He wai parauri-whero pouri, he wai kakariki pouri rānei te hinu kakara o te taimi, he kakara otaota kaha, he kakara waina pakupaku. Ka whiwhi mā te whakahoro i ngā rau me ngā pua maroke o te otaota taimi, he tipu nō te whānau Labiatae.

He hinu kakara tino kaha, tētahi o ngā rongoā patu huakita tino kaha. Mā te rewa o te hinu kakara thyme ki roto i te wai wera o te kaukau waewae ka taea te whakahohe i te toto me ngā meridian, ā, ka taea hoki te tango i te haunga waewae me te haunga waewae.

⒈ whakapai ake i te nakunaku me ngā mate wahine, whakatairanga i te rere o te toto, whakarei ake i te ārai mate, whakaiti i te mamae neuropathic, ārai mate huakita.

2. āwhina i te whakaora patunga, te rongoā i te ekisema me ngā mirumiru kiri. Whakahohe i ngā pūtau roro, whakapai ake i te mahara me te arotahi, ārai i te pouri me te whakamarie i te whara.

3. He tino whai hua ki te patu i te kiri o te makawe, ā, ka ārai i te hinga o te makawe. He ārai-kitakita, he ārai-pāwera, he ārai-paitini pepeke, he ārai-mate paturopi, he whakapakari i te tinana, ā, he whakatairanga i te kiri mākūkū. He whakapakari i ngā io hei ārai i ngā moemoeā kino.

Ka patua e te hinu kakara o te taimi ngā pepeke kino me ngā pirinoa e kai ana i te tinana, pērā i te waeroa, te ngārara puruhi me ngā ngārara moenga. Ka taea e ēnei ngārara te whakararu i tō kiri, i tō makawe, i ō kākahu, me ō taonga whare, nō reira whakamahia ngā hinu kakara hei ārai i a rātou.

Mā te torutoru pata hinu kakara o te taimi ka taea te patu rua i ngā pūrerehua me ngā pīrere, ā, ka noho haumaru hoki ō kāpata me tō kīhini. Ka taea e te hinu kakara o te taimi te rongoā i ngā ngau me ngā wero pepeke ahakoa kāore e whakamahia i te wā tika.

Ka patua e te hinu kakara o te taimi ngā kutukutu pērā i ngā kutukutu puku pērā i ngā kutukutu porowhita me ngā kutukutu rīpene; ngā pirinoa pērā i te waeroa, te puruhi rino, te kutu, ngā pepeke moenga me ngā namu; me ngā pītau me ngā pūrerehua e kai ana i te witi, i te kākahu rānei.