Ko te rau ivy, ko te ingoa pūtaiao ko Hedera helix, he tipu whakamiharo kua whakamahia whānuitia mō ngā rautau maha nā te mea he maha ngā painga hauora me te maha o ngā whakamahinga. E mōhiotia ana tēnei tipu piki matomato tonu mō ōna rau kakariki ataahua e tupu ana i runga i ngā pakitara, i ngā poupou, i ngā rākau, tae atu ki te tipu i roto i te whare.

Kua whakamahia te rau ivy hei rongoā mai anō i ngā wā onamata. Kei roto i ōna rau he saponins, e whakamahia ana hei rongoā i te maremare, te makariri, me ngā raruraru manawa. He āhuatanga ārai-mumura anō hoki tō te tipu, ā, he whai hua ki te whakaiti i te pupuhi me te mamae.

Haunga ōna whakamahinga rongoā, he mea nui anō hoki te rau ivy mō tōna kaha ki te pure i te hau. Kua whakaatuhia e ngā rangahau he kaha te tipu ki te tango i ngā paitini kino pērā i te formaldehyde, te benzene, me te waro monoxide mai i te hau, ā, he mea tino pai hei horoi hau taiao mō ngā kāinga me ngā tari.

Hei tāpiritanga, kua whakamahia te rau ivy hei whakapaipai. Ko ōna rau matomato he papamuri ataahua mō ngā māra, ngā taupee, me ngā taupee. Ka taea hoki te whakangungu kia tipu ake i runga i ngā pou rākau, i te taha rānei o ngā taiepa, hei ārai taiao, hei pakitara ora rānei.

He maha ngā whakamahinga o te rau ivy i roto i te ao tunu kai. Ka taea te kai mata i ngā rau i roto i ngā huamata, te tunu pērā i te pīnihi, te whakamahi rānei hei whakapaipai i ngā rihi. Heoi, me tūpato nā te mea ka paitini te tipu mēnā ka kainga nui.

Hei whakamutunga, ehara i te mea he tipu ataahua, he maha ngā whakamahinga o te rau ivy, engari he tipu whai hua anō hoki. Mai i ōna āhuatanga rongoā ki ōna āheinga ki te pure i te hau, he mea nui te rau ivy hei tāpiri atu ki tētahi kāinga, ki tētahi māra rānei.

Ko te mutunga tēnei o tā mātou panuitanga mō te rau ivy. Ko te tumanako ka whai hua ēnei mōhiohio ki a koe!