http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/70723243/kawakawa-tea-a-naturally-good-remedy

Kawakawa tea a naturally good remedy

Kawakawa helps fight winter ailments.

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Cameron Burnell/Fairfax NZ

Kawakawa tea is a naturally good way to restore and maintain good health.

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Before pharmaceutical companies started running things, herbal remedies were what people used when the winter chills took hold.
Many sodas, bitters, spirits and liqueurs were originally made as tonics for helping with ailments. In Aotearoa, tohunga created balms, herbal infusions, steam baths and teas from local flora for preventing, curing or easing all sorts of ills. Many of these rongoā are still used today.
The leaves of kawakawa, a member of the pepper tree family, were commonly used as a tea to help with digestion, as an anti-inflammatory tonic, and as a mild intoxicant. Kawakawa is the milder cousin of kava, the intoxicating root drunk in other Pacific Islands. It is probably the most commonly used native ingredient in drinks in New Zealand.