Viburnum grows in forests, hedgerows and thickets in Europe and eastern North America It is grown by sowing in autumn. The bark of the branches is harvested as strips in the spring. and in summer, during flowering.

Borreria verticillata is recognized by traditional healers as anti-leprosy and antifurunculous. In leprosy, we use the whole plant in decoction that we drink or apply to wounds. For boils, we use a paste obtained by pounding the leaves in mortar with oil. For ten years it was believed because of the name of fake-ipeca of the plant in Argentina, that it contained emulsion and cepheline, alkaloids of the plant. A recent study carried out in Dakar showed that alkaloids were new and indole: borrerine and borreverine.

This herb gives off a scent when we crumple the leaves and this explains its use in medico – magic treatments and mental illnesses, it’s also used for eye diseases in instillations, on burns and in pneumonia by rubbing breast.

The fruits of Acacia nilotica and the tannins they contain have the property of destroying the algae that invade the backwaters. Similarly, a decoction of the sprayed fruit thrown into the water kills the crustacea vectors of a terrible African disease, bilharziasis.

Traditional Remedy South Africa, the buchu is a stimulant and a diuretic, it also relieves intestinal diseases.For the Western herbal medicine, it is a diuretic agent and a valuable antiseptic unary, used in particular to cure the cystitis and d other diseases of the unary system The aroma of the buchu is strong and its taste is reminiscent of rosemary and peppermint.