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EFRİN - Efrîn women have turned their faces to mountainsides with the coming of spring for thyme. They use thyme in meals and also use it as medicine.

Women have been in a rush to collect thyme in the Efrîn Canton of Rojava. They have turned their faces to mountainsides with coming of spring for thyme. Efrîn women say they use thyme in their meals and also use it as medicine. Women stated that thyme is good particularly for skin and eyes and it is also good for many diseases. Emine Ebdo is one of the women who collect thyme.

Emine said that they collect thyme on mountains every year. "Efrîn is known with its natural. Fruits, vegetables and herbs grow here due to the nature of Efrîn and we collect them. We benefit from these fruitful lands. We take care of our health. We add the thyme into olives, meals, and yogurt. Thyme is good particularly for skin and eyes and it is also good for many diseases. Coolection of thyme is difficult, but we are happy with this. Being communed with nature give us peace."

Benefits of thyme

Thanks to its distinctive taste, it has remained a culinary staple to this day. But thyme is also fast gaining a reputation for its medicinal qualities too, such as its ability to help treat acne and high blood pressure.Thyme contains a number of anti-inflammatory compounds, including luteolin and rosmarinic acid, which may provide health benefits for people with certain anti-inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and inflammatory acne. It also contains several phytochemicals (such as ursolic acid, rosmarinic acid and luteolin) that have been linked to anti-cancer activity in laboratory studies.

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