Traditional Medicine Places

One of Harare's oldest and most diverse herbal markets, located in the heart of Mbare. Vendors offer a wide range of dried medicinal roots, bark, leaves, and seeds sourced from across Zimbabwe and Mozambique. A cornerstone of traditional medicine in the capital.

A well-stocked organic food store in central Bulawayo carrying cold-pressed oils, raw honey, moringa powder, baobab products, and a curated selection of health supplements sourced from Zimbabwean smallholder farmers and cooperatives.

Nestled in the Eastern Highlands, Mukanya Herb Garden cultivates over 80 species of indigenous and exotic medicinal plants. Visitors can take guided tours, purchase fresh and dried herbs, and consult the resident herbalist on site.

A registered traditional medicine dispensary offering consultations and herbal preparations. Stocks a comprehensive range of packaged herbal remedies, tinctures, and teas prepared according to both Shona and Ndebele medicinal traditions.

A popular weekend organic market in the leafy Avondale suburb of Harare. Features fresh locally grown produce, raw dairy, fermented foods, herbal infusions, and health-conscious prepared meals from independent Zimbabwean vendors.

The dedicated root and bark aisle of Zimbabwe's largest produce market. Traders here deal in mutuwa, muzeze bark, mufandichimuka and zumbani, much of it brought in from Mudzi, Hurungwe and the Zambezi valley. Prices are quoted per bundle and vendors will prepare mixtures on request.

A registered cooperative of 40 Midlands herb growers supplying dried moringa, lippia (zumbani), lemongrass and African wormwood. The cooperative runs a small drying and milling facility and sells both retail and in bulk to clinics across the Midlands province.

A ZINATHA-affiliated consultation centre serving Masvingo province. Resident practitioners treat chronic pain, fertility concerns and digestive complaints using remedies drawn from the Great Zimbabwe and Lowveld regions. Consultations are by appointment.

A cool-climate cultivation project at 1,800m growing artemisia, echinacea, comfrey and indigenous highland species that will not thrive in the lowveld. Offers guided walks, a seedling nursery, and mail-order dried herbs to the rest of Zimbabwe.

A tourist-facing apothecary stocking Zambezi valley botanicals, devil's claw from Hwange, baobab powder and marula oil. Staff are trained to advise on travel-related complaints such as altitude fatigue, insect bites and digestive upset.

A Saturday farmers' market serving Mashonaland West. Smallholder growers sell chemical-free vegetables, small grains such as rapoko and mhunga, free-range eggs, raw honey from Hurungwe and cold-pressed sunflower and groundnut oils.

A wholefoods shop specialising in Zimbabwe's traditional small grains: sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet and cowpeas. Also stocks stoneground mealie meal, dried mufushwa vegetables and nyimo (bambara groundnut), all sourced from Manicaland growers.

A low-cost dispensary set up to serve mining communities around Kwekwe and Redcliff. Focuses on respiratory support for dust exposure, joint and back remedies for manual workers, and liver support formulations.

A busy neighbourhood herbal outlet serving Zimbabwe's third-largest urban centre. Sells affordable pre-packed remedies for colds, stomach complaints and fatigue, and runs a weekly free blood-pressure screening clinic.

Long-established traders dealing in Matabeleland botanicals gathered around the Matopos hills, including umkhanyakude, devil's claw and wild ginger. Advice is offered in Ndebele, Kalanga and English.

A producer-owned honey house in Mashonaland East selling raw, unfiltered honey, beeswax, propolis tincture and honey-based cough preparations. Offers beekeeping training for smallholder farmers.

Stocks lowveld and Zambezi valley plants rarely found on the highveld, including remedies traditionally used for fever, malaria recovery and waterborne stomach complaints in the valley communities.

A community harvesting association gathering devil's claw (Harpagophytum) under a sustainable-offtake permit. Supplies cleaned, sliced and dried tuber to practitioners nationally and exports the surplus.

An estate shop in Zimbabwe's tea belt selling single-origin black and green tea, herbal infusions blended with local lippia and lemongrass, plus macadamia and avocado oils pressed on site.

Retail outlet for a Mashonaland Central moringa growers' scheme. Sells leaf powder, capsules, seed oil and moringa tea, with proceeds returning to roughly 200 participating households.

A well-known cluster of roadside stalls on the Harare-Mutare highway. Traders sell fresh-dug roots, aloe, zumbani bundles and seasonal wild fruit such as matamba and masau to passing travellers.

Serves the asbestos and platinum mining belt with preparations aimed at respiratory clearance, joint inflammation and detoxification support for workers with long-term dust and chemical exposure.

Processes baobab fruit collected from Gokwe, Binga and Muzarabani into powder, oil and ready-to-drink preparations. Baobab is among Zimbabwe's richest natural sources of vitamin C and soluble fibre.

A rural collectors' association gathering baobab, marula, mopane and ilala palm products across the Gokwe communal lands, sold onward to processors in Harare, Kwekwe and Bulawayo.

Border-town traders dealing in both Zimbabwean and cross-border South African and Venda remedies. A useful point of exchange for lowveld botanicals such as mopane bark and sausage tree fruit.

Cold-presses sunflower, sesame, pumpkin seed and groundnut oils without chemical extraction or bleaching, retaining vitamin E and essential fatty acids. Sells oils, seed cake and roasted snack seeds.

Specialist nursery cultivating Aloe vera, Aloe excelsa (Zimbabwe aloe) and related succulents. Sells live plants, fresh-cut leaf and stabilised gel for burns, wounds and digestive use.

A highland growers' outlet on the Boterekwa escarpment selling cool-climate vegetables, indigenous leafy greens such as nyeve and derere, tree tomatoes and berries.

Serves the Hurungwe farming district with stoneground grains, dried legumes, peanut butter milled on site and mufushwa dried vegetables prepared by local women's groups.

A rural market known for indigenous and drought-tolerant foods: nyimo beans, round nuts, sweet reed, wild loquat and seasonal mushrooms gathered from the surrounding miombo woodland.