Thyme Red Essential Oil

Thyme Red Essential Oil Profile

Botanical: Thymus vulgaris | Origin: Spain | Method: Steam Distilled

Characteristics:

A red, brown, or orange liquid with a warm, spicy-herbaceous, powerfully penetrating odor.

Principal Constituents:

These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.

• thymol


• carvacrol


• cymene


• terpinene


• camphene


• borneol


• linalol

Safety:

Contra-indicated in cases of high blood pressure. Red thyme oil, serpolet (from wild thyme), 'thymol' and 'carvacrol' type oils all contain quite large amounts of toxic phenols; this considered, however, 'thymol' is widely used in surgical dressings, disinfectants, etc. 

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