Isitshalo saseNingizimu Afrika i-Buchu saziwa kudala ngemithi yaso. Isetshenziswe abantu baseKhoisan amakhulu eminyaka, ababeyithatha njenge-elixir yentsha. I-Buchu isitshalo esivikelekile sase-Cape Floristic Kingdom. Ungaphambanisi iBuchu yaseNingizimu Afrika nesitshalo esithi “Indian buchu” (Myrtus communis), esimila ezindaweni ezikude zaseMedithera futhi asihlangene nhlobo nesihloko salesi sihloko. Amaqiniso e-Buchu: – Zonke izici zokwelapha ze-Buchu ziqukethwe emaqabunga alesi sitshalo - iBuchu yaqala ukuthunyelwa eGreat Britain ngekhulu le-18. EYurophu, yayibizwa ngokuthi "itiye elihloniphekile", ngoba izingxenye ezicebile kuphela zabantu ezazikwazi ukulithola. Kwakukhona amabhala angu-8 eBuchu emkhunjini iTitanic. – Enye yezinhlobonhlobo (i-Agathosma betulina) isihlahla esiphansi esinezimbali ezimhlophe noma ezibomvana. Amaqabunga awo aqukethe izindlala zikawoyela ezikhipha iphunga elimnandi. Embonini yokudla, i-Buchu ivamise ukusetshenziselwa ukwengeza ukunambitheka kwe-blackcurrant ekudleni. – Kusukela ngo-1970, ukukhiqizwa kwamafutha e-Buchu kwenziwa kusetshenziswa inqubo yokushisisa. Abantu bakwaKhoisan bahlafuna amaqabunga, kodwa namuhla iBuchu ijwayele ukuthathwa njengetiye. I-cognac nayo yenziwe nge-Bucha. Amagatsha amaningana anamaqabunga acwiliswa ebhodleleni le-cognac futhi avunyelwe ukuphuza okungenani izinsuku ezingu-5. Iminyaka eminingi, izakhiwo zokuphulukisa ze-Buchu azizange ziqinisekiswe yinoma yiluphi ucwaningo lwesayensi futhi zazisetshenziswa abantu bendawo kuphela, ababazi ngezakhiwo zesitshalo ngeminyaka eminingi yokuhlangenwe nakho okuqoqiwe. Emithi yesintu, iBuchu isetshenziselwe ukwelapha izifo eziningi, kusukela ku-arthritis kuya ekuqulekeni kuya ezifweni zomchamo. Ngokusho kwe-Naturology Society of the Cape Kingdom, i-Buchu iyisitshalo esiyisimangaliso saseNingizimu Afrika esinezici zemvelo ezinamandla zokulwa nokuvuvukala. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ine-anti-infectious, anti-fungal kanye ne-anti-bacterial properties, okwenza lesi sitshalo sibe yi-antibiotic yemvelo ngaphandle kwemiphumela emibi. I-Buchu iqukethe ama-antioxidant emvelo kanye nama-bioflavonoid afana ne-quercetin, i-rutin, i-hesperidin, i-diosphenol, amavithamini A, B kanye no-E. Ngokocwaningo lukaBuchu eKapa, kunconywa ukusebenzisa isitshalo nini:
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