“Oregano is not as odd as it sounds; my best student of the mid 1990s, who’s now an ARNP in NJ ... swears by it as an alternative to the basic antibiotics.”
Maybe your worst students believe in real science? I hope so.
"The oils that performed best were thyme followed by those of oregano. Overall, we can conclude that thyme EO is a promising natural component suitable for use as an antimicrobial agent with a particular interest for the pharmaceutical industry as it represents an inexpensive compound. Moreover, a focus must be upon the bactericidal or bacteriostatic activity of the EOs which is tightly dependent on the concentration used."
From the conclusion of a study published 2015 in Microbial Ecology, found in the NIH library here.