Lā’au

1. Tree, plant, wood, timber, forest, stick, pole, rod, splinter, thicket, club, blow or strike of a club; strength, rigidness, hardness; male errection; to have formed mature wood, as of a seedling; wooden, woody; stiff, as wood. Kumulā’au, tree. 2. Medicine, medical. Ho’ohuihui lā’au, pa’ipa’i lā’au, chemistry.

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3. Lump or knot in the flesh, as eased by the rubbing kahi massage; to feel such a knot or stiffness; cramp, charley horse; to have a cramp. 4. Picture frame. 5. General for canoe end piece. 6. For nights of the moon beginning with lā’au.....

Piko

1. Navel, navel string, umbilical cord. Fig., blood relative, genitals. 2. Summit or top of a hill or mountain; crest; crown of the head; Crown of a hat made on the frame; tip of the ear; end of the rope; border of a land; center as of a fish pond wall or kōnane board; place where stance is attached to leaf, as of taro.

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3. Short for alopiko. I ka piko nō’oe, lahilahi song, at the belly portion, itself, so very choice and fat. 4. A common taro with many varieties, all with the leaf blade indented at the base up to the piko, junction of the blade and stem. 5. Design in plaiting the hat called pāpale ‘is. 6. Bottom round of a carrying net, kōkō. 7. Small wauke rootlets from an old plant. I. Thatch above a door. ‘Oki I ka Piko, to cut this thatch; fig,. To dedicate the house.

Lā’au Piko

Our goal is to carry on our family legacy in Lā’au lapa’au (traditional Hawaiian medicine) by providing the highest quality in Hawaiian herbal products, and bringing proper nutrition to the general public. Through promoting soil health and proper nutrition for the plants, we can guarantee quality. We use only hand crafted extracts for plant nutrition and indigenous microbes to increase soil life and efficiency, natural farming. No chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides! Our farm is located in Ho’olehua, Moloka’i and our focus is on ‘Ōlena as we diversify our herbal catalog. 

‘Ōlena (turmeric)

One of the original canoe plants, ‘ōlena is cherished for its many healing properties. It was used for so many different ailments, to spiritually cleanse space, and dye. Grown on Molokai, our farm is located in the center of Hawaii.

Lā’au lapa’au

Traditional Hawaiian herbal medicine

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