In folk medicine, various plants are used. Medical tinctures and decoctions are prepared from them. Useful properties of thyme allow you to use it to treat various ailments. Popular recipes are presented in the article.
Description
Thyme is a shrub plant with a height of 5-40 cm. It has thin trunks that grow on the ground. The leaves of the plant are small, thin, have an oval shape. The flowers are also small, pinkish-purple, collected in bunches at the tips of twigs. The fruits of the plant are 4 nuts located at the bottom of the bowl.
The plant is fragrant and attracts bees and butterflies during flowering. Reproduction is carried out by seeds or vegetatively. The plant blooms in June-July. Ripening is carried out in August-September. This grass grows in Russia, the Caucasus, and Kazakhstan.
Benefit
How is thyme useful? The therapeutic effect of the plant has been known for a long time. It has many valuable components - bitter resins, gums, fats, vitamins B and C. What is more useful thyme? The benefit is expressed in antiseptic, wound healing, disinfecting action.
Grass is used in cosmetology, medicine, and the food industry. Due to its beneficial properties, thyme is often used in folk medicine, for this it is harvested independently. They do this with the advent of summer, because it was during that period that the herb was fragrant and there are a lot of essential oils in it. Raw materials must be dried in small bunches that are hung down in a ventilated place that is protected from the rays of the sun.
Application
This plant is known not only in folk, but also in official medicine. It is included in the composition of the cough medicine “Pertusin” for children. The use of thyme is known as a means to relieve swelling and pain with bee stings. Decoctions and extracts are effective in asthma and tuberculosis. It is an excellent sedative during depression. Essential oil disinfects the air.
The use of thyme for coughing, bronchitis, tuberculosis, whooping cough, atony is known. The plant helps with joint and muscle rheumatism. It is used as an effective means of eliminating the effects of bruises and rashes. Grass is part of the fees that are useful for chronic fatigue.
Thyme is good for men's health. Medicines based on it protect against the development of prostatitis, treat sexual impotence. In cooking, the plant is placed in different products (potatoes, legumes, sausage) to facilitate the assimilation of difficult to digest food.
Tea
To cure a cold, the plant is combined with other herbs. Thyme tea is delicious and fragrant. It can be used as a sedative for fatigue, nervous tension. How to brew thyme? There are 3 recipes for making tea:
- In water (1/4 cup) you need to pour thyme (1 tsp.). The composition is brought to a boil, after which it should be infused for 10 minutes. You can pour boiling water immediately. Filtering is required.
- Black tea (3 tablespoons) and thyme (2 tablespoons) must be mixed in a teapot, pour boiling water and let it brew for 2 minutes.
- It will take lingonberries, St. John's wort and thyme in the same amount. Herbs are poured with boiling water (1 cup). Tea should be infused for 15 minutes.
Such drinks are good for all people. Tea with thyme can be consumed regularly. There are other recipes for delicious and aromatic drinks.
Against cough
The use of thyme as a disinfectant and expectorant is in demand. For the treatment of cough make useful infusions and decoctions. They are recommended for asthma and tonsillitis. A therapeutic agent can be prepared according to any of the following recipes:
- In hot water (1 cup) you need to fill in a dry plant (1 tbsp. L.), And then leave to insist and filter. The medicine should be consumed in 1-2 tbsp. l thrice a day.
- Aloe juice must be mixed with honey and thyme infusion (1 tbsp. L.) In an amount of 1: 1. The finished medicine must be drunk.
- The plant (3-4 tbsp. L.) Must be mixed with oregano and mint (1 spoon). The mixture must be filled with boiling water. After infusion overnight, you need to drink like tea.
- A decoction or infusion should be left in the container without straining, and then cover your head with a towel. You need to breathe over steam for 15 minutes, cover your neck with a scarf. After this, it is undesirable to go out.
For children
Today, many parents choose means of treating children based on natural plants, since synthetic drugs have many side effects and contraindications. In this case, thyme will come to the rescue. It has calming, disinfecting, antiseptic properties.
If the children do not sleep well, then you just need to make a warm bath based on thyme, and then the rest will be calm. This method helps with rickets and rheumatism. During herbal treatment, you need to adhere to the advice of healers and homeopaths. Proper use of drugs allows you to get better results.
During pregnancy
Everyone knows that products with natural ingredients, infusions and decoctions of herbs are much better than chemicals. But it is important for future mothers to take care of the health of the child. That is why herbs are used to treat them.
The use of thyme in folk medicine is common in many diseases, due to its mild effect on the nervous system, especially when changing moods. Many pregnant women eat a lot and often, which can cause diarrhea. In this case, a decoction of thyme will help. If there are pains in the back and joints, then it is necessary to make compresses based on leaves and flowers. But it should be remembered that thyme-based medications must be consumed after consulting a specialist.
Oil
This product is enriched with tannins, resins, malic and acetic acid, mineral salts. Oil is made from thyme herb. The product includes thymol, which has antiseptic and anthelmintic effects.
Oil is used for various diseases. It helps with skin diseases, headaches, joint ailments. The drug has a beneficial effect on the respiratory tract, eliminating tuberculosis and asthma. Oil is useful for insomnia, headache, depression. It is used for hair loss.
From alcoholism
Instructions for the use of thyme include the basic rules for the preparation of medicinal products based on herbs. In folk medicine, the plant is used to treat alcoholism. The broth includes thymol, which in case of an overdose causes vomiting.
To prepare the medicine, you need thyme (15 g), which you need to pour boiling water (250 ml). The product is left in a water bath for 10-15 minutes, and then the first infusion is drained and water is added again in the same amount. You need to use a decoction of 50-70 ml several times a day, and then the patient should be given 25 g of vodka.
After 10-30 minutes, nausea is observed. Treatment lasts 1-2 weeks, after which the patient becomes dislike of alcoholic beverages. Be sure to use only fresh broth.
Essential oil
The product is created by steam distillation of flowers. Due to its expectorant, warming and anti-inflammatory effect, oil is used to treat respiratory diseases. It is used for genitourinary infections and inflammations.
Essential oil is recommended for the treatment of female diseases, pain and menstrual irregularities. The product stimulates contractions, and the baby is born faster. Thyme treats problems with the gastrointestinal tract, normalizes appetite, improves mood, relieves fatigue, tones the nervous system.
Syrup use
In treatment, thyme syrup is used. The instructions for its preparation are simple. The following 3 recipes are popular:
- A bunch of flowering plants need to be washed, chopped and dried. Then the raw materials must be filled with water (450 ml) and cook over low heat. Half the water should boil. After cooling, the broth needs to be filtered, add garlic juice (50 g) and honey (300 g). The medicine must be mixed and stored in a closed container. It is consumed after meals for 1 tsp. Syrup is stored for a long time.
- It is necessary to chop dry grass (20 g), pour hot water (200 ml), cook until half boiling water. Separately, it is necessary to dissolve honey (200 g) in a water bath, and then mix with a decoction. The syrup will be delicious. Children are allowed to give it 1 tsp. after meal.
- Fresh thyme must be cut and placed in a jar in layers, alternating it with sugar. The product should be left for 2 weeks in a dark room. Then the syrup needs to be poured into another jar and closed with a lid. It can be added to tea for stomach problems.
Effective Recipes
Thyme is used in the treatment of various diseases, so the recipes depending on the ailment differ:
- The crushed plant should be poured with boiling water, boiled in a water bath for 20-30 minutes. Then it should be cooled and filtered. The amount of grass and water is 1:10. A decoction must be consumed for stomach cancer.
- Thyme (1 tbsp) is poured with water (400 ml). The broth must be brought to a boil, and after cooling, you can filter. The tool is consumed in 0.5 cups three times a day. The broth is effective for dysbiosis, headaches, insomnia and overstrain.
- You can prepare a tincture of thyme from dandruff, hair loss. You will need grass (1 tbsp. L.), Which must be poured with boiling water (250 ml.). After insisting for an hour, you need to drink 70 g three times a day.
- An infusion for baths is prepared from the thyme. In boiling water (5 liters), add thyme (100 g). After half an hour infusion should be poured into the bath. Swimming is allowed twice a week.
- There is a tincture for the prevention of influenza. 220 ml are poured into dry grass (50 g). alcohol (70%). After insisting for 10 days, the product must be shaken. Shelf life can be 5 years.
- For the prevention of influenza, you can prepare a remedy from thyme (20 g), mint, fragrant violet. Raw materials are poured with vodka (500 ml). After insisting (3-4 days), you can use it, only first you need to shake the product and strain.
From pressure
Thyme is used for hypertension, so it’s good for people to drink tea at high pressure. The drink promotes vasodilation. The following recipe helps. In boiling water (1 glass), you need to fill up the collection of herbs (1 tbsp. L.). The remedy should be infused for several hours, it must be drunk before eating food three times a day. After that, you need to lie down and put a warm heating pad on your legs.
Harm
Although the herb has many beneficial properties, it also has contraindications. It is undesirable to use thyme-based products for gastritis, diabetes, and gastric ulcer. Although the plant is useful for tuberculosis, asthma, and pneumonia, complications may occur due to expectorant action if dosage is not taken into account.
Pregnant women need to dose the plant, as there is a risk of miscarriage. It is necessary to be treated with thyme remedies after consultation with a doctor.