Cretans used to rub their gums with thyme to cure gingivitis. Today it has been proven after research that gargling with thyme decoction has very good results against gingivitis, sore throat and severe cough.
But thyme has a very important property: it kills germs!! The two essential oils contained in "thymol" and "carvacrol" give it special antibacterial, antifungal and antiseptic properties. In pharmacology, thyme is known as the plant with the most healing properties. Repeated experiments since 1887 have proven the bactericidal properties of thyme on microbes and bacilli. First Chamberland in 1887 demonstrated the bactericidal property of thyme essential oil (especially the anthrax bacillus).
This is also the reason why in the past thyme solution was widely used in combination with soap to disinfect hands and instruments in European surgeries.
Thyme drink helps bowel function and soothes bloating, while helping to fight lethargy and anxiety.
Thyme essential oil is 25 times more antiseptic than phenol, but also than oxygen and potassium permanganate.
Thyme is excellent food for bees, where the excellent quality "thyme honey" is produced with its famous aroma and taste, and its particularly beneficial properties.
Thyme baths are recommended for those suffering from rheumatism. Thyme poultices for healing wounds, eliminating itching from insect bites.
In Lebanon mothers in the morning give their children bread, on which they have smeared a mixture of fresh thyme and oil so as to increase their spiritual energy.
Stimulant (in lethargy, anxiety, neurasthenia, depression and migraine)
Tonic (for the nerves)
Appetizer
Emmenagogue (for stopping or delaying periods)
Antiseptic (for intestinal infections, leucorrhoea, lung infections, bronchitis and tuberculosis)
Diuretic (regulates secretions in cases of flu, colds and flu)
Bactericide
Antispasmodic (thyme is valuable for whooping cough, bronchitis and asthma)
Thyme hair loss (alopecia vertigo). There is evidence that applying lavender oil in combination with thyme, rosemary and cedar essential oils to the scalp improves hair growth in up to 44% of people with hair loss after 7 months of treatment.
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