For many years, the Germans used wild thyme on the grounds that it is a kind of seasoning that increases food goodness, but today it has become one of the ingredients that some types of drugs enter, including to treat coughs, colds, and some infections, based on a popular proverb that says, "Cold will certainly not enter the house that is put in it." His kitchen is a bunch of thyme... During the winter, homes are not without wild thyme in the form of tea to combat coughing and cold.
Wild thyme is considered a healing herb, and it is taken to treat asthma, chest infections, and certain cases of inflammation of the kidneys and bladder. It is also used to gargle when the throat is infected and relieves throat pain caused by tonsillitis or laryngitis. It also has a very positive effect on the stomach if it suffers from indigestion and facilitates the digestion of greasy and heavy food, and helps when coughing in getting rid of phlegm and removes spasm.
And externally, its oil is used for the bath to fight colds and as a steam bath for inhalation when suffering from coughing, colds and sinusitis. Today, health doctors prescribe it in order to expel mucus from the body and strengthen the chest and lungs. Recently, he has been taking some drugs that help get rid of fluids in the body, or he is drinking tea to reduce fever. In the kitchen, some use wild thyme as a kind of spice, sprinkled on grilled greasy meat to reduce the intensity of the fat. It is also an appetizer and increases weight for those who desire it because it helps digestion and absorption of fatty substances, but its frequent eating may cause constipation. It is believed that if thyme is eaten with oil in the morning, it strengthens memory.
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