<blockquote>Quote<br><hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>irishdavid</b></i><br>Great to hear ye have been having such good results with oregano oil. Sean, I was wondering if you could list some of the sources for whatever reseatch you did before starting? Its not that I don't take your word for it or anything but I'm sure you'd agree that people should do a bit of reading up on their own before trying soimething new like this. I just thought that a list of references might be a good place to start for the rest of us (who are a little lazzier than you).
Hope you have continued success with your experiment.
David<hr></blockquote>
No problem David. I could probably fill this entire forum with different research information, so instead of doing that, ill link several places and one of the good research databases I use that compiles tons and tons of professional and academic findings. Google in general is a very powerful search engine, and if you take a couple hours (I spent a couple weeks to a month), with proper search criteria, a TON of information is out there to find about oregano oil, and essential oils in general. Remember oregano oil isn't the only oil that destroys many of our bugs, it's just that it's one of the more healthier oils to take internally, especially nebbing. You could use the facial sauna steam inhalation technique with combinations of different oils known for their antimicrobial properties and probably see good results as well.
(found this UK site, searches articles)
http://www.wddty.co.uk/web/search/global_wddty.asp
(here is one of the primary research databases that I used while doing the research, bookmark this site because it's amazing, and you can look up nearly anything research wise that appeared in academic articles...Just type in oregano oil or essential oils into the field, and there are tons of hits with regards to their findings on their antimicrobial benefits)
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/
(the following link is from the manufacturers site, so there is some self interest on their part for people to recognize their product as helping. But the actual research findings are real, and can be cross referenced for accuracy via any good search engine like google, and some time - They are in PDF format)
http://www.p-73.com/cdresearch.htm
(the following link is a real good FAQ based on oregano oil, and the oreganol P73 line of products in general. While very informative, this FAQ does was probably a compilation of information and FAQ's made by someone with the companies interest at heart, but again, the information within for the most part can be cross referenced via their citations to be proven correct, like what I did)
http://www.thepowermall.com/oreganoproducts/faq.htm#1
(the following is a good article about a Georgetown Medical Center University researcher who is doing testing with oregano oil for antibacterial properties)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/10/011011065609.htm
(same guy, but how the oil may help diabetics and increase insulin sensitivity)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/10/011011070346.htm
(just how incredibly high in antioxidant power oregano is)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/01/020108075158.htm
(similar findings as the doctor from above, from their direct site)
http://www3.georgetown.edu/gumc/communications/releases/archive/carvacrol_treatment_10062001.htm
(this is the universities search engine in research, i think it only holds fairly recent findings, so it's not the richest source for information, but search if you'd like)
http://uis-search-1.georgetown.edu/search?restrict=-GartnerResearchSite&q=Oreganol+P73&site=georgetown&output=xml_no_dtd&client=georgetown&btnG=Search&access=p&ip=24.73.39.149&sitesearch=www.georgetown.edu%2Fgumc+OR+site%3Agumc.georgetown.edu&proxystylesheet=http%3A%2F%2Fwww13.georgetown.edu%2Fsearch%2Fxslt%2F%3FID%3D34&proxycustom=%3CADVANCED/%3E
(a good general third party research search field to look for things, including oregano oil)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/search/?keyword=oregano+oil
(just the entry from wikipedia, the online encyclopedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano_oil
(same source, Carvacrol, which is the main ingredient in oregano oil)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carvacrol
(same source, Thymol, which is another component of oregano oil, though not as present in the oil as carvacrol is)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymol
(good link about the oil and other essential oils and it's action against microbes)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10438227&dopt=Abstract
(the following is a search result for oregano oil from the national library of medicine and the national institutes of health via pubmed.gov, which is another large research database, like the previous one I linked)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed
Anyways, I could sit here all day and continue to link research information about the stuff, but i'll just supply some starter material. If someone wants to, they can sniff around more, because theres mountains of information out there about the oil, and other essential oils in the perspective of their antimicrobial properties. Do your research!
