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Rahurahu

Maori name: Rahurahu

Common name: Bracken

Botanical name: Pteridium esculentum

Rahurahu is a fern found throughout New Zealand.

A cure for headaches was to have the Maori priest beat

together stalks of rahurahu over the patient’s head whilst singing a chant.

Rahurahu was also used as a spiritually cleansing plant.

To cleanse a person a fern stalk was attached to the person and the priest would repeat words over them before they were thrown in a river.

The tender shoot and root were eaten or chewed to treat dysentery.