Latin Name: Coleonema Album Native to South Africa and used by the Hottentots of South Africa. The medicinal uses included body aches and rheumatism. The Sotho used this in some of the same way they used Buchu thus referring to it as wild buchu.
Latin Name: Eriocephalus Africanus The leaves are used for bathing and relaxation. Also used as a foot bath to stimulate the start of the menstrual period and to relieve the swelling of the legs. The twigs are boiled in water and the liquid was used to treat dandruff. Native to The Cape of...
Latin Name:Carum Carvi Found in Northern Africa, when extracted from the ripe seeds it was used as an aphrodisiac, to promote breast milk flow, to calm nerves and stimulate menstruation
Latin Name:Daucus Carota Grown In Egypt the oil was best known to improve skin elasticity, deter wrinkles, dermatitis, eczema, rashes and skin discolorations. Used to treat urinary tract infections.
Latin Name: Apium Graveolens The Sotho Tribe in South Africa used a decoction of the seeds to relieve headache and rheumatism. Widely cultivated in North Africa and used to relieve stomachache and in digestion. Egyptian text mentioned it being used as a bandage for burns.
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