MAORI MEDICINE
At the first meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Historical Committee, the Right Rev. F. A. Bennett, Bishop of Aotearoa, brought forward the suggestion that research should be made into the beneficial qualities of herbs native to New Zealand.
Bishop Bennett pointed out that many Maori families still use the ancient herbal remedies of, their forefathers, in preference to medicines prescribed by the pakeha. Chemists have com© to realise the value of Maori remedies, as witness tho us© of “ Karengo,” or edible seaweed, as an antidote for goitre. Bishop Bennett referred to two further remedies:— ‘ Manuka,’ tho young shoots of which, boiled, are good for rheumatism, sore back, and lumbago. The parts affected should be bathed in the mixture as hot as possible. “Tutu” is used 1 us under: Boil tho leaves and young branch; soak sprained member in the mixture hot; bandage tightly with leaves in bandage. “There are scores of other remedies,” Bishop Bennett said* “ but my object is merely to stir up the interest of students on n line of research which will probably ho of inestimable benefit to future generations and incidentally reduce the cost of nature’s remedies, for these kind of remedies can be mad© by anyone, and procured almost anywhere.”
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Evening Star, Issue 22806, 15 November 1937, Page 5
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