The essential oil of the common garden and culinary thyme, red thyme is high in the constituent thymola powerful skin-irritant. Avoid skin application and try diffusing during the cold and flu season.Botanical Name: Thymus vulgarisColor: Brownish-red, orange-red, grayish-brown Viscosity: Mobile Top Note: Spicy-herbaceous, sweet, medicinal Middle Note: Intensely herbaceous, medicinal, spicy, sweet, warmDry Note: Dry bitter-sweet herbaceous Aromatherapy Actions: Purifying, cleansing Safety Data: Skin irritant. Avoid during pregnancy and with high blood pressure. Regulatory Status: GRAS 182.20 Origin: SpainProcessing Notes: Essential oil is obtained by steam and water distillation of the partially dried above ground plant parts.Common Name: Thyme, RedForm: Essential Oil