Herbal Book Database – Recommendations by Herbal Academy

Kahuna La'au Lapa'au: Hawaiian Herbal Medicine

This herbal is focused on the practices and plants used by of one of several groups the medical kahuna, the la’au’ lapa’au, based on the journals and notes of Hawaiians and extensive interviews with Hawaiians. “Aohe i pau ka ike i hokkahi halau,” says author June of her book, “all wisdom is not taught in one halau.”

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June Gutmanis

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Heather Irvine

The thrill in studying this book Hawaiian Herbal Medicine is in suspending the need to know what you are looking at for a minute, much like learning a new plant. You can find instruction on specific plant uses just diving in but if you study the stories also you might feel like a brand new, just learning for the first time herbalist again, because the stories unfold from problem to solution, and use Hawaiian names for many plants and ailments. You might take a peek at the illustrations after and realize that you did know something about this plant after all, or it may be one you have not heard of but will remember the next time you do.