Updated 27 January 2024
Botanical characteristics
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Lamiales
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Genus: Thymus
- Part used: Flowering tops
- Country of origin: Spain, South of France, Mediterranean region, Alpes de Haute-Provence
Precautions for use
The sweetness of Thyme CT linalol makes it particularly recommended for children and the elderly for its tonic and antiseptic properties.
This essential oil should still be diluted for skin application and diffusion.
Other precautions
Cutaneous use:
- For large surface applications, dilute 20% in vegetable oil (20% essential oil to 80% vegetable oil).
Diffusion:
- Thyme CT linalol should not be diffused pure, but diluted between 5 and 10% with other essential oils.
Allergenic components:
Thyme essential oil with linalool is high in biochemical allergenic components:
- Linalool (30-65%)
- Limonene (≤ 4%)
- Citral (geranial + neral) (≤ 1%)
- Geraniol (≤ 0.5%)
Note: It is best to test the essential oil before use (two drops on the crease of the elbow for at least 24 hours to check for a reaction).
Authorised users
How to use
Risks of use
Properties
- Mild anti-infective (1st line treatment for chronic conditions)
- Antibacterial, antiviral
- Antifungal, antiparasitic, deworming
- Parasiticide: roundworms, pinworms, tapeworms
- Physical tonic, mild sexual tonic
- Uterotonic
- Mild antispasmodic
- Paediatric EO
Indications
- Gastritis
- Bacterial Enterocolitis
- Candidiasis
- Parasitic colitis
- Bronchitis
- Pharyngitis
- Cough
- Tuberculosis
- Pneumonia
- Angina
- Sore throat
- Pleurisy
- Psoriasis
- Warts
- Mycoses
- Infectious skin diseases
- Cystitis
- Genital Candidiasis
- Pyelonephritis
- Prostatitis
- Vaginitis
- Salpingitis
- Physical and nervous fatigue
- Convalescence
- Diabetes (adjuvant)
Directions for use/usual dosage
- Various infections: taken orally by adults and children over the age of 6, often in combination with other essential oils.
- Dermatoses, fungal infections and skin problems: applied to the skin in combination with other essential oils and diluted in a vegetable oil for sensitive skin and children.
- Lung problems: apply to chest and upper back diluted in vegetable oil
- ENT problems: inhale or diffuse.
Find out more
Thyme linalol is one of the best tolerated chemotypes and is an excellent substitute for thyme phenol for babies and young children with all types of difficult infections.
Characteristically, Thymus vulgaris ct linalol is intelligent but discreet, even introverted, and often feels misunderstood. Weak and sickly on the outside, it is solid on the inside. It needs to be loved and helped to grow, but it must retain its free will.
Linalool Thyme can bring strength and energy, especially to withdrawn children or those suffering from family difficulties.