THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT FOR THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE COVID-19

Abstract

A therapeutic treatment for the treatment of COVID-19 disease, the treatment to be initiated soon after and preferably within approximately twenty four hours after the patient develops the first signs of symptoms comprising but not limited to individually or in combination thereof fever, headache, sore joints, cough, fatigue, chills. The treatment consists of the oral administration of the herb thyme, also know as common thyme (Thymus vulgaris). The treatment is thought to inhibit the replication and activity of the virus allowing the patient to regain normal health and assist in developing immunity to the virus. The treatment is not known to completely eliminate the virus from the patient therefore resulting in the patient possibly developing the same or different symptoms of the disease a second, or more times requiring additional treatments of the disclosed thyme therapeutic treatment.

Claims

1. A method for a therapeutic treatment of a coronavirus disease Covid-19 in humans, the method comprises oral ingestion of an herb thyme leaf in a ground or powdered state used in a therapeutically effective dose or dosage regime.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the thyme affects or interferes with a mechanism of the coronavirus, the affected or interfered mechanism is a special surface glycoprotein called a “spike” (Peplomer), the thyme inhibiting the activity of the coronavirus.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the thyme is in a dried, and ground or powdered state.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the dosage regime comprises at least a first dose, a second dose, and a third dose.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the second dose is ingested approximately six to eight hours after the first dose, and the third dose is ingested approximately six to eight hours after the second dose.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the thyme is combined with a liquid such as water.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the thyme is soaked in the liquid.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the liquid is approximately six to ten ounces in quantity of the liquid for each dose.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein food and sugars are refrained from being ingested: i) four to six hours prior to the first dose, ii) between the first dose and the second dose, iii) between the second dose and the third dose, and iv) four to six hours after the third dose.

10. The method of claim 5 comprising a fourth or more doses, the fourth dose being ingested approximately six to eight hours after the third dose is ingested, or if the dose is greater than the fourth dose, the greater than the fourth dose is ingested six to eight hours after a previous dose is ingested.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein each dose comprises a heaping teaspoon of approximately 0.2 ounces of the thyme for a sixty two year old adult male weighing approximately 170 lbs.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the amount of thyme in each dose is adjusted for a younger person or an older person that is either lighter in weight or heavier in weight than the sixty two year old adult male weighing approximately 170 lbs.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the treatment dosage regime begins with taking the first dose within twenty-four hours after an onset of symptoms of the disease.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the symptoms may comprise individually or in combination thereof, fever, headache, sore joints, cough, fatigue, or chills.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the thyme is formed into a pill or enclosed in a capsule.

16. The method of claim 1 additionally comprising an extracted component or a combination of extracted components of the thyme in addition to an entirety of ingredients of the thyme.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the extracted component or the extracted components of the thyme comprises one or more of: thymol, camphor, borneol, carvacrol, terpinenes, pinenes, cymene, terpinenols, citral and cineoles, or any combination thereof.

18. A method for a therapeutic treatment of a coronavirus disease Covid-19 in humans, the method comprises oral ingestion of an extracted component, or extracted components of an herb thyme leaf used in a therapeutically effective dose or dosage regime.

19. A method for therapeutically preventing a coronavirus disease Covid-19 symptoms in humans after exposure to the virus, the method comprises oral ingestion of an extracted component, or extracted components of an herb thyme leaf used in a therapeutically effective dose or dosage regime.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the extracted component or components of the thyme comprises one or more of: thymol, camphor, borneol, carvacrol, terpinenes, pinenes, cymene, terpinenols, citral and cineoles, or any combination thereof.

21. The method of claim 19 wherein the extracted component or components of the thyme comprises one or more of: thymol, camphor, borneol, carvacrol, terpinenes, pinenes, cymene, terpinenols, citral and cineoles, or any combination thereof.

22. A method for therapeutically preventing a coronavirus disease Covid-19 symptoms in humans after exposure to the virus, the method comprises oral ingestion of an herb thyme leaf in a ground or powdered state used in a therapeutically effective dose or dosage regime.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0090] The disclosed invention comprises a composition and treatment to prevent the progression and severity of COVID-19 after infection and the occurrence of symptoms of the disease, the treatment is to be initiated soon after the patient develops the first signs of symptoms and preferably initiated within approximately twenty four hours of the onset of symptoms of the disease. The symptoms of the disease comprising but not limited to individually or in combination thereof being fever, headache, sore joints, cough, fatigue, and chills. Generally the fever may be mild or moderate in the initial symptoms stage. The treatment consists of the oral administration of the herb thyme, also know as common thyme (Thymus Vulgaris). Generally the leaf of the herb is used and the leaf of the herb is generally ground into powder for easy assimilation by the digestive tract of the patient. Oral administration of the whole non-ground leaf of the herb thyme has not been tested, although, it is conceivable that the whole leaf in an un-ground state of the herb may not digest fully by the patients digestive system and may not achieve the desired results of the treatment. The disclosed treatment is thought to inhibit the replication and activity of the virus allowing the patient to regain normal health and assist in developing immunity to the virus. The disclosed treatment is not known to completely eliminate the coronavirus from the patient therefore resulting in the patient possibly developing the same or similar symptoms of the disease a second or more subsequent times, therefore requiring additional disclosed treatments of the oral administration of the herb thyme.

[0091] The herb Thyme in a ground, powdered form and ingested with water in the disclosed treatment method has be shown to reduce and eliminate the symptoms and Covid-19 disease sickness in a single disclosed patient that developed the symptoms of COVID-19 on two different occasions spaced approximately twelve days apart. The disclosed patient recovered from the symptoms each of the two times and was able to return back to his normal working routine within approximately two days. The disclosed patient was treated each time within 24 hours of the onset of the symptoms of the Covid-19 disease.

[0092] In the following paragraphs, a description of symptoms and a timeline of symptoms are described from a disclosed patient that has suffered two occurrences of the Covid-19 disease. The disclosed patient was treated using the disclosed herb thyme therapeutic treatment within twenty-four hours after the symptoms started on each occurrences of the Covid-19 disease. The disclosed patient recovered quickly from the symptoms of the disease at each occurrence and now appears to maintain immunity to the disease after approximately fourteen months after the first occurrence of symptoms of the disease.

[0093] As described in the medical community, a second set of symptoms have occurred in some patients throughout the world after the patient has suffered an initial set of symptoms of the disease, the second set of symptoms has been described as a re-infection. The term “re-infection” may be an inappropriate description since the virus may remain in the patient's system for an extended period of time prolonging the infection without symptoms of the infection, and the virus simply may re-activate its aggressive replication process. The second set of symptoms after an initial recovery of the first set of symptoms resulting in an aggressive replication process of the virus may be caused by a number of different and unknown factors, although one factor to possibly cause the virus to re-activate its aggressive replication process may be the ingestion of an substantial amount of sugar and fat such as cane sugar and milk cream in a food such as ice cream, this seemed to be the case as described by the disclosed patient in the following paragraphs of this application. The disclosed patient believes the virus appears to feed off of the sugar and fat to gain strength from the availability of the sugar and fat in the patients system as this scenario seemed to be the scenario that brought on the symptoms of Covid-19 in the disclosed patient symptoms timeline of two occurrences of the Covid-19 disease the disclosed patient suffered from. The first occurrence and first set of symptoms of the disease appeared in the disclosed patient approximately one hour after the ingestion of sugar and milk fat from ice cream and the second occurrence and second set of symptoms of the disease appeared in the disclosed patient approximately one hour after the ingestion of sugar and milk fat from a sweet milk tea drink containing sugar and fat.

[0094] The disclosed herb thyme treatment may or may not be effective in reducing the symptoms of an infected patient that has extensive ongoing and severe symptoms of the disease Covid-19 that requires hospitalization or other emergency care. In addition, the safety of the disclosed treatment of Covid-19 using the herb thyme in a severely or moderately infected person is unknown. The side effects of the disclosed treatment seems to be few or none in a healthy patient when the patient is not currently or previous taken prescription drugs when the patient is treated within twenty four hours after the onset of symptoms and wherein the patient is still in basic good health and without breathing difficulties, although this is not substantiated. There appears to be side effects related to orally ingesting of the herb thyme, one of the side effects being elevated blood pressure.

[0095] The administration of the disclosed herb thyme treatment in the above mentioned scenario and in the following description of occurrences the disclosed patient has suffered has only been observed on one disclosed patient and has not been observed on patients with severe symptoms that would require hospitalization or other emergency treatments for the disease. Side effects and safety of the disclosed treatment is not known when the disclosed treatment is administered to a patient with moderate or sever symptoms of the disease. In addition, the disclosed patient that has received the disclosed herb thyme treatment in the disclosed limited study was a healthy sixty one year old male with no underlying conditions and has not been prescribed or taking any medications or other drugs. The effect of the disclosed treatment on a patient with underlying conditions or a patient that is currently being treated with prescription or non-prescription drugs is not known. The disclosed patient that was treated with the disclosed thyme herb treatment was suffering from the symptoms of COVID-19, COVID-19 testing at the timeline of March 2020 was not widely available, the disclosed patient was not tested for COVID-19 at that time. The disclosed patient was very likely infected and suffering from COVID-19 with many of the symptoms of Covid-19, but testing verification was not attained. Future testing of the disclosed herbal thyme treatment of COVID-19 on additional patients will verify the effectiveness of the disclosed herbal thyme treatment.

[0096] It is possible that a minimal maintenance dose of the disclosed thyme treatment given less often than the disclosed treatment of 0.2 ounces in three oral administrations six to eight hours apart may result in a preventative therapy of the virus to re-activate its aggressive replication process therefore preventing the patient from developing symptoms of the disease. Long term side effects of a maintenance dose of the disclosed treatment of the disease is not known.

[0097] One active ingredient of the herb thyme is thymol. Treating a patient with oil of thyme containing thymol may also be a beneficial treatment alternative to using the entire herb in an unaltered but ground into powder state. Additional extractions of the herb thyme may also be a beneficial alternative for oral ingestion for the treatment of Covid-19 instead of oral administration of the entire herb leaf.

[0098] A presumed object of the disclosed invention and disclosed method of use seems to be to use the antiviral properties of the herb thyme to depress the activity of the virus reducing the viruses ability to replicate and cause harm to the patient, thus allowing the patient to develop immunity to the virus while the virus is in a depressed state remaining in the patient, although this is just a guess of the effect of the herb thyme on the Covid-19 disease and should not be a determination of fact.

[0099] The virus symptoms may resurface in the patient one or more times while the patient is developing immunity to the virus, requiring the patient to then again be treated with the disclosed invention method using the herb thyme utilizing the combination of anti-viral compounds in the herb. If for some reason the patient cannot or does not attain natural immunity to the virus with a reasonable timeframe such as thirty to ninety days, the patient may opt to continue treatment with the disclosed treatment each time the virus affects the patient in a debilitating or symptomatic manner while being diligent and aware of any possible side affects from the ingestion of the herb thyme. One side effect of oral ingesting the herb thyme may be elevated blood pressure. Blood pressure monitoring during the disclosed thyme treatment may be beneficial and a requirement during treatment for safety of the patient. Another side effect of the herb thyme may be that the oral ingestion of the herb may interact with drugs that slow blood clotting.

[0100] Using the herb thyme as an effective treatment to COVID-19 may have many advantages to the conventional treatment options described earlier in this application. The herb thyme: [0101] is a natural substance has been known to be possibly safe as described when used as a medicine for short periods of time. [0102] can be easily grown, is currently widely available to the general public, and commonly sold in most grocery stores as a food spice. [0103] may be the most effect substance to use to assist the patient in developing immunity to COVID-19 by simply inhibiting the replication of the virus in the patient allowing the patient to recover sufficiently to develop immunity.

[0104] Derivatives of the herb Thyme may also be an effective treatment option for the Covid-19 disease. One such derivative is the thymol. Thymol is found in thyme oil or made synthetically. It may be noted, the disclosed patient was treated with the entirety of the thyme leaf in a ground and powdered state with all of the ingredients of the thyme leaf. Other antiviral derivatives of thyme include, camphor, borneol, carvacrol, terpinenes, pinenes, cymene, terpinenols, citral and cineoles.

[0105] Below is a dated timeline of the disclosed patient scenario of symptoms and treatment of the symptoms of the coronavirus COVID-19 two occurrences the patient suffered from.

[0106] Tuesday 2020 Feb. 4: The disclosed patient having personal use experience of ingesting thyme and its anti viral properties, ordered four six ounce packs of thyme leaves from Amazon, brand name Yamees. The thyme order was received by the patient on 2020 Feb. 6. The disclosed patient was aware of the new coronavirus infection going around and made sure he had an additional ample supplies of thyme to fight the infection if he contracted the virus and of the possibility that the virus is deterred by the ingestion of the thyme powder. The disclosed patient promptly ground up one six ounce bag of thyme in the blender to make a rough powder and placed the thyme powder is a sealed jar and placed the jar in the refrigerator. On or near 2020 Feb. 6 the disclosed patient also purchased a 1.38 ounce can of thyme powder from Fry's food store in the Kroger brand.

[0107] Thursday 2020 Feb. 6: The disclosed patient received his order of thyme from Amazon.

[0108] Monday 2020 Feb. 24: The disclosed patient purchased 2 lbs. of hulled sunflower seeds at Winco at 59.sup.th Ave & Bell Rd. in Glendale Ariz. for about $1.39 lb.

[0109] Monday 2020 Feb. 24: The disclosed patient ate about 2 ounces of the sunflower seeds. The sunflower seeds tasted rancid with bad taste. The disclosed patient threw the portion of the sunflower seeds he did not eat in the trash. The disclosed patient is assuming that the sunflower seeds were from China for the fact they only cost $1.39 per lb.

[0110] Monday 2020 Feb. 24 through Sunday 2020 Mar. 1 till 7 pm: The disclosed patient felt fine without any noticeable health problems. The disclosed patient worked in Camp Verde AZ on a small farm he owns on Saturday and Sunday 02-29-20 and 03-01-20.

[0111] Sunday 2020 Mar. 1 7:30 pm: The disclosed patient returned from the grocery store (Bashes) in Camp Verde at about 7:30 pm and the disclosed patient ate 1 pint of natural ice cream that had a high content of sugar and milk cream. The ice crème was Haagen Dazs pineapple coconut. The ingredients were Cream, skim milk, cane sugar, pineapple, egg yolks, natural flavor (contains coconut), rum.

[0112] Sunday 2020 Mar. 1 8:00 pm: Soon after and with thirty to sixty minutes after eating the ice cream the disclosed patient developed a slight fever and a slight headache with chills and aching in his bones. That night the disclosed patient testing the soreness in his joints, tried to do a couple of pushups, the disclosed patient could not do any pushups because of soreness in the shoulders, the shoulders are sore, the disclosed patients shoulders are not normally sore when doing pushups. The disclosed patient's headache and fever persisted through out the night.

[0113] Monday 2020 Mar. 2 5:00 am: The disclosed patient is still felling sick but not knowing what the problem is, the disclosed patient decided he could not safely drive back to Phoenix in the morning darkness. The disclosed patient decided to go to the local restaurant in Camp Verde AZ called the Verde Café and eat breakfast before driving back to Phoenix during daylight hours.

[0114] Monday 2020 Mar. 2 6:00 am to 7:00 am: The disclosed patient arrived at the restaurant and sat down and ordered breakfast. The disclosed patient ate the usual 2 eggs, hash browns, toast and coffee for the headache. The disclosed patient did not realize what his sickness could have been, nor did the patient communicate to any of the two or three other people sitting at the same table as the disclosed patient that the disclosed patient was not feeling well. The disclosed patient did notice that while sitting in the restaurant he was getting sharp pains in his lower back in the kidney area, felt like being stabbed in the lower back and a little to the side.

[0115] Monday 2020 Mar. 2 9:30 am: The disclosed patient arrives in Phoenix and the disclosed patient still not feeling well with a slight fever and headache. The disclosed patient's single employee Brian says he is finished with the current job schedule and ready to meet with the disclosed patient at the next job at 51.sup.st Ave & McDowell Rd where Brian and the disclosed patient need to complete some electrical circuit trouble shooting. Brian and the disclosed patient meet and finished the trouble-shooting job by noon, the disclosed patient did not feel well during the work, but the job needed to be completed as it was behind schedule. The disclosed patient spent the rest of the day at home resting.

[0116] Monday 2020 Mar. 2 10:30 am: A former employee Jeff is in town from Wisconsin and sent the patient a text to see if the disclosed patient is in Phoenix. Jeff requested the disclosed patient help him grease the front end of his truck as it is making noise. The disclosed patient told him sure, be glad to. The disclosed patient still was not feeling good, still did not know why or have any inclination he had contracted the coronavirus Covid-19.

[0117] Monday 2020 Mar. 2 2:10 pm: Although the disclosed patient is still not feeling well and has no clue to what his sickness is

[0118] Monday 2020 Mar. 2 3:00 pm: Still feeling bad with the persistent slight headache and persistent slight fever, the disclosed patient is now assuming he has Covid-19 disease and decided to start therapeutic treatment for himself with the herb thyme. For this first dose, the disclosed patient used the bulk Thyme he purchased from Amazon that he had previously ground up to a rough powder in his blender. The disclosed patient added one heaping teaspoon (approximately 0.2 oz) into a full glass of water and let the thyme sit in the water for about 1/2 hour until the thyme was soaked down with water. The disclosed patient then proceeded to drink the entire glass of water containing the thyme. The disclosed patient had a small meal that day at El Polio Loco at 51.sup.st ave and McDowell Rd at about 11:00 am.

[0119] Monday 2020 Mar. 2 8:00 pm: The disclosed patient is stilling felling sick with the persistent slight headache, slight fever and body aches. The disclosed patient decided to ingest another heaping teaspoon dose of thyme with water in the same manner as earlier except this time the patient used the thyme powder in a small can he bought at the Fry's grocery store. The disclosed patient used one heaping teaspoon (approximately 0.2 oz) again and let the thyme powder sit in the water before ingesting. The disclosed patient had mostly an empty stomach when the thyme was ingested. The disclosed patient is still feeling sick. The disclosed patient went to sleep. Prior to going to sleep, The disclosed patient was thinking to himself that this sickness is nothing like I have ever felt before, the headache at the same time as the slight fever and tremendous joint pain was foreign to him even though the disclosed patient has previously had the seasonal flu in years past, although the disclosed patient has also treated the seasonal flu in the years past with the herb thyme and therefore he has not previously suffered to any large degree from the seasonal flu.

[0120] Tuesday 2020 Mar. 3 4:30 am: The disclosed patient woke up after a night of sleep where he did not sleep well. The headache had bothered the disclosed patient all night and prevented him from sleeping well. The fever was still with the disclosed patient, but the headache bothered him more than the fever. The disclosed patient phone called the schedule to his employee Brian to keep him busy most of the day.

[0121] Tuesday 2020 Mar. 3 5:30 am: The disclosed patient is still feeling bad, the disclosed patient decided to ingest another heaping teaspoon dose of thyme using the thyme powder in a small can he bought at the grocery store. The disclosed patient ingested the thyme and water on an empty stomach.

[0122] Tuesday 2020 Mar. 3 8:30 am: The disclosed patient started to feel much better, the headache is reduced and the slight fever seems to be almost gone. The disclosed patient placed a automotive grease gun with grease in his truck expecting to meet with Jeff and grease his trucks front end. The disclosed patient went out for a cup of coffee at 28.sup.th Ave & Bell rd at The Gourmet Bagel coffee shop arriving at about 9:00 am. The disclosed patient sent a text to Jeff saying that he can grease his truck right now if he is available, but the disclosed patient told Jeff he is feeling a little under the weather and probably should not meet with his family incase he is contagious, Jeff responded Ok and met the patient about 20 minutes later at the coffee shop. The disclosed patient greased the zerk fittings on Jeff's truck and then the disclosed patient and Jeff talked old times for about 20 minutes in the parking lot located to the west side of the Fry's grocery store in the same vicinity of the coffee shop.

[0123] Tuesday 2020 Mar. 3 11:00: The disclosed patient received a text from his employee, Brian saying he is finished with the job schedule and would like to meet up at the storage at 43.sup.rd & Peoria to install the new truck door handle the patient bought for the bucket truck. The disclosed patient and Brian met at about noon and installed the door handle, it took about 2 hours complete and was a difficult job. The disclosed patient was feeling better by now and working on the truck door handle was not a great problem even though he was still a little weak. The disclosed patient gave Brian his schedule for Wednesday morning to first thing go to the large centers in Surprise the company services.

[0124] Wednesday 2020 Mar. 4 5:30 am: The disclosed patient is feeling pretty good, he texted Brian that he will meet him in Surprise. The disclosed patient arrived in Surprise and worked a few hours with Brian on the centers changing light bulbs and ballasts. The disclosed patient was feeling almost back to normal

[0125] Friday 2020 Mar. 6 9:20 am: The disclosed patient is feeling fine again and pretty much back to normal except for a little weakness.

[0126] Friday 2020 Mar. 6 through Wednesday 03-11-20: The patient is feeling pretty good and out in the field working with Brian, all seems normal.

[0127] Thursday 2020 Mar. 12 6:00 am through 1:00 pm: The disclosed patient worked with Brian in the field most of the day and he worked fine. The last stop of the day was at Litchfield Rd and Van Buren street in Avondale. At about 1:00 pm the patient left to allow Brian to finish the job while the disclosed patient went across the street for a cup of coffee to do some paperwork and to check the phone emails. The disclosed patient ordered a coffee but the server said the coffee is real strong using six shots of espresso, so the disclosed patient opted for a tea instead. The server said the tea is a milk tea and the disclosed patient said OK. The disclosed patient drank the tea and the tea was real sweet, too sweet for the disclosed patient's taste.

[0128] Thursday 2020 Mar. 12 5:00 pm: A few hours after drinking the very sweet milk tea, the disclosed patient started to get a headache and a slight fever with sore joints very similar to the same feeling he had on Sunday 03-01-20 8:00 pm after eating the sweet ice cream. This time, the disclosed patient says the sickness felt a little bit worse than the 03-01-20 sickness. The disclosed patient gave himself a dose of the thyme at about 8:00 pm using the thyme he ground in his blender just like previously and then went to sleep.

[0129] Friday 2020 Mar. 13: The disclosed patient was pretty much sick all day with a slight fever and a little more than a slight headache. The disclosed patient did not do too much all day, but he did give himself two more doses of the thyme from the can of thyme purchased from the grocery store, each dose spaced out during the day about 8 hours apart.

[0130] Saturday 2020 Mar. 14: The disclosed patient still felt a little sick on Saturday. The disclosed patient rested most of the day but was able to weed eat the grass at his house in Phoenix with a weed eater later in the afternoon. The disclosed patient starting to feel better Saturday evening, but not yet completely better.

[0131] Sunday 2020 Mar. 15: The disclosed patient is feeling better today, he left to travel up north to Camp Verde at about 11:00 am and arriving in camp Verde about 12:30 pm. The ground is too wet on the property from rain to work on the property. The disclosed patient completed some paperwork in his trailer for the rest of the day. The disclosed patient stayed the night in Camp Verde, the disclosed patient felt fine.

[0132] Monday 2020 Mar. 16 4:30 am: The disclosed patient is feeling good today, he drove into Phoenix early in the morning and met Brian on the job at 64.sup.th street and Greenway road to help him work on a monument sign.

[0133] Monday 2020 Mar. 23 4:00 pm: The disclosed patient ate 6 Valencia oranges that are organic and picked from his backyard orange tree. The disclosed patient experiences no ill effects from eating the high sugar oranges the same day and in the days after eating the oranges.

[0134] Monday 2020 Mar. 31 6:00 pm: The disclosed patient again ate 6 Valencia oranges for a third time within four days. The disclosed patient experiences no ill effects from eating the high sugar oranges the same day and in the following days.

[0135] Thursday 2020 Mar. 26 6:00 pm: The disclosed patient again ate 7 Valencia oranges for a second time within nine days. The disclosed patient experiences no ill effects from eating the high sugar oranges the same day and in the following days. The disclosed patient experiences no ill effects from eating the high sugar oranges the same day and in the following days.

[0136] Thursday 2020 Apr. 2 7:00 am: The disclosed patient ate two high sugar and high fat donuts bought at Bosa Donuts at 75th ave and Cactus rd in Glendale Ariz. One donut was a strawberry and cheese croissant and the other donut was an apple-sugar filled donut. The disclosed patient experienced no ill effects from eating the high sugar donuts the same day. The disclosed patient performed labor the same day at the same location as the Bosa Donuts from 7:15 amp to 1:40 pm as he and his employee Brian provided electrical circuits to a monument sign on the same property. The work consisted of medium to hard labor digging a trench and installing underground heavy metal conduit and then covering the conduit with excavated dirt, then proceeding to install the electrical circuits.

[0137] Wednesday 2020 Jul. 8 2:17 pm: The disclosed patient has not had a recurrence of Covid-19 symptoms since Mar. 3, 2020 and Mar. 14, 2020. The disclosed patient appears to have developed immunity to covid-19 disease. The disclosed patient has eaten all types of food including fat and sugar. The disclosed patient has very rarely worn a facial mask except when in a large group of people like a grocery store when required by the State of Arizona and the City of Phoenix. The disclosed patient does not wear a mask while at work. The disclosed patient has not ingested any thyme powder or any type of thyme since Mar. 13, 2020 and has not experienced any Covid-19 symptoms up to the present of Mar. 31, 2021. The disclosed patient believes he has immunity and will not develop symptoms to the Covid-19 disease in the future for at least two years.

[0138] The sickness the disclosed patient had on 2020 Mar. 1 and on 2020 Mar. 12 appeared to feel the same to the disclosed patient like it was the same sickness. The disclosed patient says it seems as though the virus stayed in his system after the first bout of symptoms on 2020 Mar. 1, the thyme treatment seems to have weakened the virus. On 2020 Mar. 1 the disclosed patient was fine until he ate the very sweet ice cream that was loaded with cane sugar. The disclosed patient's fever came on about twenty to sixty minutes after eating the ice cream.

[0139] Then again on 2020 Mar. 12 after the patient ingested a large amount of sugar from milk tea, he experienced very similar symptoms he had on 2020 Mar. 1. The disclosed patient says it appears the virus was still alive in his system just waiting to be fed a good amount of sugar to start aggressive replication and affecting his body again.

[0140] The disclosed patient feels that the thyme does not kill the virus, but that the thyme inhibits the virus enough to allow the body to attack the virus with the body's immune system. The disclosed patient says it appears three heaping teaspoon doses of the thyme mixed with water and each dose of one heaping teaspoon of thyme powder taken about 8 hours apart is enough to inhibit the virus to get the desired result of recovery started. The disclosed patient also feels it also appears that sugar and fat feeds the virus and increases its replication intervals and severity of the symptoms.

[0141] The disclosed patient feels that a minimal single dose of approximately ⅛ of a heaping teaspoon of thyme powder everyday ingested in the previous stated method will act as a deterrent to symptoms flaring up after a patient has been infected and recovered from Covid-19. The disclosed patient feels that ingesting thyme leaves soaked in water that are not ground up into powder may not duplicate the favorable effects of the treatment the disclosed patient experienced when he treated the coronavirus infection with thyme powder soaked in water. The disclosed treatment for COVID-19 is the oral ingestion of the herb thyme in a ground, powdered form and soaked in a liquid such as water for about thirty minutes and then ingested with the liquid. Six to ten ounces of water may be used to soak the thyme in and the water is to be drank with the ingestion of the thyme. The treatment is meant for a patient that has an onset of symptoms such as symptoms comprising but not limited to individually or in combination thereof fever, headache, sore joints, cough, fatigue, chills usually with the last one to three days. The disclosed patient initial infection of the virus seems to be between five to ten days prior to the onset of symptoms if the disclosed patient is right about being infected with the coronavirus form the sunflower seeds he ingested.

[0142] The method for treatment for a dose is to add approximately one heaping teaspoon (approximately 0.2 ounces) of ground, powdered Thyme to a six to ten ounces of water in a glass residing in a room temperature (approximately 70 degrees F.) environment. Before drinking the water and the Thyme mixture, the water and thyme powder should sit idly for about thirty minutes to allow the water to soak fully into the Thyme powder, hydrating the Thyme powder fully and allowing the mixture to be stirred with the Thyme powder dispersing the Thyme powder into the water without any dry Thyme powder residing on top of the water surface.

[0143] The patient should then drink the first dose of water and Thyme powder within a one half hour timeframe. A second dose of Thyme powder and water should be orally ingested about six to eight hours after the first dose. A third dose of thyme and water should be orally ingested about six to eight hours after the second dose. The patient should rest or sleep if possible through out the dosing process. The patient may not feel any relief from the COVID-19 symptoms until after the third dose of the thyme powder and water, and any relief may take three to six hours after the third dose depending on the severity of the infection. In the time between the first dose and the third dose oft the thyme powder, it may be beneficial for the patient to refrain from eating food or just eat very light food during this time.

[0144] The single disclosed patient in the study felt relief approximately three hours after the third dose of the thyme powder and water. If a patient does not feel relief from the symptoms within eight hours after the third dose of thyme powder and water, a fourth dose may be considered depending on the patients condition or possible side effects of the thyme powder and water mixture. The patient should also keep in mind any possible side effects that may occur with the thyme powder and water interacting with prescription or non-prescription drugs, especially blood thinners.

[0145] One object of this disclosed invention is for the patient to develop and gain immunity to allow his or her immune system to fight and contain the replication of the virus, therefore preventing symptoms to appear in the patient when the patient harbors the virus. The preferred method in the disclosed invention of gaining immunity to the virus is for the patient to participate in a regime of oral ingestion of thyme and water in three or more doses. The patient may require one or more regimes or oral ingestion of the thyme and water if the symptoms of the disease reappear after the first regime. Each regime will be ingested intermittently with a period of time between each regime to allow the patients immune system to perform the work of fighting the virus when the virus is in a weakened state. The period of time between each regime is usually in the range of one week to four weeks depending on the patient and the patients health and diet and when or if the symptoms reappear, the intake of sugar should be restricted during the immunity building time period so as to not feed the virus a preferred nutrient of the virus. The number of regimes needed for the patient to build immunity against the virus will also depend on the patents health, age and diet. The possibility exists that some patients will not be able to develop sufficient immunity to fight off symptoms of the viral infection and may need to ingest the thyme and water on a regular basis or seek additional medical treatment of a different type. The single patient in the disclosed study required a second regime of thyme and water approximately two weeks after the first regime. The second set of symptoms appearing soon after the patient ingested a large amount of sugar and fat in a milk tea drink. The second set of symptoms reappeared within two hours after the sugar infused tea drink was ingested. As of the date of this writing (2021 Mar. 31), it has been one year since the onset of the second set of symptoms with no re-occurrence of symptoms a third time even though the patient has ingested a moderate amount of sugar and fat by eating donuts, ice cream and oranges, the oranges being of the Valencia variety known for a high sugar content. It appears the patient has developed immunity or at least partial immunity to the virus, additional time will tell in the months ahead.

[0146] The testing of a single patient is preliminary and further testing needs to be accomplished to verify the effectiveness and safety of the disclosed treatment for all different types of patients with different medical conditions or deficiencies. This treatment method using thyme and water was successful on only one patient and is not medical advice for any individual.

[0147] Extracted components of the herb thyme either singularly, mixed with other extracted components of the herb or mixed with the entire leaf of the herb may be very effective in the treatment of Covid-19 disease. A composition comprising of i) the whole leaf of the herb thyme, or ii) one or more extracted components of the whole leaf of the herb thyme, or iii) a mixture of the whole leaf of the herb thyme combined with one or more extracted components of the whole leaf of the herb thyme for oral ingestion should be the basis for the treatment or the prevention of the disease Covid-19. The herb thyme may be more effective in a ground state instead of a whole state in the treatment of Covid-19. The herb in the ground state may allow the herb to digest more effectively in the digestive system of the patient. In addition, the method of combining the ground state of the herb or the whole thyme leaf with a liquid such as water may also improve the effectiveness of the digestion system in digesting the herb. Another alternative may be for the herb thyme to be combined with food for the prevention or treatment of the disease Covid-19. Synthetic thymol may also be an alternative to the natural form of thymol form the herb thyme when used as an active ingredient for the treatment or prevention of Covid-19 disease.

[0148] A broad method for using the composition of claim 1 for use in the treatment of the disease Covid-19 disease in a patient experiencing the beginning stages of the symptoms of the disease, the treatment beginning within approximately twenty-four hours after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms that may comprise of but are not limited to individually or limited to in combination thereof; fever, headache, sore joints, cough, fatigue, and chills, the method of use comprising the steps of: [0149] a) orally ingesting a first dose of the herb thyme, [0150] b) orally ingesting a second dose of the herb thyme within approximately six to eight hours after the first dose of the herb thyme, and [0151] c) orally ingesting a third dose of the herb thyme within approximately six to eight hours after the second dose of the herb thyme.

[0152] A detailed method for using the herb thyme for use in the treatment of COVID-19 disease in a patient experiencing the beginning stages of the symptoms of the disease, the treatment beginning within approximately twenty-four hours after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms that may comprise of but are not limited to individually or limited to in combination thereof; fever, headache, sore joints, cough, fatigue, and chills, the method of use comprising the steps of: [0153] a) the patient staying hydrated with water throughout the entire treatment duration, [0154] b) creating a test dose of the herb thyme in a ground state of thyme and water to prepare for oral ingestion of the test dose of the thyme powder and the water, the test dose is to determine if the patient has an abnormal or dangerous reaction to the ingestion of a larger dose of the thyme powder and the water, the abnormal or dangerous reaction may consist of a blood pressure or pulse increase in the patient that might be considered to be dangerous to the patients health, creating the test dose of the thyme powder and water comprising the steps of: [0155] i) placing a quarter teaspoon of approximately 0.05 ounces of powdered thyme in six to twelve ounces of water in an environment of air temperature at about seventy degrees Fahrenheit, the water temperature also being about seventy degrees Fahrenheit in temperature, [0156] ii) the thyme powder will generally initially float on the surface of the water, and [0157] iii) allowing the thyme to set in the water for thirty minutes or until the water has fully saturated the thyme powder allowing the thyme powder to be stirred and mixed into the water without any dry thyme powder remaining floating on the surface of the water, [0158] c) prior to orally ingesting the test dose of the thyme powder and water, the patient is monitored by taking and recording the vital signs of the patient including but not limited to: the pulse rate, the body temperature, and the blood pressure, all vital signs taken and recorded while the patient is resting, [0159] d) the patient orally ingests the test dose of the thyme powder and water, the entirety of the thyme powder and water being orally ingested within a thirty minute timeframe, [0160] e) the patient being monitored for at least one hour after orally ingesting the test dose, the monitoring of the patient includes recording the vital signs of the patient including but not limited to; the pulse rate, the body temperature, and the blood pressure while resting, [0161] f) if the patient does not have an abnormal or dangerous reaction to the test dose such as a blood pressure or a pulse rate increase in the patient that might be considered to be dangerous to the patients health, the patient will immediately orally ingest a first dose of the thyme power and water after creating the first dose of the thyme powder and water, [0162] g) the patient or patients assistant creates a first dose of powdered thyme and water to prepare for oral ingestion of the thyme powder and the water, creating the first dose of the thyme powder and water comprising the steps of: [0163] i) placing a heaping teaspoon of approximately 0.2 ounces of ground powdered thyme in six to twelve ounces of water in an environment of air temperature at about seventy degrees Fahrenheit, the water temperature also being about seventy degrees Fahrenheit in temperature, [0164] ii) the thyme powder will generally float on the surface of the water, and [0165] iii) allowing the thyme to set in the water for thirty minutes or until the water has fully saturated the thyme powder allowing the thyme powder to be stirred and mixed into the water without any dry thyme powder remaining on the surface of the water, [0166] h) the patient ingests the first dose of the thyme powder and water, [0167] i) the patient is monitored for at least one hour after orally ingesting the first dose of thyme powder and water, the monitoring of the patient includes periodically recording the vital signs of the patient including but not limited to; the pulse rate, the body temperature, and the blood pressure while resting, [0168] j) if the patient does not have an abnormal or dangerous reaction to the first dose such as a blood pressure or pulse increase in the patient that might be considered to be dangerous to the patients health, the patient will rest for six to eight hours until taking a second dose of the thyme powder and water. If the patient has an abnormal or dangerous reaction to the first dose, the patient seeks medical attention, [0169] k) six to eight hours after the first dose of thyme powder and water was orally ingested by the patient, the patient or the patient's assistant creates a second dose of the powdered thyme and water in the same manner the first dose was created, and the patent orally ingests the second dose of the thyme powder and water in the same manner as the first dose, preferably refraining from food and sugars between the first dose and second dose of the thyme powder and water, [0170] l) the patient is monitored for at least one hour after orally ingesting the second dose of thyme powder and water, the monitoring of the patient includes periodically recording the vital signs of the patient including but not limited to; the pulse rate, the body temperature, and the blood pressure while resting, [0171] m) if the patient does not have an abnormal or dangerous reaction to the second dose such as a blood pressure or pulse increase in the patient that might be considered to be dangerous to the patients health, the patient will rest for six to eight hours until taking a third dose of the thyme powder and water. If the patient has an abnormal or dangerous reaction to the second dose, the patient seeks medical attention, [0172] n) six to eight hours after the second dose of thyme powder and water was ingested by the patient, the patient or the patient's assistant creates a third dose of the powdered thyme and water in the same manner the first and the second dose was created, and the patient orally ingests the third dose of the thyme powder and water in the same manner as the first dose and the second dose was orally ingested, preferably refraining from food and sugars between the second dose and third dose of the thyme powder and water, [0173] o) the patient preferably refrains from food and sugars for four to six hours after the third dose of the powdered thyme and water, [0174] p) the patient is monitored for at least one hour after orally ingesting the second dose of thyme powder and water, the monitoring of the patient includes periodically recording the vital signs of the patient including but not limited to; the pulse rate, the body temperature, and the blood pressure while resting. If the patient has an abnormal or dangerous reaction to the third dose, the patient seeks medical attention, [0175] q) the patient stays hydrated prior to the first dose of thyme powder and after the third dose of thyme powder and water, [0176] r) eight hours after the third dose of the thyme powder and water, the patient is again monitored for improvement of symptoms of the disease, if the symptoms of the disease do not improve, the patient should seek additional medical care from a health care provider, and [0177] the dosage quantities are formulated for a healthy one hundred and seventy pound male 62 years of age with no pre-existing medical conditions such and high blood pressure or diabetes, the dosage formulations may need to be adjusted for a younger or older person that is either lighter in weight or heavier in weight, monitoring of the patient by a health care professional is strongly recommended and may be necessary for the safety of the patient.

[0178] Alternative methods of orally ingesting the herb thyme or its active ingredients may be in other forms such as a pill or a capsule. A pill or capsule form may be a much more pleasant way of ingesting the herb thyme since the herb in a powder state and mixed with a liquid such as water can be a very bitter solution to ingest and may be repugnant to some people. The effectiveness of a pill or a capsule form in treating the disease Covid-19 may be diminished if complete digestion is not attained. In addition stomach or intestinal irritation may develop in some forms of ingestion of the herb.