Hypoxis has strong immune boosting capabilities. It has also shown to be anti-fungal, sedative & detoxifying and has proved beneficial for urinary and prostate disorders. African potato also contains rooperol which is both anti-mutagenic and cytotoxic to cancer cells and has been used in the treatment of prostate & urinary cancers.

Traditional healers use the herb for Colds, flu, AIDS, yuppie flu, lupus, MS, cancer, arthritis, gout, candida, eczema, liver, insomnia, anxiety, psoriasis, tuberculosis, & prostate problems.