The Healing Lemonbush Tea of Africa

[@claramunhu5523]

Many people now taking this daily to help with COVID-19 symptoms. I grew up with a weak chest and my grandmother would always steep this for me in the village in Zimbabwe. Whenever I go home I normally bring some back with me to Canada. I hardly get winter colds. This is a miracle plant. Thank you for highlighting this. I knew it as Zumbani as you mentioned.

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Nice story. It is indeed a miracle plant and deserves to be much more widely recognised. One day I hope it will be!

[@ginamitembe8935]

Gus!! You have such engaging,happy personality!!! Your a good reporter/teacher💯👍👏 thank you for your educational and positive reporting of our Continent for a change 😅

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Thank you so much! I love sharing this beautiful continent of ours!

[@patieblack]

That's a great plant. Used it from childhood and it works wonders. Love the fragrance as well. We call it Umsuzwane in my language

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Thanks for sharing!

[@nothando2003]

Drinking the tea now. I wish I knew about it long back. I love it

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Yes, it's delicious isn't it. And it's an amazing medicinal tea - cures just about anything!

[@blessedveryblessed7655]

@@AfricanPlantHunter may I please have some to grow

[@tbrZW]

Underrated plant!

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Yes, absolutely. Very underrated!

[@MoneyBudgetBee]

Just bought a seedling today. Happy to find this🤩

[@mandyconnecteddogs]

Love your channel, it's so very useful and interesting. we have lippia and artemesia both of which I am growing now as well, as I keep adding to my medicinal plant nursery..... I recently purchased a lipia from a nursery. very different to the one that grows wild.... perhaps it's the alba.... I'll have to wait for flowers

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Yes, probably the alba. But let's see what happens when the flowers come out. You never know!

[@misheckmagama2097]

This tea has alot of health benefits. We used drink it when we're kids. It can reduce your blood glucose levels as well as your high blood pressure. You need to have your glucose test machine and blood pressure test machine to prove that

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Yes, absolutely!

[@felizardaarvesta7119]

Thank you my daughter has been taking it ,Lt also alleviated her asthma

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Yes, it's an amazing plant!

[@miraclesinthekitchen]

Amazing! Been looking for this kind of information..Do you have a book? I would love to buy your reading material.

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Thanks! No book yet, but it's under development right now. Stand by - it will be coming out in the next few months!

[@miraclesinthekitchen]

@@AfricanPlantHunter I'm so here for it. I love to cook with indegenous ingredients. So I guess you will be my biggest help when the book is published. In the meantime I'm here following on youtube. Catch me on my instagram handle @ kasondeshealthkitchen and on Facebook @ Cooking Healthy With Kasonde for delicious modern indegenous recipes. 😉

[@baphithi]

@@AfricanPlantHunter is the book available yet?

[@sagerealestate101]

one of my favorite plants

[@kobaltocr6927]

Lippia javanica I love this plant mixed with Melissa oficcinalis

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Wow, that's a great combination. Must be very lemony indeed! And strong anti-viral activity, I imagine.....

[@stevannox7519]

Nice video, do you know a plan that will help with bloodpresure??

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

I know lots of people who report good results through regular consumption of baobab fruit powder.

[@TsaoneKgomo]

How's the process going to prove it's safe? I'm in the UK and craving this tea

[@rochiamxolisi7800]

Man it's amazing I think of a close discussion with you please

[@emmanuelmutema1886]

thank u so much for sharing that infomation coud'nt have explained it better im even holding the leaves in my hands smelling the freshness of Zumbani

[@leonardkavuku4042]

hizi ni gani-lemonbush

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MoneyBudgetBee]

Can you make tea from dry leaves?

[@gardfloreenvironnement9644]

Good !

[@jermaimejohnson8001]

Very informative I've seen and smelt this plant and will definitely forage for it next I'm time I'm one with nature... Looking for leleshwa "African camphor" tree?? Has a more pungent smell very effective as a insect repellent and a space cleanser got as a gift from Kenya and been trying to get more for the past few months

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Leleshwa - Tarconanthus camphoratus - a very interesting plant. Although it's indigenous, it's quite invasive in parts of Kenya, but a very useful species nonetheless. Its essential oil has a variety of traditional applications. The essential oil isn't easy to find though, so I'm not surprised you're struggling. Try looking on Amazon - there are a few suppliers there. Good luck!

[@francescayoung371]

So very interesting! how on earth can I get the tree in Texas USA?? I have looked on all my search engines and no one knows where to get the plant of the leaves or the TEA help us out here in Tomball TX. 77375. Thank you for teaching us about the herbs!! good luck. may God bless you for teaching us.

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Thanks. I must admit I'm not sure how you can get them in Texas. But if you come and visit Zimbabwe you can have as much as you want!

[@sarahdamba6321]

I am from Zambia originally but reside in the UK. I can supply you with dried zumbani tea leaves. Let me know

[@karrieza]

Great post!

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Thanks!

[@Fayrwa06]

Umsuzwane Was also used as a cleanser after a attending a burial ceremony The plant would be put in water for all to wash their hands and or face

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Thanks for sharing that. Very interesting!

[@Jo90501]

Is this the same as lipia Alba?

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

No, it's a different species in the same genus. Lippia albus is from the USA and Lippia javanica is an African species.

[@davidmathe2511]

Can this plant have pink flowers like Lipina Alba?

[@thandiwemasuge3904]

Yes it can, it's the same family. I think it's lippia alba

[@itsbeyondme5560]

Cool

[@MsNicnel]

🇿🇼🇿🇼has grown to a huge robust influence, now made into cough mixture. Wish I drank this while back home.

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

It's what keeps me strong and healthy all the time!

[@boncreationsza]

What do you think of the cancer bush?

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

I guess you mean Sutherlandia fructuscens, which is commonly called the Cancer bush in Southern Africa. That's an amazing plant - no two ways about it!

[@riaretta940]

Is it same with lippia alba?

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Not exactly, but there are many similarities. Check out this link for a review of the different lippia species within the genus: www.researchgate.net/publication/11892179_Lippia_Traditional_uses_chemistry_and_pharmacology_A_review

[@riaretta940]

@@AfricanPlantHunter : thank you😊

[@blessedveryblessed7655]

Where can I get it to grow it

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

It's available as seedlings from many nurseries. Where are you?

[@blessedveryblessed7655]

Jbg, South Africa

[@blessedveryblessed7655]

Please advise. Or I can buy the seedlings online. I want to grow it. I also want the resurrection bush

[@howtoforex8741]

How can I grow it

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

If you find an existing plant you can take a cutting and plant it. It will grow.

[@howtoforex8741]

@@AfricanPlantHunter can I start to plant it this February

[@jeffreyscanlan839]

When you run it through the regulatory process, do they look at sustainable harvesting? Where I live, American ginseng used to be quite common but due to over harvesting it is quite rare and endangered. People over do things in there quest to get rich. I always thought the government should promote organic farming of medicinal herbs to preserve wild populations. That way making jobs and income for people. If you get it past I would enjoy trying some tea, best of luck.

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Thanks Jeff, that's a great question. Short answer is no, they don't look at the sustainable harvesting - it's just about toxicology and food safety. Sustainability is not really an issue with this particular species, as it grows readily and is easily cultivated. But it's definitely an issue with many other medicinal plants. Which is why I got involved with the Fair Wild Foundation (fairwild.org). They're an amazing organisation - started initially by WWF as a standard for the sustainable wild-harvesting of medicinal plants, Fair Wild is now an internationally recognised standard that assesses both the sustainability and the Fair Trade credentials of any supply chain built on a wild-harvested ingredient. The company in the US that has invested most heavily in Fair Wild is the herbal tea company Traditional Medicinals, who I know well and who are awesome people! Hopefully I'll be able to point you to some Traditional Medicinals Lippia tea before too long!

[@chiyenyumba7135]

Greed money making people ruin it for everyone else. Once anything is "discovered" and linked to markets across oceans that's our lot basically.

[@biseatnegussie2165]

What would happen if I drink it with suger.

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Nothing bad would happen. But it tastes fantastic without sugar, and I would try and avoid adding sugar unless absolutely necessary.

[@abuibraahim5209]

If the leaf just does that imagine what the root does?

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Different compounds in the root, but highly likely that there will be some interesting ones there!

[@mahachip]

This plant has been massacred due to the pandemic. Hopefully it will recover!

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

I think the publicity it has gained through the pandemic is a good thing. It grows very easily and I don't see any long term issues with sustainability. The more people value it, the more they will look after it. Hope I'm right!

[@comrademao8852]

Zumbani used to recover from COVID19

[@AfricanPlantHunter]

Yes, definitely a plant with a lot of different medicinal uses!

[@nelsonbellamy3778]

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