A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand
Part IV
Part IV.
Native Pharmacopeia.
Eruerueka, pigs' ear; a Mesembryanthemum; the juice expressed used for Boils
Harakeke, leaf and root; Paipai and internal complaints
Horopito, leaves bruised and steeped in water; a remedy for the Paipai
Kahikatoa, leaf; drunk for internal complaints; also used for a steam bath
Kareao, decoction of the root, used as sarsaparilla; the young shoot eaten as medicine for the Hakihaki; the root is commonly used by females to procure abortion
page 83Kawakawa, leaf and bark; for cuts, wounds, Paipai, and pains of the stomach; it is also used for the Gonorrhœa, and in making steam baths
Kohekohe, weak infusion of the leaf stops the secretion of milk; it is used for women who have lost their infants; it is also a powerful tonic
Kohukohu, lichen; which, when reduced to powder, is rubbed into the skin for cutaneous eruptions
Kokowai, red ochre; used as an ointment for scald head and for spear wounds
Kopakopa, leaves; used for ulcers, over which it is bandaged; one side of the leaf draws, whilst the other heals
Koromiko, tender leaves of this shrub are bruised and applied as a poultice for ulcers, and especially for the Pakiwara (venereal disease)
Kowai, inner bark, for itch
Mamaku, bruised pith, applied as a poultice for swellngs of the foot and sore eyes
Mapu, to syringe the ears
Miro, infusion of the bark is drunk for stomach ache
Mouku, root; an infusion used as a wash for cutaneous complaints; the juice is also drunk and the root eaten
Ngaio, bark; to heal ulcers and eruptions
Ngarehu, charcoal powdered fine, used for cutaneous eruptions
Oka; the natives were accustomed formerly to bleed for several complaints, especially for Rheumatism, and for acute local pains; for this purpose they used either a sharp splinter of Obsidian or a fragment of a shell, with which they made lateral cuts into the skin, causing the blood to flow freely
Papa, bark; used for the itch
Papaunga, bark, infused, is drunk for the itch
Papaauma, misletoe; the bark is bruised and applied for the itch
Paretau, root; cutaneous eruptions
Patete, sap; scrofulous sores and ringworm
Ponga, pith; a poultice for cutaneous eruptions
Poroporo, leaf; inner skin, for the itch; when boiled with lard makes a very healing salve
Puka, misletoe; used the same as the Papaauma
page 84Pukatea, Pautea bark used for scrofulous sores, Totatoka, and for the Tooth-ache
Rata, bark; used for the Ringworm and venereal disease
Rauriki, sowthistle; used for the Tokatoka; a drink for stomach complaints
Rimu, bark, infused, to heal up running ulcers, and for burns, scalds, &c.
Taewa, potatoe; the water in which they have been boiled used as a lotion for Piauau, pimples, and all cutaneous eruptions, also for burns
Te Huhu, or Te Hu, grub found in Rimu, Matai, and Kahikatea trees; it is eaten as a medicine
Tawa, bark; used for pains in the stomach and colds
Toto Kuri, the ear of the dog is slit and the blood boiled; a remedy for spear wounds, it is both eaten and applied externally
Ti, drink; internal complaints; dysentery
Toatoa, strong hardy weed; the infusion of its leaves used for all scrofulous diseases, also the juice expressed
Tutu, leaf, tender shoot, or pith; dysentery; its sap used as a remedy for madness; though producing madness in the healthy, it is said to be very efficacious as a cure for those so affected
Wawa, leaf juice; for blindness
Wawaku, inner bark; used for the Ringworm
Umuroa, Umu, oven or vapour bath, for sick persons affected with Rheumatism or other complaints was covered up with leaves of the Ngaio, Kawakawa, Tataramoa, Kaiwiria, Koromiko, Manuka, Karetu, Karamu, Papa, Kaikaiaruhe, and the Poroporo, each being supposed to have its particular virtue; the way it is formed is very simple and worthy of being noted:—the stones being heated are replaced in the oven (which is about 18 inches deep) on which a quantity of water is poured; a thick bed of the leaves enumerated is made over the stones, and then a number of kits are laid, on which the patient is seated, who is entirely covered with a blanket or native mat; a copious perspiration is speedily induced; this kind of bath is called He Tieki, and was considered very efficacious; the covering of leaves for the Umu is called Wariki
page 85Te Wakaeke, Te Tarewa, to recover drowned or strangled persons; they suspend the body head downwards over smoke that it may ascend and inflate the lungs, or cause re-action by its stimulating effects
He Kauhoa, He Amo, frame ingeniously made with the kareao to carry the sick on
He Moroiti, cover for a sore place formed by a hoop with cross bars at right angles
He Papa Kiri, splint formed of the bark of a tree to suit the form of the fractured limb
Matete, plaster
Matua, to quicken; kua matua te tamaiti
Roromi, to shampoo or squeeze
Puncturing was also used for several complaints.
Native Diseases.
Aku, dysentery
Amiomio, to turn round; to be giddy
Anini, head ache; giddiness. Syn. with Ngaruru
Anu, complaint of the eyes; cold
Ape, Apeape, club foot. Syn. with Hape
Aroaroea, pain in the stomach
Arohirohi, to turn round; to be giddy
Aurere, groaning
Autakauta, contagion
Awiowio, indistinctness of vision
Hake, crooked back
Hakihaki, cutaneous eruption; pimples; itch
Haku, a cold; cholic
Hanginenga, dysentery
Hape, crooked feet
Harehare, eruption; the itch
Haua, swollen
Hauaitu, benumbed
Hauhauwaitu, falling down without any perceptible cause
Haurangi, deranged person. Syn. with Porangi
Hautete, one who jabbers
Hauware, saliva
Hawareware, to be full of saliva
Hetu, fester
Hi, dysentery
Hoha, weariness
Hoi, deafness
Hore, large swelling, or running sore
Huahua, small pimple
Huhu, dysentery
Huhunu, yellow skin; jaundice
page 86Huware, saliva
Ipuipu, swelling on the sole of the foot
Iramata, spot in the eye
Kakati, sting; a bite
Kanikani, complaint in the thighs
Karukowiti, complaint of the eyes when the lid is turned inside
Kea, secretion from the nose
Keha, scrofulous swelling of the neck. Syn. with Ngene
Keke, cramp
Keko, squinting
Kerekerewai, numbness
Kero, maimed
Ketoketo, sick person
Kikiki, shivering or ague. Syn. with Poanau
Kirihoko, dry scurfy skin
Kirika, fever
Kirikiritona, complaint of the eye; the lid being turned inside out
Kiritona, pimple on the eyelid; a wart; a stye
Koangi, diarrhoea
Koea, dysentery
Kohari, to be in pain
Kohoi, thin; lean
Koipuipu, to be sore in the feet from walking. Syn. with Ipuipu
Kokeke, lameness
Koki, limping
Koko, lean; thin
Komaoa, raw state of the mouth; an ulceration
Komiromiro, stomach ache. He komiromiro o te ngakau. Stomach ache from eating Pitau or cooked fern tree
Konao, diarrhæa
Kongenge, belonging to sickness or disease; rheumatism
Kopa, lameness
Koparu, crushed; bruised
Kope, loss of the sense of smelling from a violent cold
Kopeke, costiveness
Kopiri, lameness of the feet
Kopito, pain in the abdomen
Kopupu, blister
Kopurua, swelling of the abdomen; dropsy
Koputa, blister
Korangaranga, to be in pain
Korere, dysentery
Korewarewa, disease which spread over the island about forty years ago and carried off great numbers; whole families were buried in the same grave; it commenced with violent purging, the hair of the head and eyebrowsentirely came off; it originated in the North of the island
Koripi, diarrhæa
Korongenge, to be benumbed
Kotere, swelling; dysentery
Kotiuru, headache
Kupa, to belch
Kuruenga, running of the nose, with a loss of the sense of smelling. Syn. with Hupe and Kope
page 87Maeingi, dysentery
Mahaki, disease of the skin
Mahihore, flayed; peeled
Mahore, broken, as the skin
Mahorehore o te Kiri, a peeling of the skin
Mahu, to be healed
Maki, sick person
Makoko, name of a very fatal pestilence which carried off great numbers of the natives
Mamae, painful
Manawanawa, to sneeze
Mangeo, itching
Mangio, to burn; to itch
Mangiongio, chilblain
Mania, to be on edge, as the teeth; to be jarred
Mare, cough or cold
Marere, to fall; to die
Karu, to be bruised; killed
Matakoma, swollen
Matangerengere, benumbed; cramped
Matangurunguru, numbness
Matapo, blind
Matarekereke, to be benumbed
Mate, sickness
Matenga, death sickness
Materawa, severe illness; death
Matengatenga, to be sore or benumbed; to be cramped
Matihe, to sneeze
Matorutoru, benumbed
Matutu, to be well; to be convalescent
Mauiui, weariness
Menemene, to hackle; to cough
Momoe, to blink; to wink
Motu, cut; severed
Muna, Munamuna, ringworm; a circular scab
Mungutu, scab; a swelling of the head and entire body
Mutumutu, kind of leprosy; when the first joint of the fingers and toes fall off
Nanakia, gnawing, as pain
Nanati, Natinati, to be tight or contracted
Natu, to scratch
Natunatu, to scratch
Nawe, scar; a burn
Ngahoahoa, headache
Ngaoko, to itch
Ngaruru, headache
Ngau, to bite
Ngene, scrofula of the neck; the Goitre
Ngenge, weariness
Ngerengere, swelling of the eyeball; the leprosy; said to be communicated by the touch
Ngerengeremumutu, swelling of the head from the heat of the sun, which causes blood to flow from the nose
Ngoikore, weakness; infirmity
Ngongengonge, lame man; a cripple
Ngongo, sick person; to waste away; to grow thin
Ngoni, extreme weakness
page 88Ngungu, hump backed person
Nguturiwa, hair lip; a split lip
Nohu, sinking with pain
Nonoti, to strangle
Nope, gnawing pain
Nuke, to be bent; crooked
Oka, to bleed
Okeoke, to be weak; restless; a sick person
Paeoki, consumption of the lungs
Pahoahua, headache
Pahore, graze
Pahunu, to burn
Pahupahu, fester
Paipai, ringworm; it is also applied to the excoriations of infants, to chafings, &c.
Pakira, bald person
Pakiwara, venereal disease
Pakoko, barren; fruitless
Panapana, to throb
Papahanga, sore eyes
Papahewa, sore eyes
Paparewa, thin; emaciated
Para, to be affected with pimples
Pararutiki, naturalized word generally applied to a kind of chicken pox
Paroparo, withered; decayed
Parori, sprain
Patito, scald head
Patotoi, to be chapped
Pawera, fever
Piko, hump back
Poauau, ague
Poe, Poepoe, complaint of the eye
Pohe, blindness
Pokapoka, scrofulous sores
Pokapoka o te kanohi, bursting of the lachrymal duct, &c.
Porangi, deranged person. Syn. with Haurangi
Porewarewa, mad person
Potete, deranged person
Poupou, boils on the skin
Pouturi, deafness
Puhipuhi, swelling and scabs
Puhoi, deaf
Pukaki, scrofulous swelling of the neck
Puku, swelling or boil, not broken
Pumuka, to stab
Puni, retention of urine
Pupuhi, swelling
Pura o te kanohi, blindness; a film mote
Raku, scratch
Rakuraku, cutaneous eruption. Syn. with Hikihaki
Rangiroro, giddiness
Raupa, sore or crack of the skin
Raurau. Syn. with Parukotiki
Rekareka, itching
Renga, secretion of the eye
Rewarewa, sickness; an epidemic; influenza attended with violent pains of the head, throat, and chest. Syn. with Korewarewa
Ringamutu, kind of leprosy. Syn. with Mutumutu
Ro, matter
page 89Roke, indurated fæces
Roromi, infanticide
Rou, club foot. Syn. with Ape
Ruaki, sickness; vomiting
Ruwa, weary
Taeawa, cold; catarrh
Tahu o te kiri, fever
Taipo, deranged person
Takarau, venereal disease. Syn. with Pakiwara
Takoki, sprain. Syn. with Parori
Tangorongoro, blister
Tanihi, blind of one eye
Tanoe, sprain; rheumatism
Tanoni, sprain
Tanuku, internal pain
Tapa, chapped
Tarakura, complaint on the skin
Tare, to groan
Taringaturi, deafness
Taru, disease
Taruku, dysentery
Tatao, to bleed from the nose
Taui, swelling in the foot from walking
Tawiri, sprain
Tengatenga, cramp
Teteka, benumbed
Tetere, swelling
Tihe, Tihewa, Tiia, to sneeze
Tikuku, dysentery
Tingara, name of a pestilence which formerly visited this island and carried off great numbers
Tioro, to be jarred
Tipu, scrofulous sores. Syn, with Pokapoka
Tiputa, scrofulous sore; swelled eyes
Titere, swelling. Syn. with Kotere
Titupu, chapping of the skin
Tiwa, slight baldness; to squint
Tokatoka, cutaneous eruption
Tokeroa, thin, lean person
Tokohana, Tokomaori, hiccough
Tona, wart
Tongako, scabbed; festered
Toretore, inflamation of the eyes
Toriwai, watery eyes
Toriwaitia, to be affected with watery eyes
Toroea, dysentery
Torotini, dysentery
Tote, Totete, to limp
Toto, to bleed
Touwa, to swell
Tuarapiko, bent person
Tuhauwiri, shaking with cold
Tunga, toothache
Tungapuku, gum boil; a swelled cheek
Tungaraupapa, toothache
Tupua, fester. Syn. with Hetu
Turi, deafness
Turingongengone, lameness; weakness in the knee
Turiwataitai, benumbed; a shivering
page 90Turiwetautau, benumbed
Turorirori, to shake; to totter, as the legs of a sick person
Turoro, sick person
Tuwenua, kind of leprosy. Syn. with Ringamutu
Uruumu, swelling
Waea, weary
Waehaua, lame person
Wahangu, dumb
Waihakihaki, disease of the skin; the itch
Wakaahu, to swell
Wakahemo, to consume or waste away
Wakahemohemo, to attend to a person in his last illness
Wakaka, rheumatic fever
Wakakikiwa, to blink the eyes, as in pain
Wakamahu, to heal
Wakamamae, to cause pain
Wakangaromia, to choke
Wakaomoomo, to attend upon a sick person
Wakaraaki, to make sick
Wango, groan
Wango, defective in speech
Warehaua, lame person
Waro, cough
Watero, to put out the tongue
Waturama, rupture
Wawati, chap on the skin
Weminga, sneezing
Weoro, to be jarred
Wera, burn; a scald
Wewe, boil which has burst.