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Thyme in Greek means "thymos"- "life inhalation, spirit", from ancientry was in his way a religious herb. They say that this herb is able to recover energy structure of a human. In heathen times the Slavs used it in their profane rites. There was a superstition that thyme remans those humans who use it in food or wear it in amulet, that’s a thyme decoction was given to faint-hearted fighting men before a fight. People believe that thyme in pillow brings health and longevity. In many countries this herb is considered as a symbol of fertility, that's why brides wore garlands made of wild thyme.
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Researchers of Newcastle University, United Kingdom, have studied Hyptis crenata herb known as Brazilian mint, and reached a conclusion, that its effect is equipollent to the effect of advanced pharmacological analgesics. Tested an effect of the mint from South America on mice, researchers stationed that usage of the mint as а tincture, simply speaking as a tea, leads to analgesics action, such as well-known nonsteroid antiphlogistic remedy (indometacin, nurofen).
So far mint tea, which is traditionally used in Brazil for treatment of various diseases, is glorified because of its health-giving property in case of digestive system problems in ages. Mint tea helps in case of stomach upset and meteorism, as tannin, contained in mint, represses growth of putrid bacteriumia.
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