Thyme Essential Oil (White)

Botany : -

White Thyme or Thymus zygis is a flowering plant widely cultivated in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. It grows in sandy and loamy soils and bears thin leaves and white flowers. The harvest season for white thyme comes once or twice a year in December and January and May and June.

The Spanish people use it as a dried or fresh herb. They also extractessential oil from the plants due to the abundant availability of this species. White thyme contains flavonoids that display antioxidant properties against free radicals.

As thyme (white) essential oil has effective demand due to its use as a natural preservative and as a measure against dermatophyte strains, there has been a substantial increase in its production over the years.

Thyme Essential Oil (white)– An Overview: -

The cultivators harvest the plant during its flowering stage and provide the botanicals to the thyme Essential Oil (white) manufacturers. The manufacturers obtain a colorless to pale yellow essential oil by steam distillation. The fresh flowering harvest is suitable for the extraction of essential oil. The main compounds of white thyme oil are thymol, carvacrol, linalool, and p-cymene. White thyme oil contains thymol up to 35 to 55% and is thus rich in phenols.

White thyme oil has antiseptic, expectorant, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antirheumatic properties. People use it to treat various health conditions. 

Thyme (White) Essential Oil Benefits: -

The Thyme (white) essential oil manufacturersproduce this oil due to its encouraging demand from its users. They prefer this oil for the following benefits.

• It purifies the air and invigorates the mind with its aroma diffusion.
• It acts as a natural preservative because of its bactericidal properties.
• It prevents fungal infections in the skin.
• It provides natural relief in conditions of arthritic or muscular pain and inflammation.
• It helps clear respiratory passage.
• It adds flavor to the food and beverages.