Dear Editors,

Essential oil of Origanum vulgaris hirtum (Greek oregano), containing high quantities of carvacrol, exhibits broad spectrum fungicidal activity, without any side effects, even against fluconazole resistant strains. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Fungal nail infections can be treated with warm foot baths of oregano essential oil, in a very short time. [1]

References

[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17287720

[2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20921304

[3] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18997851

[4] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16506839

[5] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15720571

[6] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23368893

[7] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22538487

[8] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22118215

[9] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22020493

[10] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22016556

[11] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21707253

[12] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21560241

[13] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20835742

[14] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20104443

[15] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15883716

[16] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15476054

[17] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14678536

[18] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14598221

[19] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12428445

[20] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11855736

Competing interests: None declared