(Thymus satureioides ct. borneol) Traditionally used to support healthy breathing, immune response, skin, gallbladder, bladder and urinary function, and to soothe minor muscle and joint discomfort.
Therapeutic Uses Moroccan Thyme essential oil may support, aid, ease, soothe, reduce, calm, relax, promote and/or maintain healthy function of the following: Acne Arthritis Autoimmune Bacteria Blood Pressure Bronchitis Childbirth, may speed labor and afterbirth delivery Circulation Colitis Cystitis Cytokines - borneol inhibits pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF alpha, IL-1b and IL-6 Digestion, bulimia, upset stomach, intestinal antiseptic Diuretic Edema Fluid retention Gallbladder, gallstones Gout Headaches Immune system - effective immunological modulator to slow excessive immune reactions (such as cytokines) without compromising necessary defensive functions Impotence Infection Inflammation - borneol down-regulates pro-inflammatory cytokines Insomnia Joints, minor aches and pains Liver Memory Menses, induce Parasites Respiratory system - may help ameliorate or prevent acute lung injury (ALI) when pro-inflammatory cytokines are over expressed Sinus, bacterial, viral Throat, tonsillitis Tonsillitis Tuberculosis Uterus, muscle tone, tonic Vaginal discharge Virus Weakness Uplifting Kurt Schnaubelt wrote in Medical Aromatherapy that Moroccan Thyme "may be the most effective for chronic infections and/ or autoimmune diseases. It helps realign the immune system reducing chronic inflammation caused by pathologically elevated levels of gamma globulins. Aromamedicine uses this oil for angina and tuberculosis. Because of its highly restorative combination of carvacrol (a phenol) and borneol (a valuable terpene alcohol not encountered in similarly high concentrations in any other oil), it has also been recommended for arthrosis." Schnaubelt also wrote in Original Swiss Aromatics Authenticity Bulletin #12 Moroccan Thyme: "The unique composition of Moroccan Thyme almost miraculously fits the demands of the current health issues [2020-2022] as it contains about 30% or more borneol. Recent studies have shown that borneol downregulates proinflammatory cytokines and suggest that it may help ameliorate or prevent acute lung injury (ALI) when proinflammatory cytokines are over expressed. Borneol inhibits proinflammatory cytokines TNF alpha, IL-1b and IL-6. This Thyme also contains about 6-10% carvacrol. Carvacrol is not only highly antimicrobial and antiviral, but also induces the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10. As an oil that regulates these important parameters, Moroccan Thyme has been used in French style aromatherapy as an effective immunological modulator to slow excessive immune reactions without compromising necessary defensive functions. Thymus satureioïdes counteracts pathogenic microorganisms as well as the excess cytokines that often arise with the reaction of the immune system to certain viruses and other triggers."
Analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects and mechanism of action of borneol on photodynamic therapy of acne - Science Direct