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ʻO ka Rauwolfia alkaloid he lāʻau lapaʻau koko maoli i loaʻa mai nā aʻa o ka mea kanu Rauwolfia serpentina. Ke kōkua nei kēia lāʻau lapaʻau maʻalahi i nā kānaka e mālama i ke koko kiʻekiʻe no nā makahiki he nui ma ka hoʻomaha maoli ʻana i nā kīʻaha koko a me ka hoʻolohi ʻana i ka puʻuwai.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole i kauoha pinepine ʻia i kēia lā e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou, ʻo ka rauwolfia alkaloid kahi koho waiwai no kekahi mau maʻi. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hana ʻana o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i kāu mālama ʻana i ke koko me kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻO ka Rauwolfia alkaloid kahi lāʻau lapaʻau i unuhi ʻia mai ka mea kanu snakeroot India, i ʻike ʻia ʻo Rauwolfia serpentina. ʻO ka mea hana, reserpine, no ka papa o nā lāʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo antihypertensives, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kōkua nei lākou i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ke koko.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i kekahi mau kemika i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana nerve e hoʻopaʻa ai i nā kīʻaha koko. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me ka paipai mālie ʻana i kou mau kīʻaha koko e hoʻomaha, e ʻae ana i ke koko e kahe maʻalahi i kou kino.
ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko hou, ua manaʻo ʻia ka rauwolfia alkaloid he koho lapaʻau maʻalahi. He mea pono loa ia no ka poʻe e pono ai ka mālama ʻana i ke koko maʻalahi, lōʻihi me ka ʻole o nā hopena ikaika o nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka Rauwolfia alkaloid e mālama i ke koko kiʻekiʻe (hypertension) mai ka maʻalahi a i ka maʻalahi. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā pono ʻoe i ka mālama ʻana i ke koko paʻa a maʻalahi i ka manawa.
Ma waho aʻe o ka mālama ʻana i ke koko, hoʻohana ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e mālama i kekahi mau maʻi psychiatric. Hiki iā ia ke kōkua me ka hoʻonāukiuki, ka hopohopo, a me kekahi mau ʻano o nā hōʻailona olakino noʻonoʻo ke kūpono ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Ke kauoha pū nei kekahi poʻe lawelawe mālama ola i ka rauwolfia alkaloid no nā mea maʻi i pane ʻole i nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe ʻē aʻe. He mea kōkua nui ia no ka poʻe i loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai nā lāʻau antihypertensive ikaika.
Hana ʻo Rauwolfia alkaloid ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā ʻelele kemika maoli o kou kino, ʻo ia hoʻi ka norepinephrine a me ka serotonin. Hoʻemi mālie ia i ka nui o kēia mau mea kemika i mālama ʻia i loko o kou mau wēlau nerve, kahi e kōkua ai i kou mau kīʻaha koko e hoʻomaha.
Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia lāʻau he lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe nāwaliwali akā paʻa. ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau ikaika e hana wikiwiki ana, lawe ʻo rauwolfia alkaloid i nā pule e kūkulu ai i loko o kou ʻōnaehana a hāʻawi i kāna mau pōmaikaʻi piha.
ʻO ke ʻano mālie o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole paha ia e hoʻoulu i ka hāʻule koke ʻana o ke koko. Eia naʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi, pono ʻoe e hoʻomanawanui i ka wā e kali ana i nā hopena lapaʻau piha e ulu i nā pule he nui o ka hoʻohana mau.
E lawe i ka rauwolfia alkaloid e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, maʻamau i hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā me ka ʻole a i ʻole ka meaʻai. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka maʻalahi o ka lawe ʻana i kā lākou lāʻau i ka manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama i nā pae paʻa i loko o kā lākou ʻōnaehana.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kēia lāʻau me ka wai, ka waiū, a i ʻole ka wai hua. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻōpū, e hoʻāʻo e lawe me kahi meaʻai liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ka ʻai. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka lawe ʻana me ka meaʻai e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā pilikia digestive.
He mea nui e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i ka rauwolfia alkaloid inā maikaʻi ʻoe, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o ke koko kiʻekiʻe. Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka ʻole e kamaʻilio me kāu mea lawelawe mālama ola, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i kou koko.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e lawe i ka rauwolfia alkaloid no kekahi mau mahina a i ʻole mau makahiki, ma muli o ka mālama ʻana i ke koko a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa. Manaʻo ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau he lapaʻau lōʻihi ma mua o ka hopena pōkole.
E nānā mau kāu kauka i kou koko e hoʻoholo ai i ka lōʻihi o kou pono e hoʻomau i ka lapaʻau. Pono paha kekahi poʻe i ka mālama ʻana i ke koko i ke ola a pau, a hiki i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ke hōʻemi a i ʻole ke kāpae ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me nā loli o ke ola.
ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā pōmaikaʻi piha o ka rauwolfia alkaloid ma hope o 2-4 mau pule o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana. Makemake paha kāu mea mālama ola e ʻike iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia mahina i ka wā mua e hōʻoia ai e hana pono ana ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻoponopono i kāu mahele inā pono.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i ka rauwolfia alkaloid ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike nā kānaka a pau iā lākou. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e manaʻo ai hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mākaukau a ʻike i ka manawa e hoʻokaʻaʻike aku ai i kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka hiamoe, ka wili, a me ka luhi i ka lā. Hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine kēia mau hōʻailona i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā pule mua.
Hiki mai kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao i nā kānaka he nui e lawe ana i ka rauwolfia alkaloid a maʻa mau e lilo i mea ʻike ʻole ʻia me ka manawa:
Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau a maʻa mau e emi i ka wā e hoʻopili ai kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Inā mau lākou a lilo paha i mea hoʻonāukiuki, hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole pinepine, pono kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao i ka mālama olakino koke. He mea nui e ʻike i kēia mau hōʻailona i hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ke kōkua wikiwiki inā pono:
He mea maʻamau kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā pono ka loiloi olakino wikiwiki. Mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole e ʻimi i ka mālama ulia pōpilikia inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona.
I nā hihia kakaʻikahi loa, hiki i ka rauwolfia alkaloid ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa kēia mau mea i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 1% o ka poʻe e lawe ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, he mea nui ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou:
ʻO kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao kakaʻikahi e koi pinepine i ka hoʻōki koke ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā koho lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. E hana kāu kauka me ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi koho palekana inā loaʻa kekahi o kēia mau mea.
ʻAʻole kūpono ka rauwolfia alkaloid no nā mea a pau, a ʻo kekahi mau maʻi olakino a i ʻole nā kūlana e palekana ʻole ai ka hoʻohana ʻana. E nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana i kēia lāʻau.
Pono ka poʻe me ka mōʻaukala o ke kaumaha nui e pale i ka rauwolfia alkaloid, no ka mea, hiki iā ia ke hoʻonui i nā hōʻailona kaumaha. Hoʻopilikia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā kemika lolo e hoʻoponopono i ke ʻano, e hoʻoulu ana a i ʻole ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kaumaha i nā kānaka maʻalahi.
He nui nā kūlana olakino e hana ai i ka rauwolfia alkaloid i palekana ʻole a kūpono ʻole no ka mālama ʻana:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau kūlana, e ʻōlelo kāu kauka i nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko ʻē aʻe i ʻoi aku ka palekana no kou kūlana.
Pono kekahi mau pūʻulu o nā kānaka i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i ka rauwolfia alkaloid:
E kaupaona kāu mea mālama ola i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia me ka akahele inā hāʻule ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau ʻāpana. ʻO ka pinepine, makemake ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe no kēia mau heluna kanaka.
Loaʻa ka rauwolfia alkaloid ma lalo o kekahi mau inoa inoa, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i kauoha pinepine ʻia i kēia lā ma mua o nā makahiki i hala. ʻO ka inoa inoa i ʻike nui ʻia ʻo Raudixin, aia ka mea hana reserpine.
ʻO nā inoa inoa ʻē aʻe āu e hālāwai ai, ʻo ia ʻo Serpasil a me nā papa Reserpine. Loaʻa i kekahi mau lāʻau hui pū i ka rauwolfia alkaloid me nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko ʻē aʻe, e like me Ser-Ap-Es a i ʻole Hydropres.
Loaʻa nui nā mana generic o rauwolfia alkaloid a loaʻa ka mea hana like me nā mana inoa. Hiki i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka mana āu e loaʻa nei a hōʻoia e loaʻa ana iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono.
Inā ʻaʻole kūpono ka rauwolfia alkaloid iā ʻoe a i ʻole ʻaʻole ia e hāʻawi i ka mana kūpono i ke koko, nui nā koho ʻē aʻe o kēia wā i loaʻa. ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe o kēia lā he pinepine aku ka maikaʻi a he liʻiliʻi nā hopena ʻaoʻao ma mua o nā koho kahiko e like me ka rauwolfia alkaloid.
ʻO nā mea pale ACE e like me lisinopril a me enalapril he mau lapaʻau mua i kuhikuhi pinepine ʻia no ke koko kiʻekiʻe. Hana kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka pale ʻana i ka hana ʻana o kahi hormone e hoʻopaʻa ai i nā kīʻaha koko, e ʻae ana iā lākou e hoʻomaha a e emi ke koko.
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe i makemake nui ʻia e komo pū ana me nā mea pale kahawai calcium (e like me amlodipine), nā mea pale beta (e like me metoprolol), a me ARBs a i ʻole nā mea pale receptor angiotensin (e like me losartan). E koho kāu kauka i ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu mau pono olakino kikoʻī, nā maʻi olakino ʻē aʻe, a me ka maikaʻi o kou ʻae ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole.
He mau lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe maikaʻi ʻo Rauwolfia alkaloid a me lisinopril, akā ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo lisinopril he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka palekana no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka. No ka papa hou o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo Lisinopril i kapa ʻia ʻo ACE inhibitors, i aʻo nui ʻia a hōʻoia ʻia he maikaʻi loa.
Hana maʻamau ʻo Lisinopril i ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka rauwolfia alkaloid, me nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke koko i nā lā a i nā pule ma mua o nā pule he nui e pono ai no ka rauwolfia alkaloid. Eia kekahi, he liʻiliʻi nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi o lisinopril, ʻoiai e pili ana i ke ʻano a me ke kaumaha.
Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke pane maikaʻi i ka rauwolfia alkaloid, ʻoiai inā ua loaʻa iā lākou nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai nā ACE inhibitors e like me lisinopril. E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kāu pane pilikino, ka mōʻaukala olakino, a me ka ʻae ʻana i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka rauwolfia alkaloid i ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes, akā pono e nānā pono ʻia. ʻAʻole pili pololei ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā pae kōpaʻa koko, akā hiki iā ia ke hūnā i kekahi mau hōʻailona o ke kōpaʻa koko haʻahaʻa, e like me ka puʻuwai wikiwiki.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi diabetes, makemake kāu kauka e nānā pono i kou kōpaʻa koko i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ʻoe i ka rauwolfia alkaloid. ʻO nā hopena o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kāu ʻōnaehana nerve e paʻakikī paha i ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e hāʻule ai kou kōpaʻa koko, he mea weliweli paha ia.
Nui nā kauka e makemake i nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko koko hou no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes, no ka mea, hāʻawi kekahi i nā pōmaikaʻi pale no ka maʻi kīkī diabetic. Eia naʻe, he koho nō ka rauwolfia alkaloid inā ʻaʻole kūpono nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe iā ʻoe.
Inā lawe hewa ʻoe i ka nui o ka rauwolfia alkaloid ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena mana ʻawa. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka nui hiki ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke koko, ka hiamoe nui, a me ke kaumaha.
ʻO nā hōʻailona o ka overdose e pili ana i ka hiamoe nui, ka huikau, ka puʻuwai lohi loa, ka ʻūlū nui, a me ka maʻi. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau pilikia.
Mai hoʻāʻo e hoʻopuka iā ʻoe iho ke ʻole i kuhikuhi ʻia e kahi loea mālama ola. E mālama i ka hue lāʻau lapaʻau me ʻoe i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻike pono nā mea mālama ola i ke ʻano a me ka nui o kāu i lawe ai.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi mahele o ka rauwolfia alkaloid, e lawe iā ia i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe, ke ʻole kokoke i ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. I kēlā hihia, e lele i ka mahele i hala a e hoʻomau me kāu papa hana maʻamau.
Mai lawe i ʻelua lāʻau i ka manawa hoʻokahi e pani ai i ka lāʻau i hala, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa loa i kou koko. Inā poina pinepine ʻoe i nā lāʻau, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonoho i kahi ʻōhua i kēlā me kēia lā a i ʻole e hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻonohonoho pila e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo.
ʻAʻole e hoʻopilikia nui ka hala ʻana i nā lāʻau i kekahi manawa, akā ʻo ka hala mau ʻana i nā lāʻau hiki ke alakaʻi i ka mālama ʻole ʻana i ke koko. Inā pilikia ʻoe i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana e lawe i kāu lāʻau, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka pili ʻana.
Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka rauwolfia alkaloid me ka ʻole e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻoulu i ka piʻi ʻana o ke koko. E hoʻoholo kāu mea mālama ola i ka manawa a me ke ʻano e hooki palekana ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i kāu mālama ʻana i ke koko a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa.
Inā pono ʻoe e hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka rauwolfia alkaloid, e hoʻemi maʻamau kāu kauka i kāu lāʻau i nā pule he nui. Hāʻawi kēia i kou kino e hoʻoponopono mālie a pale i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ke koko kiʻekiʻe.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke hooki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koko inā e hoʻololi nui lākou i ke ola, e like me ka lilo ʻana o ke kaumaha, ka hoʻoikaika kino mau, a me ka hahai ʻana i ka meaʻai maikaʻi no ka naʻau. Eia naʻe, pono e hana mau ʻia kēia hoʻoholo me kāu mea mālama ola.
Pono ʻoe e kaupalena i ka inu ʻana i ka waiʻona i ka wā e lawe ana i ka rauwolfia alkaloid, no ka mea, hiki i nā mea ʻelua ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke koko a hoʻoulu i ka hiamoe. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana iā lākou hiki ke alakaʻi i ke koko haʻahaʻa weliweli, ka ʻūlū nui, a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka pilikia o ka hāʻule.
Inā koho ʻoe e inu i ka waiʻona, e hana me ka maʻalahi a e nānā i kou manaʻo. E hoʻomaka me nā mea liʻiliʻi e ʻike pehea e pane ai kou kino, a mai inu i ka waiʻona inā ua ʻūlū a hiamoe paha ʻoe mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
E mālama nui i ka wā e kū ai ma hope o ka inu ʻana, no ka mea, ʻo ka hui pū ʻana o ka waiʻona a me ka rauwolfia alkaloid hiki ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa nui i ke koko i ka wā e hoʻololi ai i nā kūlana. Inā he hopohopo kāu e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka waiʻona, e kūkākūkā ākea me kāu mea mālama ola.
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