Parts Used: Leaves

Active Compounds:

• Volatile oil, diosphenol (=buchu camphor), pulegone, () and (-) isopulegone, 8-mercapto-p-menthan-3-one,

 •Flavonoids; rutin, diosmin, hesperidin, quercitin and derivatives

• Miscellaneous; vitamins of the B group, tannin and mucilage.

Believed to be of value for:

Diuretic, urinary antiseptic. Premenstrual Syndrome

Buchu releives the bloating associated with PMS.

Other Names: Bucco, Agathosma betulina, Buchu, Bookoo, Bucku, short leaved buchu, buku, bucco, round buchu