THYME’s name derives from the Greek word for courage ‘thumus’ and it’s been ritualistically used as healer of the body, the mind and the spirit, a bringer of insights. It’s been fumigated for millennia to take advantage of its beneficial oils and their invigorating, uplifting effect and it’s been used by soldiers for its ability to enhance physical strength.
People all over the globe considered it an efficient medicine for a wide range of conditions thanks to its antimicrobial, antiseptic, astringent, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic properties.
. Treating the respiratory issues is probably one of the main roles thyme has in the medicine world today. It’s a great agent not only for decongesting the respiratory tract and easing the irritation and coughing, but most importantly for its beneficial action on the lungs, nurturing their functioning. For this all of its properties work hand in hand.
. Its tranquilizing properties have been sought by the Africans in their rituals.
. Jamaicans are using the thyme oil for its emmenagogue action, helping induce labor and supporting the birth. Furthermore, thyme has been considered in all traditions, a wonderful companion for women as it responded to virtually all their specific states and conditions, from obstructed menstruation, relieving pain, depression to bringing an overall hormonal balance.
Tip: The menstruation pains can be alleviated by rubbing your abdominal area with 3 drops of thyme essential oil in 3 teaspoons of coconut oil.
. The uplifting courage impulse that’s been so revered by the Greeks found another interpretation in Ayurvedic therapy as an agent of calming and treating insomnia, while today’s medicinal practice is exploring its capacity to treat bipolar disorders.
. The antibacterial and antiseptic action of thyme made it a wonderful ingredient for solutions that treat oral issues – tooth decay, gingivitis, halitosis, plaque and so on.
. It’s in the same time a powerful detoxifying agent, acting as a tonic for the liver functions as much as for the circulatory, muscular and nervous system. Thus it treats stomach cramps, digestive troubles, nausea, dyspepsia, worms.
. It also is an efficient diuretic, cleaning the organism.
. The interplay of the carvacrol and thymol constituents of the thyme essential oils is a performance in alleviating paby reducing the inflammation, that processed drug manufacturers only dream of achieving – migraines, rheumatism, muscle pains, nerve pains, skin injuries and inflammation.
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