More than a popular Mediterranean herb: Thyme is also known as a medicinal plant because of its effect. You can find out here how you can treat coughing, digestive problems and blemishes with thyme.
If you like to cook and eat Mediterranean, you know in addition to rosemary, oregano and basil, the kitchen herb thyme – thanks to its active ingredients, it also has a long tradition as a medicinal plant.
Thyme owes the health -promoting effect to its ingredients such as thyme and carvacrol and has been confirmed in clinical studies. Thymol has a soothing effect on a cold or bronchitis, carvacrol has a fluent effect and the antibacterial effect of thyme is also well known, which includes the plant is one of the natural antibiotics.
Note: Even if thyme can support recovery, the use of its active ingredient oil or other components does not automatically replace treatment by medical staff. Especially with severe or longer -lasting symptoms, you should get professional advice.
How thyme works in colds
According to the sources listed above, Thyme has the following soothing properties:
- lining
- antispasmodic
- pain -relieving
- antibacterial
- stimulating
- anti -inflammatory
- mushroom -killing
Thanks to its proven mucus and antispasmodic effects, thyme helps as a tea with the treatment of respiratory diseases. The bitter substances and flavonoids contained strengthen the immune system and prevent colds.
That is why you can fall back on thyme tea in the event of announcing or existing cold to relieve your discomfort. The following options are:
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Application as a tea: If you already have thyme tea as a bag, simply prepare it according to package insert. If you have fresh thyme leaves at hand, pour two teaspoons over with 250 milliliters of water and let them pull for ten minutes. Seihe the leaves and drink the tea sip. Drink a cup for up to five times a day until the symptoms disappear, a maximum of a week at a time. Attention: Do not drink immediately before going to bed because you cannot cough up the dissolved mucus.
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Application as a gurgle solution: You can also use thyme tea as a gurgle solution for inflammation in the oral and throat area. Let the tea cool down several times a day.
Thyme and its effect in digestive problems, blemishes and acne
The illuminating effect of thyme not only helps with respiratory diseases, but also with problems in the digestive tract, such as flatulence or menstrual complaints.
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Application as a tea: drink thyme tea in small swallows for symptoms up to five times a day.
Thanks to its anti -inflammatory and antibacterial properties, thyme is also a natural alternative to facial water and other skin -cleaning products. Even with acne, a thyme tincture should be able to alleviate the symptoms. You can find many products in the drugstore of your choice that contain thyme, but the medicinal plant also helps as a bathing additive:
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Application as a bathing additive: irritated skin calms down after a full bath with thyme as a bathing additive. To do this, cook 100 grams of dried thyme leaves with one liter of water and let everything pull covered for half an hour. Afterwards and the amount of the bathing water. This full bath not only relieves the itching, but also appears invigorating and can serve as a cold bath.
Revised by Freya Petersen
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