An ancient Samoan medicinal plant used to reduce inflammation has been scientifically validated by researchers in New Zealand and Samoa. Dr Seeseei Molimau-Samasoni, senior research director at the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa and post-doctoral fellow Dr Helen Woolner have found the leaves of the matalafi tree, or psychotria insularum, as effective as ibuprofen.
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