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Lāʻau, lāʻau lapaʻau, wai lāʻau, hālalo.

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  • Various kinds of medicine: ʻapu, lāʻau hānō, lāʻau moe, lāʻau hoʻomoe, lāʻau hoʻohiamoe, lāʻau hoʻonahā, lāʻau hoʻopā, lāʻau hoʻopiʻi, lāʻau hoʻopiʻipiʻi, lāʻau hoʻopūhiʻu, hālalo poʻi, ʻaikūpele, ehu, hauʻoki, hoene, hoʻohua kawowo, kāpaʻi, kāhili kāpopo, kuakala, kuʻikuʻi, piʻikū, pīpā, māwai, pūailewa, pioloolo.
  • To mix medicine, kāwili lāʻau.
  • Commonly used medicinal plants (Blaisdell): ʻaʻaliʻi, leaf used for rash, insomnia, asthma; ʻāheahea, āweoweo, leaves used for wounds and as tonic; ʻahuʻawa, powder of stem and flower for skin lesions; ʻākia, leaf for asthma and as a cathartic; ʻalaʻala wai nui (succulents), bud to treat asthma, leaf for ear infections and as a tonic; ʻaloe, pānini ʻawaʻawa, leaf for burns, wounds, arthritis, dermatomycosis, and as a cathartic; ʻawa, root as narcotic for pain, insomnia, anxiety; ʻawapuhi kuahiwi, leaf for lacerations, root for toothache and abdomimal pain; hala, seed and flower as cathartic, aerial root as tonic; hau, bud and bark as cathartic, bark for fever and as demulcent in childbirth; ʻilima, flower as cathartic, leaf shoot for asthma and as tonic, root bark for asthma; ipu ʻawaʻawa (gourd), shoot and leaf as sedative and cathartic and to treat skin lesions; kāʻeʻe (sea bean), seeds as cathartic; kaliko, a cathartic; kalo (taro), root as tonic and cathartic, leaf for skin infections, stem for stings; kī (ti), flower for asthma, leaves (lāʻī) for headache, fever, and as bandages; kō (sugar cane), shoot for lacerations, juice as herb sweetener; koali ʻawa (morning glory), whole plant for fractures, wounds, joint pain, poultice for infection, cathartic; koʻokoʻolau (beggars tick), leaf as tea tonic and for asthma, flower for heartburn and fever; kuawa (guava), seeds and leaf for diarrhea, fruit rind as cathartic; kukui (candlenut), nut and bark as cathartic, leaf for wounds, sap to treat thrush; laukahi (plantain), leaf as poultice for infections, sap to arrest bleeding; maiʻa (banana), fruit for abdominal pain and asthma and as a cathartic, bud sap to treat thrush; māmaki, berry to treat thrush and as laxative and tonic, root for childbirth; moa, stem for tea, as cathartic, and to treat thrush; naupaka, leaf for lacerations, bark for skin lesions, diarrhea; nīoi (pepper) for muscle and joint pain; niu hiwa (a variety of coconut), young shoot for lacerations, dry meat for oil for skin and hair and to use for massage, water for eye disorders; noni (Indian mulberry), fruit for lacerations and as poultice, leaf and bark as tonic and for urinary disorders and muscle and joint pain; ʻōhiʻa ʻai (mountain apple), bark for mouth lesions and lacerations, bark, leaf, and bud as tonic; ʻōhiʻa lehua, flower for childbirth, leaf bud as tea tonic; ʻōlena (turmeric), bulb for earache, nose and throat discomfort; palepiwa (nuhōlani) (eucalyptus), leaves for sweat bath, pain, fever, respiratory congestions; pia (arrow-root), tuber for diarrhea and as tonic; pilikai, as cathartic; pōhuehue (morning glory), seed and stem as cathartic, leaf in childbirth; pōpolo (black nightshade), leaf for wounds, cough, and tonic, berry as cathartic and to treat thrush; pua kala (poppy), sap and seed (lū) for toothache and pyorrhea and skin itch, root for warts; ʻuala (sweet potato), root for asthma and as emetic, leaf (palula) as tonic, to aid lactation; ʻuhaloa, hiʻaloa, ʻalaʻala pū loa, kanakaloa, roots for sore throat, leaves as poultice for infections; ʻulu (breadfruit), sap for lacerations and skin infections. Some of these are post-European.