Parts used:
leaves and flowers
Uses and properties:
particularly suitable for flavouring fish, meat, pizzas, cheese, mozzarella, salads, baked goods and vegetables.
Also used in the canning industry, cosmetics and liqueurs.
Parts used in phytotherapeutic preparations:
aerial parts
Dominant active principles:
- essential oil (thymol, carvacrol, alpha-terpinene, linaiol, cymol, alpha-thuyone, etc.)
- tannin
- bitter principles
- flavonoids
- rosmarinic acid, caffeic acid
- vitamin A
Tropism towards organs and systems:
digestive system. respiratory system, mucous membranes
Properties:
- aromatic, balsamic
- digestive, stomachic
- antispasmodic
- antiseptic , anti-parasitic
- bechica, expectorant
- mildly choleretic and diuretic
Beneficial activities on the organism:
- facilitates digestion
- decreases abdominal bloating and flatulence
- helps the physiological intestinal microenvironment
- soothing in inflammations of the oral cavity and halitosis
- spasmolytic action
- soothing and f1uidifying action on coughs
- adjuvant in vomiting
Undesirable effects associated with high dosages:
not reported (usual precautions for essential oil derivatives)
Use as a curative remedy (main pharmaceutical forms, consult an expert for dosages):
- Infusion, decoction
- Essential Oil
- suffumigation
- Powder
- Mother Tincture
Pot size:
Bush Ø 14 - 18 Organic Ø 14