Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

toatoa

shrubby haloragis, toatoa

Infusion of leaves or expressed juice used for all scrofulous diseases (Taylor 1870).

The related plant Gunnera perpensa has been used in Africa for psoriasis (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk, in Brooker, Cambie and Cooper 1987)

See also Riley 1994 for information on medicinal uses of related plants elsewhere in the world.

Contains tannin (Smith 1879)