Also known as: Thymus Serpyllum, Thym Sauvage, Serpolet, Iper
Indigenous to Europe, Wild Thyme is less abundant than cultivated Common Thyme.The fragrance diffused into the surrounding air purifies the atmosphere and bees are especially attracted to Wild Thyme blossoms from which they extract much honey. For Romans, Thyme was the supreme remedy for melancholia. In combination with Rosemary or other aromatic plant, Wild Thyme can be a cure for headache and other nervous conditions. Epileptics may also benefit from drinking Wild Thyme tea, the common treatment consisting in 2 cups of tea daily for 3 weeks, with a 10 day pause, for the entire year.
As a medicinal plant, Wild Thyme has similar properties to Common Thyme, but to an inferior level, yet both herbs contain volatile oil, tannin and bitter active principles. Due to the volatile oil content, Wild Thyme tea is a reliable expectorant, calming inflamed airways spasms and being recommended for asthmatic and convulsive cough, bronchitis and hoarseness. With positive effects in various breathing problems, Wild Thyme is also administered in kidney and bladder disorders and due to the high thymol content in the volatile oil, the Wild Thyme tea successfully eliminates intestinal parasites.
The bitter principles associated with the other chemicals and mineral salts from Wild Thyme improve the liver functioning and act as a tonic in anemia cases.
Externally, Wild Thyme can be used in aromatic baths that soothe the nervous system and release rheumatism and gout pains. Both Wild Thyme oil and tincture are used in massages, being efficient in cases of paralysis and multiple sclerosis.
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