Ground pepper

This product is Labiatae plants thyme Thymus mongolicus Ronn. the part on the ground. ( British) Mongolian Thyme Herb
Alias: Thyme, incense.
Plant morphology: short small shrubby herb, have a strong fragrance. Lay prostrate bine end into the sterile branches or occasional cuttlefish. Stems with four ribs, branch purple, densely tomentose; flower2 ～ 10cm high. Leaves opposite,2 ～4, ovate,0.5 to 1cm in length, lateral veins 2to 3on both sides, in the lower part of the glandular dots; petiole ca. as half of the upper blade, petiole shorter. Inflorescences capitate; calyx slightly2-lipped, throat with a ring of hairs; corolla purple to pink, two lips form, grow 6.5 ～8mm; stamens 4, two strong, out of. Nutlets subglobose or ovoid. Florescence 6 ～ August, fruit period in September.
Born in the mountain, the weeds. Located in Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shanxi, Hebei.
Sampling: summer, autumn blossom harvest, removing impurities, dried or dried.
Chemical composition: stem, leaf volatile oil, oil mainly to linalool, borneol, Kaseri (carvacrol), p-cymene, thymol; leaf still contain oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, caffeic acid.
Taste: warm, spicy; a small drug.
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Functions: dispelling wind diaphoresis, xingqizhitong. For the common cold, headache, toothache, abdominal distension and cold pain.

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