Anyone tried wild oregano oil and had long term success?

I was reading through some old threads about wild oregano oil.  A few seemed to have success but then the threads just seemed to dry up.  This looked to be about 2 years ago.  Is there anyone that posted success before, and found it ultimately was only short term? I just started this 4 days ago and I am afraid it's going to be another dead end....something that seems to work at first, then doesn't. 

I wish I never heard of WOO, I burned my skin, my face, my scalp playing with it and it did me no good in terms of helping with my UC symptoms. A total waste of time, money and hopes.

Marauder93 said...
Well its tough on the liver so you dont want to take it for more than 2 months unless youre getting your liver function tested anyway

Canada Mark, do you have any concerns about hepatoxicity (I remember I've asked this before, wanted to ask again.)? I'm going to start daily oregano oil (to be safe, 3 drops a day) for long term again and hepatoxicity is the only concern I have. Do you still take oregano/thyme oil? Have you checked your liver panel lately?

I used WOO for a couple months almost daily (capsules) and felt it helped my gut get better but after a while it began to cause IBS symptoms like increased BM's. Other types of supplements have also done the same thing and my theory is that they do help until they reach the point that their help isn't needed and my gut signals me to stop that.

WOO is a keeper for me, useful for gut, mouth and skin infections. I don't use it daily, only when called for.

imagardener2 said...
after a while it began to cause IBS symptoms like increased BM's.

I get the same problem. Maybe it is common with oregano oil.

imagardener2 said...
my theory is that they do help until they reach the point that their help isn't needed and my gut signals me to stop that.

Interesting.

This reaction could be dose dependent. Maybe starting with low dose (say 1-2 or 3 drops at most) and very slowly increasing it to 3-5 drops a day can help with this issue. Or at least this way we may find an optimal dose for the oil.

I can only buy liquid form of oregano oil and for now I put 3 drops into an empty capsule, then swallow it.

Manipulating GI flora with antibiotics, antifungals lowers the inflammation and disease activity in general for crohn's disease and sometimes ulcerative colitis. In addition, this oil can be very helpful with SIBO and leaky gut syndrome. That is why taking it every day for long time like Canada Mark seems worth a try for me. It is also known that this oil has anti-viral and anti protozoal activities.

I can't eat fermented foods (due to high histamine) and probiotic products always make me so much worse. Aside from diet, the only way I can think of to manipulate the GI flora is oregano oil or thyme oil which has strong anti microbial effects.

These results are also good additions I think:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10216288
"These results show that dietary supplementation with thyme oil tended to maintain higher PUFA levels in all tissues studied."
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10703468

Thyme oil and oregano oil share their most important main components with only different ratios. Page 3 of this article shows it:
dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/tbtkagriculture/article/viewFile/5000024675/5000024912