Explore: Rongoā

Rongoā (or rongoā Māori) refers to the traditional medicinal practices developed among the Māori in New Zealand. It encompasses herbal medicine, physical

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harvesting will kill the entire tree. Rito has importance in traditional rongoā medicinal practices due to its use as a laxative, seen as especially important

construct pallisade walls of pā. The plant also had uses in traditional rongoā medicine, with infusions being made from leaves, or by collecting mānuka

potential medical applications, bringing together its traditional uses in Rongoā Māori with the recent interest in Western medicine into the medical applications

naturally curvy shapes made strong knees. Inner bark extracts are used in rongoā (traditional healing) for the treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery, and

and sandflies. The leaf buds and inner bark also have uses in traditional rongoā medicinal practices, intended to soothe stomach pain or sore gums, and the

had established her own church in Parewanui and was a faith healer and rongoā practitioner. Rikiriki foretold the coming of a new prophet in 1912 that

Found growing on rotten logs in native forest, traditional applications in rongoā herbal medicine New Zealand Hericium ptychogasteroides Observed growing

leaves from plants such as tarata. Tītoki oil also has uses in traditional rongoā medicine, by being applied to wounds, or being used in massage. Traditional