Thyme Constituents:thymol and carvacrol

Thyme Oil Description

Spicy-herbaceous, sweet, medicinal scent. Use with caution, can be very irritating to skin. Use as an air purifier in aroma lamps. All species of thyme yield fragrant oils. Two commercial varieties of Thyme oil are recognized, the 'red,' the crude distillate, and the 'white' or colorless, which is the 'red' rectified by re-distilling.

asthma *Bronchitis *Bronchitis *Cough *Disinfectant/antiseptic *insect_repellent *teeth *

Thymus vulgaris has an agreeable aromatic smell and a warm pungent taste. The medicinal actions of thyme are attributed to its volatile oil constituents, thymol and carvacrol, which also gives it its flavoring value for cooking. Thyme doesn't stop at fighting infections, it also has expectorant and cough suppressant qualities that recommend this herb in use for colds, coughs and flu and bronchial spasms.

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