In the variety of the world of medicinal herbs, a special place belongs to thyme.
This name unites several perennial plants belonging to the genus of labial flowers. The sonorous name, this genus of plants was derived from the Celtic "thymos", which in translation means "strength" or "spirit", which fully corresponds to the exciting properties of the plant.
- Botanical features
- health Chronicle
- origins
- force healer of all trades
- Help kids
- For male
- health Against
- dependencies only women
- Necessary precautions
Thyme is also known as thyme - so traditionally called cooked out of it cookingseasoning.
The people have their own name of grass - they are still called "Bogorodskaya", symbolizing it, exclusively, the good goals of its action.
The most famous as a medicinal plant was thyme( common thyme), as well as thyme creeping.
Botanical features of
Thymus is a herbaceous plant in the form of shrubs in the height of 35-50 cm. To hold strongly branching stems, its lower part lignifies.
The stems are densely strewn with small fragrant leaves of lanceolate form, and the light purple inflorescences encircle the branches, attracting butterflies and bees.
This species of thyme comes from the countries of the north-western Mediterranean, and today it can be found on the territory of the Krasnodar Territory and the Stavropol Territory, Ukraine and Moldova.
Growing up shoots are covered with small ellipse-shaped stiff leaves and bright pink or lilac flowers collected in round caps of inflorescences.
This species, originally, was of Eurasian and North American origin, and the modern area covers almost all the territory of the former CIS, preferring:
- stony and sandy terrain,
- steppe meadows,
- outlying pine forests,
- lichen tundra.
The flowering period of thyme lasts from June to August, and in September seeds are ripening - in the form of boxes with brown nuts.
This kind of plant is used for the procurement of medicinal raw materials. Collection begins at the beginning of the summer season, when shoots are saturated with essential oils and exude an unusual flavor.
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The assembled ground parts of the semi-shrubs are joined into small bundles, which are suspended in well-ventilated dry rooms, dropping heads down.
The main condition for proper drying, preserving the whole benefit of the herb, is the total absence of direct sunlight.
Chronicle of health
Thyme was familiar to man as far back as the third millennium BC - as the first written mention of him of the ancient Sumerians, already, then, used it as an antiseptic.
In Egypt, thyme was included in a complex embalming process, and the Greeks used thyme as an incense or incense( thymiama).
Back in the old days it was noticed that the grass gives strength and courage. Therefore, the Scottish highlanders were backed by thyme tea before the battle.
The glory of thyme very soon reached Europe, where the court ladies made embroidery with his image on the shirts of their knights, hoping for the upcoming victory on the battlefields.
The origins of the strength of
Thyme gathered in itself many useful elements that give it a truly remarkable strength.
It contains many essential oils( up to 18%), tannins and flavonoids, bitches, resins and tannins are present, gum and vegetable acids are found: oleic and ursolic.
Vitamin composition is represented by carotene, ascorbic acid and group B vitamins.
No less diverse is the mineral base of the herb, which includes iron, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, fluoride, molybdenum, selenium, manganese and copper, and much more.
The effect of these ingredients explains the effectiveness of thyme in several areas of recovery:
- antiseptic and disinfectant;
- wound-healing;
- diaphoretic;
- expectorant and mucolytic;
- carminative;
- sedative and antidepressant;
- restorative and tonic.
Healer of all trades
Thyme is indispensable in the treatment of respiratory pathology, its expectorant action has proven itself in various forms of bronchitis, pneumonia and bronchial asthma.
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In pediatric practice, thyme is a traditional remedy for whooping cough and other infections of the respiratory system. Apply this herb and with respiratory diseases of tuberculosis etiology.
The plant benefits particularly from men who have a long history of smoking and suffer from "smoker's bronchitis".
Neurological diseases, accompanied by insomnia, anxiety and depression, depression and neurasthenia, are also cured with the use of Bogorodskaya grass.
Toning effect is used to relieve the chronic fatigue syndrome, harmonizes the mental state and eliminates emotional stress.
Thanks to the ability to eliminate flatulence and fight infection, thyme is successfully used in the treatment of intestinal diseases and dysbiosis.
It normalizes the digestion process, especially when eating fatty and heavy foods.
Rinse mouth with a decoction of thyme helps with stomatitis and gingivitis, removing inflammation and eliminating bad breath.
Sedentary action of thyme helps reduce temperature, remove heat and intoxication in all fever states, viral diseases, colds and flu.
With a cold or sinus, it is buried in the nose, tonsillitis and tonsillitis are treated with rinses, and with laryngitis, steam inhalations are used with the addition of grass.
In addition to internal use, the infusion of thyme is often used in the form of compresses, lotions and rubbing. In this form they are treated with arthritis and rheumatism.
Ointments with the addition of thyme are good for inflammatory diseases of the skin and joints, and lotions on its basis eliminate swelling and pain along with inflammation.
Help kids
More and more modern parents prefer to use exclusively natural products in their children's treatment, refusing toxic synthetic drugs.
One of these tools, gently and effectively acting on the children's body, was a useful and fragrant thyme. Its mild and effective action is used in the medicinal antitussive drug "Pertussin".
Combining a soothing, disinfectant and antitussive effect, thyme is best suited for the treatment of childhood ailments such as:
- rickets,
- hyperexcitability,
- streptoderma and diathesis.
The usual heat of a bath of thyme helps to soothe the child and gives him a calm and strong sleep.
For men's health
Thyme, or thyme, is widely known as "male herb" - in addition to the excellent restorative effect on the male body, it positively affects the organs of the male reproductive sphere.
To them, primarily include inflammation of the urinary tract and prostatitis. Eliminate inflammation, relieve swelling and neutralize the infection - this is the triune task with which thyme copes in the best way.
This is a proven and reliable tool for the prevention of urethritis, prostatitis and congestion in the pelvic organs.
In addition, thyme delicately and effectively eliminates problems in the intimate sphere of men's health, the causes of which often serve as chronic depressive conditions in the face of stress and emotional overwork.
Its ability to relieve tension, while increasing emotional and physical tone leads to rapid normalization of sexual function and the harmonious state of the intimate sphere.
Another point of application of an amazing plant is the problem of male infertility.
Thanks to the unique combination of biologically active substances and vitamin-mineral complexes in the thyme, the process of spermatogenesis is strengthened and the quality of sperm is improved, thereby creating a favorable background for conception.
Against dependencies
Another area of application of the unique herb is getting rid of alcohol dependence.
In folk medicine, the ability of thyme flowers for a long time to cause aversion to alcohol. Containing in their composition thymol in an overdose provokes a vomitive reflex.
Fixing in the mind of the patient with alcoholism, this action subsequently extends to the next portions of alcohol - already in the form of a conditioned reflex.
Only fresh broth is required. After a course of treatment lasting 1-2 weeks, the patient develops a strong aversion to alcohol.
Only for women
"Male" orientation of thyme does not prevent him from solving purely female problems. For example, in folk medicine, its ability to normalize the menstrual cycle and cope with periodic pain is well known.
In previous centuries butter thyme brought to life a tender beauty with unconsciousness.
Inhalation of the ethereal vapors of thyme stimulated labor contractions, speeding up the birth of a newborn.
And after the birth, women successfully used it to treat hemorrhoids and cystitis, often accompanying this period.
Necessary precautions
The richness of the composition of thyme and its biological activity in inattentive treatment can not only benefit, but also some harm.
After all, even the most useful medicine with inept treatment can have a negative impact on health.
Do not forget the golden rule that everything is good in moderation.
Therefore, the medicinal herb should be used, having first become acquainted with the contraindications:
- as well as other plants, saturated with essential oils, thyme requires caution in allergic people;
- from eating thyme should be abandoned to all those who suffer from various forms of heart rhythm disturbances;
- contraindication is also a disease of the kidneys and thyroid gland - too high risk of exacerbations on the background of taking plant drugs;
- with caution should be taken to those who have a stomach or duodenal ulcer - there is a possibility of gastrointestinal bleeding;
- during pregnancy is unacceptable any self-medication, including medicinal herbs.
If there is a need for lotions, and even more so - the internal use of decoction of thyme, it is better not to take risks and consult a doctor.
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