I-Thyme, noma i-thyme, yaziwa amakhulu eminyaka ngezakhiwo ezihlukahlukene ezinhle. Abantu baseRoma lasendulo basebenzisa i-thyme ekwelapheni i-melancholy futhi bengeza imifino kushizi. AmaGreki asendulo ayesebenzisa i-thyme ukuze enze impepho. Ezikhathini zasendulo, i-thyme yayihloselwe ukunikeza amandla nesibindi.
Kunezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-350 ze-thyme. Isitshalo esingapheli futhi singesomndeni we-mint. Iphunga elimnandi kakhulu, alidingi indawo enkulu ezungezile, ngakho-ke ingatshalwa ngisho nasengadini encane. Amaqabunga e-thyme omisiwe noma amasha, kanye nezimbali, asetshenziselwa izitshulu, isobho, imifino ebhakiwe kanye ne-casseroles. Lesi sitshalo sinikeza ukudla iphunga elibukhali, elifudumele elikhumbuza i-camphor.
Amafutha abalulekile e-thyme aphakeme ku-thymol, ene-antibacterial eqinile, i-antiseptic, kanye ne-antioxidant. Amafutha angafakwa ku-mouthwash ukwelapha ukuvuvukala emlonyeni. I-Thyme inezakhiwo ezenza kube usizo ekwelapheni i-bronchitis engapheli kanye ne-acute, ukuvuvukala kwendlela yokuphefumula ephezulu kanye nokukhwehlela. I-Thyme inomphumela omuhle ku-mucosa ye-bronchial. Wonke amalungu omndeni we-mint, kuhlanganise ne-thyme, aqukethe i-terpenoids eyaziwa ukulwa nomdlavuza. Amaqabunga e-Thyme angomunye wemithombo ecebile kakhulu yensimbi, i-potassium, i-calcium, i-magnesium, i-selenium ne-manganese. Futhi inamavithamini B, i-beta-carotene, amavithamini A, K, E, C.
I-100g yamaqabunga e-thyme amasha (amaphesenti esibonelelo sansuku zonke esinconyiwe):