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Herba ThymiLOT 24-0618
Cultivated
Batch
LOT 24-0618
Net
70 g
Unit price
€10.00 / 100 g
Origin
Kaiserstuhl, Baden
Sourcing
Cultivated
Plant part
Herba · Aerial parts
HarvestJun · Jul

Loose tea

Thyme

Thymus vulgaris L.

Sharp, medicinal, warming — closer to antiseptic than to kitchen.

€7.0070 g
€10.00 / 100 g
1

In stock 33

Cut at full flower, when thymol peaks. Rubbed off the stem rather than chopped, so what you buy is leaf and flower and not woody stalk padding out the weight.

Traditional use

Traditionally taken for a chesty cough, and used as a steam inhalation.

Constituents

  • 01Thymol
  • 02Carvacrol
  • 03Flavonoids

Drawer

Airways — Mucilage and volatile oils for the chest and throat.

Preparation95 °C · 10 min

Preparation

The preparation is half the drug

This drug wants 95 °C and 10 min. Water hotter or a cup left standing gives you a different drink, made from the same herb.

The leaflet below is the one that goes in the box. Unfold it for the steps and the timer; the cautions stay in view either way.

Package InsertHerba Thymi · Loose tea
Dose
1–2 tsp (≈ 1.5 g)
Frequency
3× daily
Water
95 °C
Steep
10 min

Steps

As printed on the box · 4 in sequence

  1. 01

    Measure

    One to two teaspoons of rubbed herb.

    1–2 tsp ≈ 1.5 g
  2. 02

    Pour

    Boiling water.

    150 ml · 95 °C
  3. 03

    Steep

    Ten minutes, tightly covered.

    10 min
  4. 04

    Inhale

    Alternatively, lean over the covered bowl and breathe the steam for five minutes.

Steep time

Live timer · 10 min · 95 °C

Ready

10:00

Cautions

Read before use

  • Do not use steam inhalation with young children.
  • Avoid therapeutic doses during pregnancy.
From the same drawer

Kept beside it

Herbs shelved for Airways, ordered by how much of this one’s indication they share.