Nammam - thyme

Essence.
This is a sisanbar.

Nature.
Hot to the second degree, dry to the same degree. It resists rotting.

Actions and properties.
It kills lice.

Tumors and acne.
It is useful for internal tumors and for very hard cellulitis.

Organs of the head.
It is boiled in vinegar and mixed with rose oil; if anointed with it on the head, it helps against the disease of memory loss, as well as insanity, lithargus and caranitus.

Thyme is boiled in vinegar and applied with rose oil for headaches, and this helps. Wild thyme leaves are also used to make a medicinal bandage on the head and forehead for headaches, and this is beneficial.

Nutritional organs.
Thyme is good for hiccups if you drink it in wine, and its seeds are stronger. It helps against cold liver tumors.

Eruption organs.
Thyme is useful against worms and “pumpkin seeds”; expels dead fetus and drives away urine and menstruation. Rock and wild thyme are especially powerful. If you drink it in wine, it stops the flow of urine drop by drop and removes stones. With wine it is also useful for pain in the intestines.

Poisons.
It is useful for bites. It is used to make a medicinal bandage for hornet bites, and they drink it for their bites in the amount of two dirhams in sikanjubin.