PUHAU
Sir,—You had a note in your paper regnirding puhait or rariki. it is called by Europeans sourthistle, f.nd is looked upon as a weed. Vor a long lime I suffered from a- kidney complaint which defied ordinary medical treatment. I began to use puhau daily through, the advice of an old native friend. : As a vegetable I soak it overnight in salt and water, then wring it out and boil as. any ..green vegetable. If tho" tea is required, then only soak in water. and use the liquor that it has been 'boiled in. So beneficial has it been that I cultivate a patch of it. An illustration of its benefits I give: A. relative had a daughter who was.sii-fi'eriiig from a wasting illness. They came to me for a change, and after a month's use of puhau it was very gratifying (o all of us to sec the great improvement, and a few months more will bu.Ud. her.constitution up. It is a great blood-purifier, and is especially a spring cleanser, and used by both sexes of the natives for that purpose. Could not seed-cultivators put it on the market?—l am etc.. C O'EOOKE.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 56, 30 November 1918, Page 9
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195PUHAU Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 56, 30 November 1918, Page 9
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