Why Use Oregano Oil for Acne Treatment?
Basically, you develop an acne when dirt, grime and oil clog our facial pores, creating an ideal environment for bacteria to thrive and give rise to painful ugly bumps on our face, back and shoulders. Now, oregano oil has been established as nature’s most potent antiseptic derived from a plant through steam distillation. What makes wild oil of oregano such a competent destroyer of bacteria are two very active constituents – carvacrol and thymol. According to P. Belaiche, French doctor and author of “Trait de Phylothrapie et d’ aromathrapie”, the best possible variety of oregano oil for treating acne or any other ailment for that matter, is the variety whose phenol content is above 50%, out of which 40% is carvacrol, the remaining portion being thymol. Now the carvacrol and thymol content in oregano essential oil depends on the region from where it hails. While the Spanish varieties have about 66.5% the active phenols in the oil, Albanian oregano oil has a meager 22.4%. Besides, these t
