Kua aro nui te ao hauora o te ao ki tētahi rākau Āwherika, he ingoa pūtaiao ahurei tōna – ko Prunus africana. Ko Pygeum te ingoa o tēnei rākau whakamiharo nō Āwherika ki te Hauāuru me te Waenganui, ā, kei te rangahauhia tēnei rākau whakamiharo nō Āwherika ki te Hauāuru me te Waenganui mō ōna painga hauora, inā koa mō te rongoā i ngā mate e pā ana ki te repeure.

Kua roa te whakamahinga o te kiri o te rākau Pygeum i roto i te rongoā Āwherika hei whakamama i ngā tohu o te nui haere o te repeure me te rahi haere o te repeure. Kua tīmata ngā rangahau hou ki te tautoko i ēnei kereme, e tohu ana ka āwhina ētahi matū i roto i te kiri ki te whakamama i ngā tohu e pā ana ki te nui haere o te repeure, pērā i te mimi pinepine me te uaua ki te mimi.

"Kua roa te whakamahinga o te Pygeum i roto i ngā rongoā tuku iho o Āwherika mō ngā mate repeure, ā, kei te kite tātou i nāianei i ngā rangahau pūtaiao e tautoko ana i ēnei kereme," te kī a Tākuta Robert Johnson, he tākuta mimi me te kairangahau. "Ahakoa ehara i te rongoā mō ngā mate katoa, tera pea ka whakaratohia he whakamarie mō ngā tāne e whakanui ana i te repeure."

Haunga ōna painga e pā ana ki te repeure, kei te rangahauhia hoki te kaha o te Pygeum ki te rongoā i ētahi atu mate hauora. E kī ana ētahi rangahau tuatahi he āhuatanga ārai-mumura me te ārai-waipiro pea te kiri rākau, ā, ka whai hua pea ēnei ki ngā momo mate mai i te mate rumatiki ki te mate pūnaha toto.

"He tipu tino whakamere a Pygeum, he nui te pūmanawa," te kī a Tākuta Emily Davis, he kairangahau rongoā tipu. "Kei te tīmatanga tonu mātou o te mārama ki te whānuitanga o ngā painga, engari he whakahihiri, he whai hua hoki te rangahau."

I te mea kei te tipu haere tonu te hiahia ki te hauora taiao me ngā maimoatanga rerekē, kua rite a Pygeum ki te noho hei hua hauora taiao e whakamahia whānuitia ana, e mōhiotia whānuitia ana hoki. Heoi, e whakatūpato ana ngā tohunga ahakoa he pai pea te kiri ki te hauora, kaua e whakamahia hei whakakapi mō te maimoatanga hauora tuku iho.

"Mena kei te whakaaro koe ki te whakamahi i te Pygeum mō te mate repeure, mō ētahi atu mate hauora rānei, he mea nui kia kōrero tuatahi koe ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora," te kī a Tākuta Johnson. "Ka taea e rātou te āwhina i a koe ki te mārama ki ō whiringa me te whakarite kei te whakatau whai whakaaro koe mō tō hauora."

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