on a scale of 0-6. A ‘0’ means a microbe was fully resistant against oregano oil, at 1-2 oregano was minimally effective and therefore not recommended, 3-4 had moderate effectiveness and level 5-6 was very effective and therefore useful to kill yeast or bacteria.

Said another way, oregano was found to be effective against yeast only 28% of the time. That means if you are using oregano you have a 70% chance (7 in 10) of making an inner ecology dysbiosis WORSE by strengthening the bug and extending its resistance to other medicines.

These results are not mere speculation, mood or testimony of whether someone “felt good” or not. These results are from actual patient stool cultures where 7 different herbal botanicals were applied to measure the effectiveness of controlling the pathogenic microbe.

By comparison, other remedies were 70, 80, or 100% more effective, yet oregano is widely used in many OTC, health food store remedies and is inevitably making people’s conditions worse, not better.

This dramatic finding is why we always TEST instead of GUESS when choosing a remedy for SIBO, gas, bloating or any IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) condition.

This blog post is not to disavow the potential of oregano in other applications. However, given its wide use for almost every form of bowel health over many years, it appears to have lost effectiveness much like penicillin did as an effective antibiotic.

We recommend to stop its random use and TEST instead of GUESS. That means do a sophisticated test that will show both the sensitivity and resistance of various remedies.

To get information about testing contact us at [email protected], or send a message on our website.