Buchu leaf powder (Barosma betulina)
Latin Name: Barosma betulina
Common Names: Buchu leaf powder
If you had lived in Victorian England and had had a bit too much ale and whiskey at the local neighborhood pub the night before, you might have tried to cure your hangover with a patent medicine containing buchu leaf powder.
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Today, we know that the only real cure for a hangover is to avoid drinking too much. However, it’s a good bet that buchu leaf powder, also called barsoma betulina, may help in getting a bladder infection under control, for this was the primary use of this natural herb for centuries among the Zulus and other indigenous peoples of present-day South Africa.
The cut barosama betulina leaves can be brewed in tea and drunk as a possible way to relieve gastrointestinal ailments. The Buchu plant itself is a small flowering shrub, not an “herb” in the technical sense. Nonetheless, as a botanical, barosma betulina is often categorized with dried herbs and flowers, ground roots, essential oils and seeds used for therapeutic purposes
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