KAWAKAWA
(Macro-piper Excelsum)
New Zealand Native Pepper Tree
Kawakawa is a Traditional New Zealand Maori cultural healing plant or medicine – (Rongoa Maori – Maori Medicine) – that has been used for centuries and is still highly regarded by many as a “Healing Wonder Plant” that is widely utilised today.
Kawakawa has proven to be a very powerful and effective healer, with it’s heart shaped leaves it is also very attractive and easily identifiable.
KawakawaCareNZ has utilised this traditional healing plant and combined it with other natural, organic, contemporary and complimentary healing agents to create our very own exclusively unique recipes of carefully blended healing Balms, Creams and Lotions that cater to specific health needs.
Kawakawa Leaves for bathing and remedies by KawakawaCareNZ have been ‘Wild Crafted’ from a purely natural and organic source of native bush plantation and harvested under traditional Maori Cultural protocol.
The Healing Properties of Kawakawa are extensive, ranging from:
Pain relief
Anti-inflammatory
Anti-biotic
Anti-fungal
Tissue and skin cell repair
Insect repellent
Tooth ache
Sunscreen
Detox, cleansing internal organs
Blood purifier
Mild sedative – aid insomnia, calm nerves, relaxant
Immune building
Boils, Sores, Cuts, Grazes, Acne/Pimples, Rash, Bruising, Insect bites
Eczema and Psoriasis
Itchy skin conditions
And More..!
Kawakawa also traditionally used for poulticing, to draw puss and infection from boils, wounds and other skin infections. It can be made into tea, and used in bath water to soothe and assist skin irritations, while drinking the tea aids with detox and internal cleansing of the body.
Kawakawa Tea has many uses and properties to heal and soothe most skin conditions, relieve muscular and body aches and pains, cleansing of the internal organs (Digestive and Urinary tracts, liver and kidney), blood purification, insomnia and much more.
Drinking Kawakawa Tea assists with all of the above through the internal cleansing and clearing away of toxins from the inside out.
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