Is the oil that potent when taken orally? Just curious. Well, here's the deal. I ran out (on Sunday) of my parasite herbs. The place where I went didn't have more, but they did have the oil of oregano. So I guess I'm doing 5 days off until I have time to get more herbs. In the meantime, I am taking the oil, plus I put some in my ears at night (w/ OliveO don't worry). Well it was the strangest thing, yesterday I had the itching at my bum! So I put some Olive O and the oregano on a tissue, rubbed, held there for a few minutes, slept with that all night. That seemed to help a lot. That's strange b/c it's the first itching I've had down there. So I guess that stuff really does work! Hoping to notice improvements in my ear.