Product Description
THE FLOWERS AND LEAVES OF THYME ARE USED IN FOOD PHYTOTHERAPY AND PERFUME. THE ESSENTIAL OIL (1. ? 2.5% OF DRY MATTER) HAS THYMOL (UP TO 55%) AS THE MAIN ACTIVE INGREDIENT ALSO IN LOWER QUANTITIES; GERANIOL LINALOOL TERPINEOL CARVACROL BORNEOL AND CYMENE. THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVE INGREDIENTS IS FOUND IN THE BASAL LEAVES BEFORE FLOWERING. THYME HAS ANTIBACTERIAL ANTI-FUNGAL AND ANTISEPTIC PROPERTIES: ITS DISINFECTANT ABILITIES ARE 25 TIMES GREATER THAN PHENOL AND IT IS LESS TOXIC; IT IS USED AS A REMEDY FOR DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT (STOMATITIS GASTRITIS ULCERS COLITIS?) THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM (AS A BALSAM AND AN EXPECTORANT) URINARY TRACT (CYSTITIS URETHRITIS?) SKIN (DERMATITIS PSORIASIS BOILS?) CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (ANTISPASMODIC ANALGESIC SEDATIVE BUT INVIGORATING?). THYME IS WIDELY USED IN COOKING.