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| Departments » Herbal Medicine » Materia Medica » Thymus vulgaris |
Note - the monographs are provided for informational purposes only, and are not to be used for self-medication.
Thymus vulgaris (Thyme)
| Botanic Name | Thymus vulgaris |
| Common Name | Garden Thyme, Common Thyme (Grieve) |
| Family | Labiaceae |
| Parts Used | Leaves and flowering tops |
| Habitat | Indigenous to Mediterranean regions and southern Europe, but prospers almost anywhere in temperate climate(Mills) |
| Constituents | Volatile
oil (thymol, borneol, pinene, linalool, carvacrol, cymol)
Bitter principles Saponins Flavonoids Tannins Triterpenoids |
| Actions | Carminative(Hoffmann)
Anti-microbial(Hoffmann) Anti-spasmodic(Hoffmann) Relaxing expectorant(Mills) Astringent(Hoffmann) Anthelmintic(Hoffmann) |
| Applications | Dyspepsia(Hoffmann)
Sluggish digestion(Hoffmann) Externally as lotion for infected wounds(Hoffmann) Internally for respiratory and digestive infections(Hoffmann) Gargle for laryngitis and tonsillitis(Hoffmann) Bronchitis(Hoffmann) Whooping cough(Hoffmann) Asthma(Hoffmann) Childhood diarrhea(Hoffmann) Enuresis(Hoffmann) |
| Body Systems | Digestive, Integumentary, Respiratory |
| Dosage | Dried herb:
1-4g, or by infusion tds (BHP)
Tincture: 1:5 in 45% alcohol, 2-6mL tds (BHP) |
| Combinations | With
Lobelia and Ephedra in asthma (BHP)
With Prunus, Urginea and Marrubium in pertussis (BHP) |
| C/I Cautions | None |
| BHP S/I | Pertussis , bronchitis |