He hinu kakara kōwhai-whero, parauri-whero rānei te hinu oregano i tangohia mai i te tipu Oregano o te whānau Lamiaceae. He kakara haunga o te wāima tōna. Ka taea te whakaranu ki te hinu kohuke, kāore e rewa i roto i te glycerol, ā, he ngāwari te rewa i roto i te etanoru. Ka rewa i roto i te nuinga o ngā hinu kore-ā-roto me te propylene glycol.

E whakaū ana ngā rangahau maha ka taea e te hinu oregano te whakakapi i ngā paturopi kino mō ngā raruraru hauora maha. I whakaputaina tētahi rangahau i te tau 2011 i roto i te Journal of Medicinal Foods e tirotiro ana i te mahi patu huakita o hinu kakara oregano i whakaatu i ngā momo huakita e rima hinu kakara oregano he nui ngā āhuatanga patu huakita i whakaatuhia ki ngā momo huakita e rima. Ko te kaha teitei ki te E. coli e kī ana ka taea te whakamahi i te hinu kakara oregano hei whakatairanga i te hauora o te puku me te ārai i te paitini kai whakamate.
I roto i tētahi rangahau i whakaputaina i te tau 2013 i roto i te Journal of Food and Agricultural Sciences, i whakatauhia "he kaha ngā tangohanga oregano mohoao me ngā hinu kakara mai i Potukara hei whakakapi i ngā matū hangai e whakamahia ana e te umanga." Oregano I whakaatuhia e ngā āhuatanga antioxidant me antibacterial i aukati te oregano i te tipu o ngā huakita e 7 i whakamatautauria, engari kāore ētahi atu tangohanga tipu i pera.
I kitea hoki ngā hua whakamiharo i roto i tētahi rangahau i whakaputaina i roto i te puka Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia i roto i ngā kiore: Haunga te whawhai ki ngā huakita pēnei i a Listeria me E. coli, i kitea anō hoki e rātou he āwhina pea te hinu kakara oregano ki te whawhai ki ngā harore mate.
E whakaatu ana ētahi atu taunakitanga ka taea e ngā matū hohe o te hinu oregano, pērā i te thymol me te carvacrol, te āwhina i te whawhai i ngā mamae niho me ngā mamae taringa i puta mai i ngā mate kitakita. I roto i tētahi rangahau i whakaputaina i te tau 2005 i roto i te Journal of Infectious Diseases, i whakatau "ko ngā hinu kakara, ko ō rātou wāhanga rānei i whakanohoia ki roto i te awa taringa, ka taea te whakarato i tētahi maimoatanga whai hua mō te otitis media whakapeka."

Mō te rongoā, ka taea te hanga hei kāpūru, hei rongoā ā-waha rānei hei rongoā i ngā mate pirinoa whakapeka o te puku me te puku, ā, ka taea hoki te whakamahi hei rongoā me te ārai i te whiu wera, te kirika me te makariri.

1. Whakamahia hei mea kakara mō te kai. E whakamahia ana i roto i ngā mea kakara pērā i te hupa, te hupa mīti, ngā hua manu me ngā hōtiti me ētahi atu.

2. Ka taea te whakamahi hei patu harore ā-papa hei ārai me te whakaora i te mate patunga.

3. I roto i te mahi ahuwhenua kararehe:

1) Ngā patu harore tūturu —- ka taea te ārai me te rongoā i ngā mate i roto i te ara kai o ngā kararehe, pērā i te Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Pasteurella, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, coccidioides me ētahi atu mate.

2) te matū tiaki taiao —-te tipu ārai-momiora, te paitini ārai-kararehe, ngā pānga ārai-waipiro, te ārai i te pirau o te whāngai.

3) pai ake i ngā paturopi —- kāore he toenga, kāore he parahanga, kāore ngā moroiti e ātete ki a ia, ā, kāore hoki e hototahi ki ngā paturopi.

4) te ōhanga pai —- mā te whakamahinga mō te wā roa ka pai ake te tere o te hurihanga kai, ka whakatairanga i te tipu o te kararehe.

I roto i te umanga whakapaipai —- ka taea te whakamahi hei rauemi mata mō ngā hua tiaki kiri me ngā hua ataahua, hei ārai i te mate huakita, hei ārai i te mumura, hei whakapaipai i te kiri.

I roto i te umanga kai —- hei kakara me te tiaki taiao i tangohia mai.

4. He tino pānga whakamate tō te hinu oregano ki ngā momo huaketo me ngā harore i roto i ngā kararehe me ngā heihei