Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Thyme, a i ʻole thyme, no nā kenekulia no nā waiwai maikaʻi like ʻole. Ua hoʻohana ka poʻe o Roma kahiko i koume e mālama i ka melancholy a hoʻohui i ka lau nahele i ka paʻakai. Ua hoʻohana ka poʻe Helene kahiko i thyme e hana i ka mea ʻala. I ka wā kahiko, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo thyme e hāʻawi i ka ikaika a me ka wiwo ʻole.
Aia ma kahi o 350 mau ʻano thyme. He mea kanu ia a no ka ʻohana mint. ʻAʻala loa, ʻaʻole makemake i kahi wahi nui a puni iā ia iho, a no laila hiki ke ulu i loko o kahi māla liʻiliʻi. Hoʻohana ʻia nā lau thyme maloʻo a i ʻole hou, me nā pua, i nā stews, soups, nā mea kanu i kālua ʻia, a me nā casseroles. Hāʻawi ka mea kanu i ka meaʻai i kahi ʻala ʻoi mehana e like me ka camphor.
He kiʻekiʻe ka ʻaila nui o Thyme i ka thymol, nona nā waiwai antibacterial, antiseptic, a me nā antioxidant ikaika. Hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia ka ʻaila i ka holoi waha no ka mālama ʻana i ka mumū i loko o ka waha. Loaʻa iā Thyme nā waiwai e hoʻohana ai i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi bronchitis a me ka maʻi ʻeha, ka ʻāʻī o ka ʻōpū hanu luna a me ka ʻuʻu. He hopena maikaʻi ʻo Thyme i ka mucosa bronchial. Loaʻa i nā lālā a pau o ka ʻohana mint, me ka thyme, nā terpenoids i ʻike ʻia e hakakā i ka maʻi kanesa. ʻO nā lau Thyme kekahi o nā kumu waiwai nui o ka hao, potassium, calcium, magnesium, selenium a me manganese. Loaʻa iā ia nā huaora B, beta-carotene, vitamina A, K, E, C.
ʻO 100g lau thyme hou (% o ka ʻae ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā):