Native Hawaiians Traditional Medicinal plants - uses explained
Channel: Nutrient Miracles
Date: 17/01/2023

Native Hawaiians Traditional Medicinal plants - uses explained

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Today we are covering the healing / medicinal plants used by Native Hawaiians for specific purposes.

Aloe (Scientific Name - Aloe Vera) - Used for healing skin wounds, tea for detoxifying the body, and as a skin moisturizer.

Ti -(Scientific name - Cordyline terminalis/Fruticosa) - Believed to be good luck, used to wrap medicines, treat fevers, and is a symbol of the Creator in the healing process.

Plantain (Scientific name - Plantago major) - Used as a poultice to heal boils, sprains, broken bones, and torn muscles. The seeds are used to cleanse the bowels.

Banana (Scientific name - Musa acuminata) - Used in conjunction with kala and kukui nuts to relieve constipation.

Candlenut tree (Scientific name - Aleurites moluccana) - The Hawaiians called this “Kukui”. The nut oil is used to make candles, and the meaning of the tree itself is light or enlightenment. The nuts are crushed and roasted to treat constipation. The sap is used for chapped lips, sores, and to heal insect bites. 

Coconut (Scientific name - cocos nucifera) - Niu (Hawaiian word for coconut) milk is used to flush and cleanse the kidneys and to balance urine sugar levels. The meat of the coconut is used for eating.

Ginger (Scientific name - Zingiber officinale) - the root is brewed as a tea to help with lung problems. The ground up root is used for seasoning, the flower used for soap.

Guava (Scientific name - Psidium guajava) - Used the leaves to counteract diarrhea, a tea to cure headaches, crushed leaves used to revive a person who has fainted.

Indian Mulberry (Scientific name - Morinda citrifolia) - Used as an antiseptic for sores and cuts. Used as a tea for a blood cleanser and mashed as a pain reliever. 

Sea salt (Scientific name - Sodium chloride) - Used as a cleanser of places, bodies and illness.
Waltheria (Scientific name - Waltheria americana) - The bard is used to treat a sore throat, juice from the tap root is combined with noni and olena to help cure colds. Flowers, buds, and bark from the tap root are used to treat asthma.

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References:
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/exhibition/healing-ways/medicine-ways/healing-plants/images/ob1685.html
https://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.85/cgi-bin/hdict?d=D9563&l=en&e=d-11000-00---off-0hdict--00-1----0-10-0---0---0direct-10-ED--4--textpukuielbert%2Ctextmamaka-----0-1l--11-haw-Zz-1---Zz-1-home---00-3-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-00-0utfZz-8-00