Ferment Oregano for your Health Remedy

One of the attendees in our meeting about organic gardening shared how fermented oregano saved her chickens from dying of common diseases that affected her neighbors’ birds.

She said that her neighbors’ chickens all died from the disease while her birds were all healthy. The only reason she could think of why her birds were not affected was because she added fermented oregano into their drinks of water. In the previous years, she was not exempted from the disease that visited their place almost every year – despite following their veterinarian’s advice of giving them medicines and vaccines.

But, in one of their seminars, the speaker who came from Japan told them of using fermented oregano to strengthen their birds’ immune system. From that time on, she never experienced problem of chicken disease.

How to Make Fermented Oregano?

1 kilo of oregano( young leaves ) = must be clean. It’s better to harvest it early in the morning(6-9a.m) or late in the afternoon (5-7pm).
1 kilo of natural sugar = known as muscovado
Large bowl for mixing
Net or screener
Any of the following: Plastic jar, earthen jar = size must be enough to contain the prepared mixture

Procedure:

1. Cut the oregano into smaller pieces = 2-3 cuts
2. Mix with sugar in a large bowl
3. Put it inside the jar
4. Cover jar with brown paper or clothe
5. Put away in a dark place where sunlight doesn’t get through
6. Wait for 5-7 days (7 days when your climate is cold or below 24 degrees centigrade
7. Strain the juice with a net or screen
8. Put away juice in a clean glass jar



The finished product can also be used to treat cough and to boost your immune system to ward off colds or cough when it tries to down you.

Adults > 2-4 tablespoons once a day or at least 3x a week
Children > 2 tablespoon once a day or 3-4 times a week
***For treatment, increase the dosage.

For drinking purpose

Instead of buying drinks added with artificial ingredients, Four(4) tablespoons can be added to a glass of water  as a drink to quench one's thirst.  More can be added according to your taste or a natural sugar or honey can be added to suit your taste.