Botanical name: Thymus vulgaris

Family: Lamiaceae

Harvested: Croatia - Mediterranean Basin

Parts used: flowering stems, leaves

Extraction method: steam distillation

Major components of the oil: thymol, carvacrol, borneol, camphene, alpha and beta-pinene, alpha-terpineol, p-cymene, beta-caryophyllene, linalool

Used by the Egyptians to embalm mummies, Thyme essential oil, as an antiseptic, is found in all directions over the ages, before the advent of antibiotics. And that to treat all kinds of ailments in which infections are present.

The natural components of the essential oil of thyme give it antiseptic, bactericidal, insecticidal, insect repelling and anthelmintic properties.