I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ʻike ka honua i ka ulu ʻana o ka hoihoi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā lāʻau kūlohelohe. Ma waena o nā mea kanu he nui i ʻimi ʻia no ko lākou mau pono olakino, ua puka mai nā lau boldo ma ke ʻano he ʻano hou i ke aupuni o ka ho'ōla kūlohelohe.

ʻO Boldo, ʻike ʻia ʻepekema ʻo Peumus boldus, he kumulāʻau mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo maoli i Chile a loaʻa pinepine ʻia ma nā wahi mahana o ʻAmelika Hema. Ua hoʻohana lōʻihi ʻia kona mau lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻeleʻele e nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi no kā lākou mau lāʻau lapaʻau a ke loaʻa nei i kēia manawa ka ʻike ʻia i ka mākeke honua no kā lākou mau pono olakino.

"Ke piʻi mau nei ka noi no nā huahana kūlohelohe a me nā mea kūlohelohe, a ʻo nā lau boldo ka mea mua o kēia ʻano," wahi a Kauka Maria Serrano, kahi mea kanu lāʻau kaulana ma Santiago, Chile. "Me nā waiwai anti-inflammatory, diuretic, a me ka digestive, hāʻawi nā lau boldo i kahi ākea o nā pono olakino e paʻakikī ke loaʻa i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūlohelohe."

ʻO kekahi o nā pōmaikaʻi koʻikoʻi o nā lau boldo ʻo ia ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi maʻi urinary tract (UTIs). Ua hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina e hiki i nā pūhui ikaika i loko o nā lau boldo ke kōkua i ke kaua ʻana i nā maʻi bacteria e pili ana i nā UTI, e lilo ia i mea lapaʻau kūlohelohe kaulana no ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe no ia mau kūlana.

Hoʻohui ʻia, ʻo nā waiwai diuretic o nā lau e hoʻolilo iā lākou i koho maikaʻi loa no ka poʻe e ʻimi nei e mālama i ke koena o ka wai maikaʻi i loko o ke kino a i ʻole e hōʻoluʻolu i nā hōʻailona pili i ka paʻa ʻana o ka wai, e like me ka bloating a me ka pehu.

"Ua lilo nā lau Boldo i loko o kā mākou hana lapaʻau kuʻuna no nā kenekulia," wehewehe ʻo Kauka Gabriela Sanchez, Luna Hoʻokele o Chilean Center for Ethnobotanical Research. "I kēia manawa, hauʻoli mākou e ʻike i ko lākou hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma ka pae honua."

I ka ʻike ʻana o ka poʻe i ko lākou olakino a maikaʻi hoʻi, manaʻo ʻia e ulu nui nā lau boldo ma ke ʻano he ʻano kūlohelohe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Me kā lākou hui kūikawā o nā pono olakino a me nā hopena liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, hāʻawi lākou i kahi ala palekana a ʻoi aku ka hoʻomau i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi maʻamau.

No nā mea kūʻai makemake e hoʻokomo i nā lau boldo i kā lākou hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā a i ʻole e aʻo hou e pili ana i kēia mea kanu hoihoi, hāʻawi kekahi mau mea kūʻai pūnaewele kaulana i kēia manawa i nā pauka lau boldo kiʻekiʻe, nā kī, a me nā mea hoʻohui.

Ke hoʻomau nei ka noiʻi e wehe i nā noi hou a me nā pono o nā lau boldo, hoʻokahi mea i maopopo - ua mākaukau kēia mea kanu kupaianaha e lilo i mea pāʻani alakaʻi i ka honua o nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūlohelohe a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.

Inā makemake ʻoe e ʻike hou aku e pili ana i kēia huahana, e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona pololei i kā mākou hui.