Applications
Internally
The tea is used for all types of cough, colds, nervous conditions, colic, intestinal infections, intestinal worms, fungal growths, thrush and headaches.
It can also be used as a mouthwash and gargle for thrush and mouth fungi.
Externally
Steam inhalation can ease asthma, all types of cough, bronchitis, and bronchitic asthma.
For congestion, combine with marjoram and one of the chamomiles and make a steam inhalation.
Use in the bath to stimulate and for nervous exhaustion, and as a skin disinfectant for washing wounds before applying a dressing. .
Around the house
Dried thyme can be used like lavender to fill linen bags or sachets to repel insects.
In the garden
Repels cabbage worm.
NB The Essential Oil contains the antibacterial chemical thymol which is antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, expectorant. It is this that is used in liniments for muscle pain.
See White Thyme essential oil
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How to Use
In cooking – as a popular seasoning.
To make a healing tea : take 28g of herb to 1 litre of water just off the boil and infuse for 5-10 minutes. (3 to 4 cups taken daily)
For a bath to stimulate and help in cases of nervous exhaustion, place the herb in a muslin bag and hang under the running tap or steep in the bath water.
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Safety Data
There were no well-known drug interactions with thyme. |
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About the Product
Thyme has long been used in Europe for easing dry coughs and as a traditional treatment for whooping cough due to its antispasmodic action. It is also used in a tisane for an irritated stomach due to ‘something one’s eaten’.
The oil has been used to treat topical fungal infections and is also used in toothpastes to prevent gingivitis.
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