THYME RED 1 LITRE PURE ESSENTIAL OIL AROMATHERAPY GRADE

Thyme Red 100% Pure Essential Oil 

Botanical Name: Thymus vulgaris

Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled

Colour: Reddish Brown

Consistency: Medium and Slightly Oily

Perfumery Note: Middle

Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium - Strong

Aromatic Description: Fresh, medicinal, herbaceous.

Possible Uses: Arthritis, colds, cuts, dermatitis, flu, insect bites, laryngitis, lice, and muscle aches, oily skin, poor circulation, scabies, sore throat. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 57-67.]

Constituents: a-thujene, a-pinene, camphene, B-pinene, p-cymene, a-terpinene, linalool, borneol, B-caryophyllene, thymol, carvacrol. [J. Soulier, "The Thymus Genus," Aromatherapy Records, September 1985, 38-49.

Safety Information: Avoid in cases of hypertension. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 228.] Moderate dermal irritant and strong mucous membrane irritant. [Robert Tisserand, Essential Oil Safety (United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone, 1995), 176.]