Lāʻau lapaʻau

He lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna ʻo Lāʻau lapaʻau a ka poʻe Hawaiʻi. Hoʻohana kēia hana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kanu maoli, nā mea kanu a me ka ʻuhane e mālama i nā maʻi a me nā ʻeha. Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau e nā kānaka lapaʻau Hawaiʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Kahuna lāʻau lapaʻau.

 Moolelo 
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka moʻolelo o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e nā hanauna i hala aku nei no hoʻokahi kaukani makahiki. Ma ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi, manaʻo ʻia ʻo ke olakino ka hopena o ka pono a i ʻole ka noho pono ʻana a ʻo ka pau ʻana o ka lokahi a me ke kaulike ke kumu o ka maʻi. Hoʻokumu ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna Hawaiʻi ma ka holistic holistic e pili ana i ka noʻonoʻo, ke kino a me ka ʻuhane.

I ka hōʻea ʻana o nā mikionali i Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki 1820, manaʻo lākou he kupua ʻeleʻele ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a ua hoʻoholo lākou e kapu ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻOiai ua pāpā ʻia ka hana, ua hoʻomau nā kāhuna i ka hana malū. I ka makahiki 1919, ua hoʻokumu ka ʻAhaʻōlelo Teritore i Papa Laau Laau Hawaiʻi nona ke kuleana no ka laikini ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka laikini, ua koi ʻia ka poʻe loea e hoʻohana i nā inoa Komohana no nā mea kanu ma mua o ko lākou mau inoa Hawaiʻi. Ua pau ka laikini ʻia o nā kauka i ka wā i hoʻopau ʻia ai ka Papa ma 1959.  Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he lāʻau kuʻuna ma ka Native Hawaiian Health Care Act i hoʻoholo ʻia e ka ʻAhaʻōlelo o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1988.

 E hoʻomaʻamaʻa 
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Kahuna lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he poʻe loea i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e like me nā kauka lapaʻau o kēia mau lā. I mea e lilo ai i kāhuna lāʻau lapaʻau, pono ke aʻo ʻana no nā makahiki he nui a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ʻano hoʻōla like ʻole o ka laʻau. Na ke kahuna lāʻau lapaʻau ke kuleana o ka ʻohi, hoʻomākaukau ʻana a me ka lawelawe ʻana i nā mea kanu e pili ana i ka pono o ka mea maʻi a me nā mea ho'ōla o ka lāʻau.

ʻO nā laʻana o ka lāʻau maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻōla ʻana penei:

+Mea Lāʻau i ʻike ʻia Inoa HawaiʻiInoa ʻepekemaKe Kumu Hoola‘Awa (Kava)Piper methysticumHoʻohana ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i ka luhi, ke anu, ka maʻi latent kamaliʻi, nā maʻi puʻupaʻa, nā poʻo, a me ka insomnia.‘Awapuhi KuahiwiZingiber zerumbetHoʻohana ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha niho, ka ʻāʻī, ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū, ka ʻāʻī ʻana o ka ʻōpū, ka maʻi ʻili, a me nā maʻi ʻili ʻē aʻe.HalaPandanus tectorius Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka mea kanu e mālama i nā maʻi like ʻole e like me ka thrush, nā maʻi ʻili, a me ka constipation.KukuiAleurites molucanaHoʻohana ʻia e mālama i ka constipation, nā ʻeha a me nā ʻeha waho.NoniMorinda citrifoliaHoʻohana ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i nā pōhaku ʻāʻī, ke koko kiʻekiʻe, ka maʻi diabetes, a me nā pilikia ʻōpū.PōpoloSolanum sandwicenseHoʻohana ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi maʻi hanu, nā maʻi ʻili, a me ka mea hoʻōla no nā ʻoki a me nā ʻeha.

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