Buchu leaf, powder

Scientific Name: Barosma betulina (and Agathosma b.)
Rutaceae

Common Names: Buchu
Part used: Leaf

Active Properties: Aromatic stimulant and tonic, dyspeptic, cutaneous, and rheumatic.

Active compounds: Buchu leaves contain volatile oil, gum, extractive, chlorophyll, resin, lignin, etc. Buchu contains diosphenol: stearopten and some amount of salicylic acid. The burned leaf is high in manganese. The diosphenol obtained is an oxycamphor. The leaves contain dioscampho an...