Botanical characteristics

• Latin name: Thymus satureioides Coss.
• Botanical family: Lamiaceae
• Part used: flowering tops
• Country of origin: Morocco

Precautions for use

Caution! Thyme borneol essential oil should be used with caution.

Only adults and adolescents should use it!

However, all routes of administration are permitted, but always with caution.

The oral route is reserved for the therapist and the essential oil used by the dermal route or by diffusion must be absolutely diluted.

In fact, this essential oil is irritating to the skin and mucous membranes and is dermocaustic.

It also has cortisol properties.

Be aware of the presence of allergenic components.

Other precautions

Warning:

• People with asthma should consult a doctor before using this essential oil.

Cutaneous use:

• Thyme borneol essential oil is dermocaustic and irritating to the skin, so it should be diluted in vegetable oil before use (15% essential oil to 85% vegetable oil).
• Pregnant women can use this diluted essential oil on the skin as advised by their doctor, avoiding application to the abdomen.

Diffusion: 

• Dilute this essential oil between 20 and 30% in other essential oils for use in atmospheric diffusion.
• Atmospheric diffusion can be used by pregnant women.

Allergenic components:

Thyme borneol essential oil contains biochemical allergenic components:

• Linalool (≤ 5%)
• Limonene (≤ 2%)
• 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

 Adults and adolescents

Children under 6 years

 Pregnant and breastfeeding women

 Pregnant women younger than 3 months

 Infants under 3 years old

Risks of use