Serpyllum – Wild Thyme

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh aerial parts in flower of Thymus ser- pyllum L., which blossoms in sunny alpine meadows and pastures. N.O. Labiatae.

The action of thyme is based on its essential oil and the bitter principle, serpyllin, which it contains, among other things. Thyme is used not only in coughs and ca- tarrhal colds, acting as an expectorant and soothing the cough, including that of whooping cough, but it also has a particularly calming effect on nervous irritations, such as those which occur following worm-infestation.

Typical of the Thymus Serpyllum patient is the special effect on the sexual organs, with lascivious, fantastic dreams accompanying irritability, moodiness and a lack of energy. There is also a pain resulting from tiredness, felt in the loins and aggravated by mental or physical exertion, particularly after excessive nocturnal seminal emis- sions with lustful dreams and possibly priapism.

Also typical is a burning pain on urination, with subsequent dribbling of urine, also frequency of urination with urine which is high in urates and low in phosphates.

Generally speaking, Serpyllum is used primarily in combination remedies in order to strengthen the action of the other ingredients. (E. Bürgi’s synergistic principle.)