Thyme, kapena thyme, wakhala akudziwika kwa zaka zambiri chifukwa cha zinthu zabwino zosiyanasiyana. Anthu a ku Roma wakale ankagwiritsa ntchito thyme pofuna kuchiza melancholy ndikuwonjezera zitsamba ku tchizi. Agiriki akale ankagwiritsa ntchito thyme kupanga zofukiza. M'zaka zamakedzana, thyme idapangidwa kuti ipatse mphamvu komanso kulimba mtima.
Pali mitundu pafupifupi 350 ya thyme. Ndi chomera chosatha ndipo ndi cha banja la mint. Onunkhira kwambiri, safuna malo ozungulira okha, choncho akhoza kukula ngakhale m'munda waung'ono. Masamba owuma kapena atsopano a thyme, pamodzi ndi maluwa, amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu mphodza, supu, masamba ophika, ndi casseroles. Chomeracho chimapatsa chakudyacho fungo lakuthwa, lotentha ngati camphor.
Mafuta ofunikira a thyme ali ndi thymol yambiri, yomwe imakhala ndi antibacterial, antiseptic, ndi antioxidant katundu. Mafuta akhoza kuwonjezeredwa ku mouthwash kuti athetse kutupa m'kamwa. Thyme ali ndi katundu kuti zikhale zothandiza pa matenda aakulu komanso pachimake chifuwa, kutupa chapamwamba kupuma thirakiti ndi chifuwa chifuwa. Thyme ali ndi zotsatira zabwino pa bronchial mucosa. Mamembala onse a banja la timbewu, kuphatikiza thyme, ali ndi ma terpenoids omwe amadziwika kuti amalimbana ndi khansa. Masamba a thyme ndi amodzi mwa magwero olemera kwambiri a chitsulo, potaziyamu, calcium, magnesium, selenium ndi manganese. Ilinso ndi mavitamini a B, beta-carotene, vitamini A, K, E, C.
100g masamba atsopano a thyme ndi (% ya malipiro omwe amaperekedwa tsiku ndi tsiku):