Lāʻau Lapaʻau: Honoring a Living Hawaiian Healing Tradition

Lāʻau lapaʻau is a Native Hawaiian healing tradition carried through generations of knowledge, practice, relationship, and responsibility. It is sometimes described simply as “Hawaiian herbal medicine.” Plants and their preparation are important, but that description alone can leave out much of what makes the practice meaningful. Lāʻau lapaʻau exists within a broader Hawaiian understanding of […]