The following notes refer to the related species D. oppositifolia and its uses in traditional medicine. Bitter buchu (D. oppositifolia) does not have the same medicinal properties as the 'real' buchus, Agathosma betulina and A. crenulata, but has been used as a similar though inferior buchu when the other species are not available. It gives an acrid, bitter taste to an infusion. The leaves are used in brandy or vinegar tinctures for sprains and bruises. In former times the KhoiSan people used the dried and powdered leaves of a wide range of buchu species mixed with animal fat to clean and perfume their skin. Flowering stems can be used as a filler in floristry or to add an unusual fragrance to a bouquet where handling releases the scent in the leaves. It favours sandy conditions and can be used to stabilize sandy slopes and dunehe following notes refer to the related species