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spicy and peculiar taste; the parts used are the 
tops, flowers and leaves, which should be gath- 
ered during the flowering season. Thyme con- 
tains resin, tannin and extractive matter, besides 
about two and one half per cent. of volatile oti, 
it has been used medicinally as a tonic, nervine, 
carminative and emmenagogue, and when given 
it is administered inthe form of an infusion, the 
dose of which is % to x fluid ounce. It is often 
used as a condiment to flavor soups, meats, etc. 
The oil of Origanum of the stores is the oil of 
thyme, as it is recovered by the first distillation 
—which is commercially called—red oil. The 
second distillation gives a colorless oil, which is 
known as white oil. See oil of Origanum, 
