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TARRAGON
Artemisa dranunculus (french)
TEA
Camellia sinensis
TEA TREE
Melaleuca alternifolia
TEASEL
Dipsacus fullonum
THUJA
Thuja occidentalis
THYME
Thymus vulgaris (english)
Thymus citriodorus (lemon)
Contains thymol. Stops the growth of bacteria, fungus, molds and yeast. Used as an aid for the preservation of food. Removes mucus from the head, lungs and respiratory passages. Fights infection. Relieves the pain of migraine headaches. Thyme yields from 1 to 2.6 per cent of yellowish-red volatile oil. The chief constituent of the oil is thymol-usually 20 to 30 per cent, and sometimes about 50 per cent. Other constituents of the oil are carvacarol, isomeric, with thymol, linalool, 1-borneol, pinene, etc. The oil is a powerful germicide which has a pleasant odor and is used in many pharmaceuticals, gargles, mouth-washes, and commercial toothpaste. The oil causes mental excitement and serves as a diffusible stimulant in cases of collapse. In India it has been used to treat those suffering from shock or epileptic fits and seizures. Being an antiseptic and parasiticide, it is especially useful in the treatment of hook-worm. The special oil extract from thyme, thymol, is found in other herbs and spices, too. Horsemint, caraway, marjoram, basil, Australian broad-leaved peppermint, and cumin are just a few of the plants that contain the active ingredient thymol in their principal constituents. In fact, cumin oil can be converted artificially into thymol if necessary. Anciently, thyme was looked upon as a medicinal benediction from the gods. Semitic priest-doctors believed that the pleasant odor of thymol was a supernatural manifestation to them that the plant had been divinely touched by the invisible beings they worshipped. The Chaldeans, an ancient tribe of the Semites, held to the peculiar notion that the oil of thyme, which they used in all of their important temple functions, was magic from the gods which could purify every sacrifice offered and consecrate every worthy participant for initiation rites into their pagan priesthood. This custom was passed on to other civilizations later on. Even in the Hippocratic books of medicine we can find allusions made to its superstitious properties. For this reason did the Greeks prescribe it for several different diseases. Pathologists in modern times have at least been able to verify in the laboratory, its strong anti-bacterial extract, thymol. Apparently the ancient chemists and doctors several millennia ago knew more than we often give credit for.
TIENCHI
TOBASCO
Capsicum frutescaens
TUMERIC
Curcuma domestica
Also- curcuma longa
TWIN LEAF
Relieves chronic rheumatism
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