HerbilousOpen the interactive guideHERB PROFILE · EDUCATIONAL REFERENCE
Mother of Herbs
Important safety information: Human safety, interaction and pregnancy data are limited. Avoid concentrated extracts and essential oil for self-treatment; check use with medicines, pregnancy, breastfeeding or in young children.
Herbal actions
- Aromatic culinary herb
- carminative traditionally
- respiratory support traditionally
Traditional and practitioner uses
These uses are presented for historical and educational context. They are not treatment claims.
- Culinary seasoning
- Traditional support for coughs and colds
- Traditional relief of mild digestive discomfort
Main constituents
Volatile oil rich in carvacrol and thymol, rosmarinic acid, flavonoids and other phenolics
Preparation overview
Tea: Covered leaf infusion. Use correctly identified leaf in modest food or tea quantities; human clinical evidence is limited.
Liquid extract reference: No evidence-based universal dose
Preparation strengths are not interchangeable. Open the interactive guide for the complete evidence notes and sources available for this herb.
Herbilous provides educational information only. It does not diagnose, prescribe, or replace professional medical advice. Seek urgent care for severe or worsening symptoms.