Thymus serpyllum (wild thyme).

Abstract

2Jansen, van der Naalt, van Zomeren, Paans, Veenma-van der Duin, Hew, et al combination with FDG-PET, and to use a neuropsychological testing battery suited for localisation.We thank Cygne BV for providing 55CoCl. Our special thanks to Mrs J Venema for secretarial assistance. This work was supported by a grant (GGN 22 2741) from the Dutch Technology Foundation (STW).

An ethnobotanical study on the usage of wild medicinal herbs from Kopaonik Mountain (Central Serbia)

“…Generally, it was recommended that they be prepared by scalding the plant parts in order to preserve the active substances. Besides the fact that Tilia cordata and Sambucus nigra are not frequently cited in medicinal literature (although they have been noted in numerous ethnopharmacological studies, in Tucakov, 1997), the uses reported for the most cited plants completely conform to their well-known pharmacology profiles (Luppold, 1984;Haas, 1996;Gunes et al, 1999;De Silva and Torres, 2001;Popović et al, 2002;Kubin et al, 2005). However, some of the plants reported were used for treating ailments other than those known from literature (i.e.…”

Thyme

“…Roman soldiers would bathe in thyme to become courageous. 1,2 Thyme was also used in embalming in ancient times. 3 In the 19th century, constituents of thyme oils were used by dentists to treat oral abscesses and inflammation and as an antiseptic for endodontics.…”

Smoking of Thyme Herb in a Psychotic Patient: A Case Report

“…A positive allosteric modulator effect of thymol on GABA-A receptors was found and it was demonstarated that this effect was through a binding site different than benzodiazepine, barbiturate, pregnanolone and propofol (11). In texts about psychotropic effects of thyme, it was referred as it was used for nightmares and headache and inhaling its vapor was good for melancholy and epilepsy (12). No article about thyme abuse has been found to our knowledge in literature.…”