Habit: I like sunshine, and I can bask in it for half a day in summer. Planting soil has good drainage and air permeability, and grows well in slightly alkaline soil.
Efficacy: It is a powerful antibacterial agent with anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects, which can improve human immunity, soothe the nerves and activate brain cells. It is also effective for diarrhea, sore throat and toothache. Thyme is also added to many brands of mouthwash water, and we can also soak thyme in strong tea water to gargle or soak our feet.
Thyme originated in Europe. It likes neutral soil and needs a good drainage system. Among them, thyme is divided into broad leaves, thyme ground, thyme lemon, thyme lemon yellow spot, thyme France, thyme Britain and thyme upright, among which thyme France and thyme upright are the most widely used, and thyme upright has the most stringent planting requirements, and its roots cannot accumulate water, so its heat resistance is poor.
Extended data:
Thyme, a semi-shrub, has ovate leaves, a flower head, a tubular bell-shaped or narrow bell-shaped calyx, a purplish red, purple or lavender pink corolla, a flowering period of July-August, and a nearly round or ovoid nut.
Semi-shrub. Stems numerous, prostrate or ascending; Sterile branches are born at the end or base of the stem, creeping or ascending, pubescent; The flower branches are (1.5)2- 10 cm high, densely drooping or slightly spreading under the inflorescence, with short and sparse hairs at the lower part, 2-4 pairs of leaves, and the first deciduous leaf at the base.
The leaves are ovoid, 4 4- 10/0mm long and 2-4.5mm wide, the apex is blunt or slightly sharp, the base is wedge-shaped or tapered, the whole or rare 1-2 pairs of small serrations, the two sides are hairless, the lateral veins are 2-3 pairs, the downward strategy is prominent, the glandular points are obvious, the petiole is obvious, and the petiole near the lower part is about 6544. Bract leaves are the same shape as leaves, and the edge is ciliate at the lower part of 1/3.
Inflorescence capitate, with many or few flowers, and flowers with short pedicels. Calyx is tubular bell-shaped or narrow bell-shaped, 4-4.5 mm long, puberulent at the lower part, nearly hairless at the upper part, the lower lip is longer than or nearly equal to the upper lip, the upper lip has short teeth, and the teeth are less than 1/3 of the total length of the upper lip, triangular, ciliate or hairless. Corolla purplish red, purple or lavender, pink, 6.5-8 mm long, sparsely pubescent, corolla tube slender, 4-5 mm long, slightly protruding upward.
Nutlets are suborbicular or ovoid, flat and smooth. The flowering period is July-August.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Thyme