Following on our first article on Medicinal Plants we provide a list of other plants used by traditional healers in the Northern Cape and Namaqualand. People in these areas are using traditional medicines and natural therapies in alleviating health conditions affecting them. Whilst Western medicine is technically and analytically based, the traditional African medicine takes a holistic approach.
 
 Doringboom
 Official name: Acacia Karroo Hayne
 Family: Fabaceae
 Used for: salve; gum of Acacia Karroo (Cape Gum, Heyra) to prevent diarrhoea
 
 Katdoring (roots)
 Official name: Asparagus laricinus Burch.
 Family: Asparagaceae
 Used for: to treat tuberculosis
 
 Kweekgras, garre, gari(e)s
 Official name: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
 Family: Poaceae
 Used for: to cure coughs; to ease gout - rhizomes mixed with fat and rubbed
 
 Ysterhout (tops), Sandolien
 Official name: Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.
 Family: Sapindaceae
 Used for: lung ailments and colds; tuberculosis; fever; general tonic; inflammation
 
 Velskoenblaar
 Haemanthus multiflorus Martyn
 Official name: Haemanthus multiflorus Martyn
 Family: Amaryllidaceae
 Used for: septic wounds; ulcers; asthma; expectorant
 
 Dagga, Wildedagga, Rooi dagga
 Official name: Leonotis leonorus Ait. f.
 Family: Lamiaceae
 Used for: eye ointment; headache; bronchitis; snakebite antidote; first aid in poisoning (use seeds)
 
 Bloublomsalie, Wildesalie
 Official name: Salvia africana-coerulea L.
 Family: Lamiaceae
 Used for: women’s ailments; diarrhoea; coughs; colds
 
 Kanferhout, Kamferbos, Vaalbos
 Official name: Tarchonantus camphoratus L.
 Family: Crassulaceae
 Used for: bronchitis; asthma
 
 Dawidjiewortel, Dawid’s root, Gameroo, Rabuiswortel
 Official name: Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond.
 Family: Cucurbitaceae
 Used for: treatment of syphilis
 
 Kalahari Hoodia Gordonii, Xhoba
 Family: Apocynaceae
 Used for: natural appetite suppressant; maintain a high energy level; thirst quencher; cure for severe abdominal cramps; haemorrhoids; tuberculosis; indigestion; hypertension; diabetes
 
 Orbea Namaquensis
 Used for: flowers are good for curing stomach pains
 
 Klipblom, Klipmos, Klipbuchu
 Official name: Parmelia hottentotta (Ach.) Ach
 Family: Parmeliaceae
 Used for: mouth wash for oral thrush; back pain; used for anointing the body (and as a mouthwash for teething children)