medicine

  Lā'au, lā'au lapa'au, wai lā'au, hālalo.

  Various kinds of medicine: 'apu, lā'au hānō, lā'au moe, lā'au ho'omoe, lā'au ho'ohiamoe, lā'au ho'onahā, lā'au ho'opā, lā'au ho'opi'i, lā'au ho'opi'ipi'i, lā'au ho'opūhi'u, hālalo po'i, 'aikūpele, ehu, hau'oki, hoene, ho'ohua kawowo, kāpa'i, kāhili kāpopo, kuakala, ku'iku'i, pi'ikū, pīpā, māwai, pūailewa, pioloolo. To mix medicine, kāwili lā'au. Commonly used medicinal plants (Blaisdell): 'a'ali'i, leaf used for rash, insomnia, asthma; 'āheahea, āweoweo, leaves used for wounds and as tonic; 'ahu'awa, powder of stem and flower for skin lesions; 'ākia, leaf for asthma and as a cathartic; 'ala'ala wai nui (succulents), bud to treat asthma, leaf for ear infections and as a tonic; 'aloe, pānini 'awa'awa, leaf for burns, wounds, arthritis, dermatomycosis, and as a cathartic; 'awa, root as narcotic for pain, insomnia, anxiety; 'awapuhi 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; 'ilima, flower as cathartic, leaf shoot for asthma and as tonic, root bark for asthma; ipu 'awa'awa (gourd), shoot and leaf as sedative and cathartic and to treat skin lesions; kā'e'e (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 (lā'ī) for headache, fever, and as bandages; kō (sugar cane), shoot for lacerations, juice as herb sweetener; koali 'awa (morning glory), whole plant for fractures, wounds, joint pain, poultice for infection, cathartic; ko'oko'olau (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; mai'a (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; 'ōhi'a 'ai (mountain apple), bark for mouth lesions and lacerations, bark, leaf, and bud as tonic; 'ōhi'a lehua, flower for childbirth, leaf bud as tea tonic; 'ōlena (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; 'uala (sweet potato), root for asthma and as emetic, leaf (palula) as tonic, to aid lactation; 'uhaloa, hi'aloa, 'ala'ala pūloa, kanakaloa, roots for sore throat, leaves as poultice for infections; 'ulu (breadfruit), sap for lacerations and skin infections.

  Some of these are post-European.