Thyme
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Thyme is a low subshrub from the mint family, containing essential oil with compounds like thymol. It is used as a spice, in perfumery, and in medicine as an ingredient in cough remedies and the Pertussin patent medicine.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
THYME, Thymus vulgaris L., T. ordinary or fragrant, - a low subshrub from the family of labiates. Cut or crushed parts of the plant, well dried, are stored in tin or glass containers. Contains 1% essential oil, which is a mixture of cymene (C10H14), thymene (C10H16) and thymol (C10H14O). Used as a spice. Essential oil is used in the perfume industry to obtain fragrances. In medicine, it is used in the form of an infusion (1:7) in mixtures with syrups against cough. It is included in the form of a liquid extract in the composition of the patented remedy "Pertussin" (Extr. Thymi fluid, saecharat.). Less commonly used for aromatic baths. For baths, an even more common folk remedy is Bogorodskaya grass, or wild thyme - Thymus serpyllum L.
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“Thyme.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/thyme/