Thyme
also known as Common thyme, Garden thyme
A small Mediterranean herb that punches well above its kitchen role. Thyme has a long traditional use for coughs, sore throats, and digestive complaints — and modern research backs the respiratory side most clearly. The thyme essential oil compound thymol is in many commercial mouthwashes and cough syrups for good reason.
- Traditional and modern use for cough, bronchitis, and respiratory complaints — particularly productive coughs
- Mild expectorant and antispasmodic action on the airways
- Antimicrobial action against many bacteria and fungi — thymol is the active compound, also the main ingredient in some commercial mouthwashes (Listerine)
- Eases sore throat as a tea or gargle
- Mild digestive support — eases gas and bloating
- Topical thyme oil eases minor skin infections and fungal conditions
- Approved by Germany's Commission E for cough and bronchitis
Active in Thymol, Carvacrol, Flavonoids, Tannins.
- Activity of essential oils against Caenorhabditis elegans: Showing anthelmintic potential for new products.
- Phytochemicals as inhibitors of pathogenesis to combat ostertagiosis, toxocariasis, trichostrongylosis and trichuriasis in cattle: A systematic review.
- Effect of thymus vulgaris essential oil as an antifungal agent on the flexural strength, surface roughness, and color stability of polymethyl methacrylate acrylic resin.
Memorial Sloan Kettering About Herbs · EMA Herbal Medicinal Product Monographs · American Botanical Council HerbMedPro