Ko te Centella asiatica, e mōhiotia whānuitia ana ko te "Ji Xuecao" ko te "Gotu kola" rānei i ngā whenua Āhia, he tipu whakamiharo kua whakamahia i roto i ngā rongoā tuku iho mō ngā rautau. Nā ōna āhuatanga whakaora ahurei, kua hopukina e tēnei otaota te aro o te hapori pūtaiao o te ao, ā, kei te rangahauhia inaianei mō tōna pūmanawa i roto i te rongoā hou.

Nō te whānau Umbelliferae tēnei tipu, ā, he otaota pumau, he āhua tipu motuhake. He ngokingoki, he kikokore tōna kakau e anga ana ki ngā pona, ā, he tipu ngāwari ki te urutau, ka taea te tupu pai i roto i ngā momo taiao. Ko te nuinga o te wā ka kitea te Centella asiatica i ngā rohe tonga o Haina, e tupu nui ana i ngā wāhi haukū me ngā wāhi marumaru pērā i ngā tarutaru me te taha o ngā awaawa wai.

Ko te uara rongoā o te Centella asiatica kei roto i tōna tipu katoa, e whakamahia ana hei rongoā i ngā momo mate. E mōhiotia ana mō tōna kaha ki te tango i te wera, te whakatairanga i te diuresis, te whakaiti i te pupuhi, me te tango paitini i te tinana. He mea whakamahi noa i roto i te rongoā i ngā marō, ngā whara, me ētahi atu whara, nā ōna āhuatanga whakaora patunga pai rawa atu.

Ko ngā āhuatanga ahurei o te Centella asiatica ka whakarei ake i ōna āhuatanga āhua. He rau kiriuhi ki ngā rau otaota te tipu, he porowhita, he āhua whatukuhu, he āhua hōiho rānei. He kikorangi ngā taha o ēnei rau, ā, he whānui te turanga, he āhua ngākau. E kitea mārama ana ngā uaua o ngā rau, e hanga ana i te tauira nikau e ara ake ana i ngā mata e rua. He roa, he maeneene ngā petioles, engari he huruhuru te taha o runga.

Ka puta te wā pua me te wā hua o te Centella asiatica i waenganui i a Āperira me Oketopa, ā, he tipu ā-wā e puāwai ana i ngā marama mahana. E whakaponohia ana hoki he āhuatanga rongoā ngā putiputi me ngā hua o te tipu, ahakoa ko ngā rau te mea e whakamahia whānuitia ana i roto i ngā whakaritenga tuku iho.

Kua whakamanahia te whakamahinga tuku iho o te Centella asiatica e ngā rangahau pūtaiao hou. Kua whakaatuhia e ngā rangahau he maha ngā matū koiora kei roto i te otaota, tae atu ki te waikawa āsiatic, te asiaticoside, me te waikawa madecassic. E whakaponohia ana he pānga ārai-mumura, ārai-waipiro, me te whakaora patunga ēnei matū, ā, he mea nui te Centella asiatica ki te rongoā hou.

Kei te rangahauhia te kaha o te Centella asiatica ki te rongoā i ngā momo mate. Kei te rangahauhia ōna āhuatanga whakaora patunga hei rongoā i ngā wera, ngā mate kiri, me ngā patunga pokanga. Kei te rangahauhia hoki ngā āhuatanga ārai-mumura o te otaota mō tōna kaha ki te rongoā i ngā mate pēnei i te rumatiki me te mate huango.

Haunga tōna whakamahinga i roto i ngā rongoā tuku iho me ngā rongoā hou, kei te kitea hoki te ara o te Centella asiatica ki roto i te umanga whakapaipai. Nā tōna kaha ki te whakatairanga i te hauora o te kiri me te whakaiti i te whara kua waiho hei wāhanga rongonui i roto i ngā hua tiaki kiri pērā i ngā kirīmi, ngā hinu kiri, me ngā serum.

Ahakoa tōna whānuitia me tōna rongonuitanga, kāore anō kia tino rangahauhia te Centella asiatica ina whakaritea ki ētahi atu tipu rongoā. Me nui ake ngā rangahau kia mārama ai ki ngā tikanga mahi a ōna matū koiora, kia tūhuratia ai hoki tōna pūmanawa ki te rongoā i te whānuitanga o ngā mate.

Hei whakamutunga, he tipu whakamiharo te Centella asiatica kua whakamahia i roto i ngā rongoā tuku iho mō ngā rautau. Nā ōna āhuatanga whakaora ahurei, ōna āhuatanga āhua, me ngā matū koiora kua waiho hei rauemi nui i roto i ngā rongoā tuku iho me ngā rongoā hou. I runga i te rangahau me te whanaketanga tonu, tera pea ka whai wāhi nui tonu te Centella asiatica ki te whakatairanga i te hauora me te ora.

He hou tā mātou kamupene ki ngā rauemi mata, ka taea e ngā hoa hiahia te whakapā mai ki a mātou mō ētahi atu kōrero taipitopito.