Help with acne

If you're sick of purchasing and using over-the-counter acne medications that don't work, you could be in luck. Thyme has antibacterial qualities and may have a future as an acne-fighting substance. When thyme is steeped in alcohol for several days or weeks, it produces a tincture. An older 2010 study discovered that thyme essential oil had antibacterial action against P. acnes, the bacterium considered to cause acne.

A study was conducted at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia to evaluate the therapeutic advantages of a 10% chamomile extract cream and a 3% thyme essential oil antifungal cream for eczema-like lesions. They discovered that 66.5 percent of those treated with a fungal cream containing thyme essential oil recovered completely, compared to 28.5 percent of those given a placebo. The results of the chamomile cream were comparable to those of the placebo.