Sutherlandia frutescens is regarded as the most profound and
multi-purpose of the medicinal plants in Southern Africa.
Because of its efficacy as a safe tonic for diverse health
conditions it has enjoyed a long history of use by all cultures
in Southern Africa. Sutherlandia powerfully assists the body to
mobilize its own resources to cope with diverse physical and
mental stresses, and it should therefore be more correctly known
as an adaptogenic The traditional Tswana name Phetola alludes to
this: Phetola means it changes, meaning that the plant changes
the course of many illness into a favorable outcome. (Similar to
the European concept of an alterative). The North Sotho name
Lerumo-lamadi means the spear for the blood meaning that
Sutherlandia is a powerful blood-purifier or all-purpose tonic.
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