Have see thyme combined with other remedies for PMS, skin disorders, etc. but
not with fenugreek.  Think this product was aimed at nursing mothers or for
those with GI upsets or other such uses?

Maybe someone out there has some hands-on experience with thyme as a
lactogogue - have seen it listed as such occasionally, but most science texts
do not identify it as such , including Bingel and Farnsworth's fairly
comprehensive ethnobotanical lactogogue plant list.  Plant does have
interesting compounds, including triterpenes, saponins - classes of compounds
often found in other lactogogue plants.  It also contains other chemicals that
may temper it's lactogenic ability - some of these chemicals it shares with
it's relatives, peppermint ( the oil of which is anti-lactogenic by
reputation), and sage.  Best guess is that thyme is neutral at worst and has
positive effect on milk supply at best.  Could flavour milk in an interesting
way.

One thymely note: my resident garden-adoring deer do not eat thyme any more
than they eat sage or mints or parsley when their babies are young ( the
garden has become  my informal test plot for lactogogues/anti-lactogogue
plants - on the other hand, the deer will do just about anything to get at the
black cohosh or the fenugreek greens).

 Internal use of whole plant/tea rated as "safe when used appropriately" by
the Amer. Herbal Products Assoc. Handbook of Herb Safety.  They add caveat
that oil should not be used in pregnancy.  Thyme oil used topically, even when
very dilute ( e.g. bathwater), can cause dermatitis, probably due to phenols
present.

Check the archives for sources of fenugreek tincture - a couple brands out
there and they seem to work perhaps even better than the powdered seed,
according to some practitioners.

Staying warm so far tonight in chilly Minnesota,
Sheila Humphrey
BSc RN IBCLC
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