Thyme (thyme, thyme) — very fragrant bush or a semi-bush. Treats essential oil-bearing plants. It is widespread about all territory of Eurasia, except for a tropical zone, also meets in the North African region and in Greenland. Contains a huge number of types. Long since was famous for the medicinal properties.
What leaves and stalks of a thyme are rich with
The thyme contains 0.1-0.6% of essential oils which very much help at cold. The main component of essential oils, timol (30%), acts as the fine glistogonny, disinfecting and anesthetizing substance.
Learn more about structure and properties of a thyme.
It is also noted that in a plant there are tannins, gum, oleic acid, pitches, mineral substances, a small amount of vitamins and natural dyes.
Whether you know? Ancient Egyptians used a thyme for mummification.
Than tea with a thyme is useful
The general useful properties of tea with a thyme:
- tones up;
- returns to an organism cheerfulness;
- normalizes nervous system;
- eliminates depressions;
- removes headaches;
- returns appetite;
- improves sight;
- supports the immune system;
- improves a state skin and indumentum.
We advise to read about vitamins for cheerfulness and energy, nervous system, immunity, sight and also vitamins for health of women (the pregnant women feeding) and men.
For women
Besides that the thyme has great anti-cold and antiviral qualities, it also the excellent assistant at the solution of a number of gynecologic problems. It can be registered at detection of inflammatory process in appendages, at painful monthly, at uterine bleedings, at hormonal failures in the period of a menopause. Also it helps to get rid of migraine, improves a lactation, is good diuretic.
Acceptance of bathtubs with a thyme before going to bed will help to take off fatigue, to restore forces and to banish insomnia.
For men
The thyme and for a male body is irreplaceable. It helps to overcome inflammatory and infectious processes in an urinogenital system, reduces puffiness at prostatitis and facilitates urination. The mineral substances which are a part of a plant stimulate development with testosterone organism that in turn eliminates erectile dysfunction. Also mineral elements affect quality of spermatozoa and are capable to prolong time of approach of an ejaculation.
The thyme is fine soothing therefore many sexual problems will be solved at the psychological level.
The ursolovy acid which is contained in a plant perfectly copes with such widespread problem as baldness. It stimulates hair bulbs that promotes Bol to rapid growth of hair.
Thyme infusions help to cope with alcoholism. Timol, getting to an organism, forces it to reject alcohol, causing vomiting.
Whether you know? The Roman and Scottish soldiers before battles took baths with a thyme as was considered that the plant gives the man strength and courage.
Whether pregnant women can drink
Pregnant women have to be the most careful at application of a thyme. Doctors could not come to a consensus: the plant for future mothers is useful or it is harmful. Many consider that it is capable to raise a uterus tone that can lead to premature birth.
Therefore only the doctor, proceeding from a clinical picture of the pregnant woman, can make the decision whether it needs to accept a thyme, or it is better to refrain from it. Independently it is contraindicated to conduct treatment by plant decoctions.
The barberry, marjoram, nutmeg, tansy, wormwood bitter are not recommended to pregnant women.
Potential harm
Harm from a thyme is possible in case of abuse of it. So, excessive hobby for broths and plant infusions can not calm, and, on the contrary, excite nervous system, thereby having provoked appearance of insomnia and nightmares. It is also capable to cause decrease in sugar in blood at a combination to alcohol. At intake of certain medicines it is necessary to consult with the doctor about compatibility of a thyme with them as it can influence effect of medicines.
Besides it is necessary to be sure that the plant is collected in the eco-friendly place, far from the route and productions as the thyme is capable to incorporate all toxic substances. And at the excessive use of broths these substances will accumulate in an organism, causing negative changes.
Contraindications
The thyme is not recommended to accept:
- to small children, up to 2 years;
- to pregnant women;
- to people with serious problems of kidneys and a liver;
- to people with ulcers, gastritises and other diseases of a GIT;
- to the people having problems with a campaign in a toilet more;
- to diabetics, cores, allergic persons, asthmatics;
- to the people having problems with a thyroid gland.
How to make tea with a thyme: the best recipes
Herbalists constantly argue on how it is better to make tea with a thyme. Some say that a plant it is necessary to make one, without additives, differently its useful properties will be lost. Others, on the contrary, repeat that addition of other herbs enhances useful properties of a thyme. In one they only met. Recommend to make a thyme in glass or porcelain teapots teapots, filling in leaves more hotly, but not boiling water.
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Classical recipe
The classical recipe of broth is applied at the colds which are followed by dry cough at problems with a GIT, at fatigue and insomnia. Use it and as prophylactic from seasonal viral diseases and just for maintenance of immunity. To make broth, it is necessary to take two teaspoons of the dried-up thyme. We fill up them in a teapot and we fill in with a glass of hot water (90 degrees). We wait for 15 minutes and we decant. We use a third of a glass three times in a day.
Important! It is desirable to prepare every day new broth.
Green tea with a thyme
Such drink acts as toning and resolvent. Helps to overcome problems with digestion, facilitates the course of catarrhal diseases.
To make drink, you need to make usual green tea. Then to add to it a pinch of a dry thyme and to insist within five minutes. At will it is possible to drink with honey or a lemon.
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Black tea with a thyme
The thyme added to black tea improves the toning properties of the first. Add it in a small amount so it is possible to have such tea practically in unlimited number. It is possible to make tea in a cup or a teapot teapot. Take a portion of tea leaves and add a thyme pinch. Fill in mix with hot water (90 degrees). Cover and wait five minutes. Decant and dilute with a necessary amount of water.
Herbal tea with a thyme
The thyme can be mixed with a marjoram, a plantain, a St. John's wort, coltsfoot, leaves of currant and cowberry. The choice of a component depends on for what purposes you want to make broth.
As cold remedy tea with a marjoram is very popular: we mix a thyme and a marjoram, one to two. In two glasses of hot water we part a teaspoon of tea leaves and we defend 10-15 minutes. Every day it is necessary to drink on a half of a glass.
Tea with a thyme and mint
Broth helps at problems with a GIT. We mix a dried thyme with mint, one to one. On half of liter of hot water we take a mix teaspoon, we make, we defend. We drink a half of a glass before consumption of food or we use as usual tea.
Vitamin tea
It is very useful during the autumn and spring period when the organism suffers from a lack of vitamins. We take a thermos, we fill in it a dogrose tablespoon, as much leaves of cowberry and a teaspoon of a dry thyme. We fill in mix with two glasses of hot water, we wait 2-3 hours.
Important! It is necessary to drink such broth warm three once a day on a half of a glass.
Thyme — very useful herb. Its advantage is recognized not only by national, but also official medicine. In addition it is used in perfumery and the food industry.