This is a shrub that is found in Southern Africa, and is a very useful one. The leaves are the part that we use in making tincture and teas, and ranks as one of our finest herbal remedies.

Medical properties and uses. -- It is a pleasant aromatic in its odor, tonic in small doses, but is principally used for its diuretic properties. It is one of our best herbal diuretics, or in other words, that which will act on the kidneys and increase the flow of urine and the solid constituents. I prefer using it in the form of a tincture or tea made of the leaves. I have used it in over a thousand cases, and in the majority of them got good results. Dose, of the hot tea, an ounce every three hours; of the tincture, from one half to a teaspoonful every three or four hours.