{"id":1147,"date":"2019-06-30T09:11:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T07:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilena.eu\/?post_type=glossary&p=1147"},"modified":"2019-06-30T09:32:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T07:32:52","slug":"mashterka","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/bilena.eu\/en\/glossary\/mashterka\/","title":{"rendered":"Thyme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thyme<\/h5>\n

Thymus serpyllum diversae L.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Habitat in Bulgaria<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n
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In our country it is found from the lowlands to the high parts of the mountains, on dry, sunlit meadows and slopes, everywhere - from the sea coast to the snow lines of the high mountains<\/p>\n

Description<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n
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Perennial herb, no-rare semi-shrub, with creeping or decumbent, strongly branched, slightly woody at the base, four-ribbed, erect\u00a0are flowering stems, 20\u201340 cm tall. Leaves are simple, entire, opposite, sessile or shortly petiolate, linear-lanceolate, ovate or elliptic, with point-like glands and glandular hairs, 2\u20136 mm long, 1\u2013 3 mm. The flowers are pink and red to white, located in the axils of the uppermost leaves, forming compact or interrupted globose, globose, spike or panicle inflorescences. The calyx is cylindrical or bell-shaped, double-lipped, with a wide 3-part upper and 2-part lower lip. The corolla is indistinct, bilobed, with an incised upper 3-lobed lip. The stamens are 4, protruding from the side of the upper lip. The ovary is superior. The fruit splits into 4 ovoid nutlets.<\/span><\/p>\n

Usable parts:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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The flowering aerial parts of the plant. Cut off with a sharp knife the entire leafy part 1\u20132 cm from the root, always during abundant flowering<\/p>\n

Collection time:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n

May - August<\/p>\n

Composition of the herb:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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Thyme contains about 0.7 % essential oil with a strong, pungent, pleasant smell and fiery taste, which includes the cresol derivatives L-cymol, gamma-terpinene, beta-terpineol, zingiberene, paracymol, etc. The drug contains up to 8 % tanning substances, up to 55 mg of vitamin C, the bitter substance serpilin, resins, pigments, ursolic and oleinolic acids, the still unspecified flavonoid glycoside, etc.<\/p>\n

Healing action<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n
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Expectorant, nervine, antibacterial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Usage:<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Thyme is used for flu, cough, whooping cough, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, bronchitis<\/span>hopneumonia, stomach and abdominal pains, colitis, dropsy, gout, hemorrhoids, flatulence. Inflammation of the middle ear. Headache, insomnia, neurasthenia, loss of appetite. It is also used for bruises, sprains, eczema, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ways of use:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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Internally<\/strong>: 100 g of finely chopped drug is poured with 2 liters of boiling water, left to soak until it cools, then strained and drunk warm, 1 tablespoon every 2 hours. It can also be used in the form of a tincture of 70 % alcohol and\u00a0thyme, in a ratio of 10:2, taking 20 drops in 50 ml of water, 3 times a day. The herb is not toxic<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Externally<\/strong>: It is used as a poultice to apply to bruises, sprains, wounds, eczema, inflammation of the facial nerve<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bulgarian traditional usage:<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n

Thyme tea is drunk for coughs, stomachaches, indigestion, bad breath. The herb is especially useful for nervous diseases, insomnia, fears and fright. Thyme is applied as immobilizing bandages for broken, cracked and sprained wounds. It is recommended for red wind, women's diseases, glands, sand in the kidneys. For eye pain, a steam bath is made from equal amounts of Thyme and Yarrow. In case of toothache, gargle with a decoction of 8-10 stems of Thyme and roots of Black Mantis. A decoction of Thyme and Savory is drunk instead of water in the case of ochtika. Thyme is valued as a safe remedy for foot and mouth. A strong decoction of it is used to wash the wounds of sick animals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thyme tea is drunk for coughs, stomachaches, indigestion, bad breath. The herb is especially useful for nervous diseases, insomnia, fears and fright. Thyme is applied as immobilizing bandages for broken, cracked and sprained wounds. It is recommended for red wind, women's diseases, glands, sand in the kidneys. For eye pain, a steam bath is made from equal amounts of Thyme and Yarrow. In case of toothache, gargle with a decoction of 8-10 stems of Thyme and roots of Black Mantis. A decoction of Thyme and Savory is drunk instead of water in the case of ochtika. Thyme is valued as a safe remedy for foot and mouth. A strong decoction of it is used to wash the wounds of sick animals.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":50,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[140],"glossary-tags":[],"class_list":["post-1147","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","glossary-categories-enciklopediya-na-bilkite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilena.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilena.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilena.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bilena.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/1147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilena.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilena.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilena.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-categories?post=1147"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilena.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-tags?post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}