Also called Creeping thyme, Mountain thyme, and Wild thyme. Used as a anthelmintic, antispasmodic, carminative, diaphoretic, expectorant, and sedative. As a tincture, extract, or infusion, it is used for throat and bronchial problems, acute bronchitis, laryngitis, and whooping cough, diarrhea, chronic gastritis, and lack of appetite. Excessive internal use of Garden thyme can lead to symptoms of poisoning and to over stimulation of the thyroid gland