Thyme for Healing
Thyme is a wonderful, flavorful, and pungent herb. It also has a great deal of underused medicinal properties. It is worth being grown in your garden because you can buy a small plant at almost any store that sells plants during the spring. I like Thyme because of the smell and taste but I am in love with Thyme because of its medicinal abilities.
WHAT DOES THYME HAVE TO OFFER
Thyme is used as a disinfectant. Soaking Thyme in vinegar for several weeks is a great way to make a home disinfectant that is chemical free and safe for children, pets and plants. It is also a wonderful internal disinfectant making it great to eat when you are sick. It will help to battle sicknesses inside your body and viruses/bacteria outside as well.
Thyme as mentioned above is great for colds, sore throats, oral infections, coughs, and chest colds. You can eat it in other foods or mix it with your ACV mixture and take a little bit as a drink.
Thyme is an anti-fungal agent and contains many antioxidants. So, all around this is an herb that is grossly underused. It does a good job of supporting normal body functions in general because of these properties.
The last thing that Thyme does is positively effects the glandular system of the body especially the Thymus gland. The Thymus gland is extremely important in training T-cells which are a type of white blood cell. They defend the body from bacteria, viruses and any other foreign attackers.
WHAT TO DO WITH THYME
Well that's easy! Anything you want, but do it quickly because it's running out! Just kidding. That was a dumb joke. LOL.
But really, Thyme is great to make into a syrup or with honey or as mentioned above, mixed with vinegar and made into a tincture. If you are really in love with the flavor you could make it into tea or at least add it to another type of tea. So, there you go, Thyme is really easy to use in just about any way that you want.
GROWING THYME
Thyme enjoys full sun and it prefers alkaline soil (higher pH). Thyme is fairly low maintenance. It needs well drained soil and to be pruned when the flowers appear so that it doesn't get woody. Thyme makes great ground cover and can be cut back pretty easily. Harvest as you please above the new shoots not from the bottom of the plant.
It grows best from a cutting of another plant as it takes a long time to grow from seeds and they can be difficult to get to germinate. For best growth your soil should be around 70 degrees F. That's pretty much it. Thyme isn't picky.
I hope this helps you enjoy your Thyme plant even more! And if you don't have one, I hope this encourages you to get one! They are great and they come back every year if well cared for.
Blessings!
Kelsie
(The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.)