Oil of oregano

I have read on it & it seems quite powerful! Anyone use it? Is it worth the $$? I am only on vitamins and biaxin right now and want to add an herb. Seeing my new LLMD in 5 6 days & CAN NOT WAIT!!!!

Oil of Oregano is very strong!! I used it to treat bronchial infections and even a brown recluse bite! Boy did that hurt!!! I used it once during my Lyme treatment, and I was sure glad to be off of it after only a few days! It caused a bad herx for me.

If you choose to use this, be sure to only use a very small amount, but since your appt is so close, why not wait and see what your doc has to say?

And I would suggest that if you do buy it, get the capsules! The liquid must be taken with another oil (as oils won't mix with water), and even then it burns going down and leaves a terrible taste in your mouth. But it's good stuff! LOL!

I use it but not daily it is very very strong. I use it with success when I have accidently eaten something I am allergic too. It stops the allergic reaction in 15 minutes. It helps my stomach that way. Try it but don't use too much and don't use it every day.

This is a slightly different use, but wanted to offer my limited experience using oil of oregano in my neti pot.

My lyme symptoms include ear pain, sinus congestion and headaches, eyelid rashes and eye infection, and dental pain. Although certain abx target the ears and sinuses, it made sense to me that a topical treatment may reach those hard-to-reach places...so I bought a neti pot after reading many positive accounts of those who have used them, and I read that some have benefited greatly from adding 1-2 drops (no more) of oil of oregano to the neti pot solution.

Well, I am happy to report that after only two uses, my congestion was much better. I felt like the oil of oregano really got in there and helped. I've only used it 3-4 times (never on consecutive days -- 1x/day every other day), but when I have felt the symptoms creeping up again, I have used it and have nipped it in the bud. I bought therapeutic grade oil of oregano by source naturals.

But I agree, just wait and see what your doctor says...I just posted this so anyone conducting a search in the future sees this additional application.

Yes, it did. I sometimes get random stabbing pains in my ear, but they stopped after the second use. They still come back sometimes, but my experience has been that the neti pot with oregano oil breaks the whole-head congestion/infection/pain cycle. It makes sense to me that there would be a strong eye/ear/sinus connection, but not sure what how an ENT could technically explain it. My two cents... :)