Thymus: contraindications and use in treatment

Due to its specific aromatic qualities, the thyme plant is used as a seasoning for many dishes. About Bogorodskaya grass goes a lot of legends. Since the times of ancient Russia, it was considered a talisman against evil spirits, from evil eye and spoilage.

But the main benefit of thyme in its unique healing properties. Medicinal plants, thyme including, have long been used by people as drugs from various ailments. This remedy is an excellent natural antiseptic. It is used for the prevention of the treatment of diseases of the nervous and genitourinary system. The presence of essential oils in thyme promotes its use in the treatment of colds and respiratory organs.

Nowadays, thyme is common in the East and in the West. For example, in Bulgaria broth of thyme is used in the treatment of flatulence, diarrhea, upper respiratory tract diseases, peptic ulcer. In Germany, thyme is harvested during the flowering period and used for coughing, adding to various anti-inflammatory preparations, as well as an aromatic and wound healing remedy for bathing.

Along with so many positive properties, unfortunately, the plant is not useful to everyone, since the thymus contraindications are serious and very strict. It is undesirable to use the herb for women during pregnancy and feeding of the child, with diseases of the thyroid gland.

Thyme in its composition has a large content of essential oils, so independent use of drugs with it, especially for children, is not recommended. Treatment and prevention for children is prescribed only by a doctor.

All essential oils, including those entering thyme (thyme), before use for inhalation and dermal application, should be checked for tolerance by the body, as they may well cause skin irritation.

You can not use thyme in diseases associated with heart failure, atherosclerosis of cerebral vessels. Thyme, contraindications of which are so significant, in no case it is not recommended to use without the advice of a doctor. There are also contraindications to the use of drugs that contain thyme, for people with renal or hepatic insufficiency, peptic ulcer, gastritis, and those with high sensitivity.

Many doctors advise to take exactly thyme, as the correct application of it is much more effective than other medicinal forms of anti-inflammatory action, but if used unintentionally, it will lead to violations of the thyroid gland. When an overdose occurs a feeling of nausea, vomiting may appear. With prolonged use of the plant, even if there are no problems with the thyroid gland, symptoms of the disease may appear. In all the thyme is to blame. Contraindications for its use are very significant, therefore to application of the medicinal forms made on the basis of thyme, it is necessary to concern very carefully, as on a bowl of scales your health.

Usually in the medical practice, seeds, leaves and flowers of the plant are used, they are dried in a well-ventilated, dark room. The preparations based on thyme help restore the potency in men, are indispensable in the treatment of prostatitis and other diseases of the reproductive system.

In pharmacies, medicines based on thyme are available freely, you can also grow thyme in your summer cottage, it is completely unpretentious to the composition of the soil.

Thyme is widely used in cooking. Due to the fact that it contains essential oil, fresh or dry, this herb can be used as a spice in the preparation of meat, vegetable, mushroom dishes, here thyme has no contraindication, and the possibilities of its use are unlimited.