Hawaiians turn to native healing

[Dover]

WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) -- A growing number of Hawaii residents are turning to traditional healing methods long practiced in these lush Pacific islands as an alternative or supplement to visiting a regular doctor.

With skyrocketing drug and health care costs, Native Hawaiian healing is part of a national trend in recent years toward non-conventional approaches to medical care.

For a high school volleyball player with a sprained finger and a game approaching in three days, a practitioner of Native Hawaiian healing provided the needed cure. ..>

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/08/18/hawaii.herbs.ap/index.html

[yorkiemommie1]

1. when my grandpa in Hawaii

was told that his leg had to be amputated ( must have been around 1930 ) he said no way. made his way up to some castor bean , I think, plants and made some concoction that cured his leg. he died at 93 years old.