ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka ʻai ʻana i ka hua waina (kahi hui o ka huaʻala a me ka ʻalani) i ka manawa like hiki ke loaʻa i nā hopena pōʻino. ʻO nā mea i kapa ʻia ʻo furanocoumarins i loko o ka hua waina, akā i loko o ka lime a me nā ʻalani ʻawaʻawa, hiki ke kāohi i nā enzyme i loko o ke kino e pono ai no ka haki ʻana o nā lāʻau like ʻole. ʻO ka hopena, hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke loaʻa i kahi hopena ikaika loa a i ʻole hiki ke hana ʻia nā pilina pilikia. I kekahi mau hihia, ʻaʻohe pono inā he manawa lōʻihi ma waena o ka ʻai ʻana i ka hua waina a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Inā kānalua, paipai mākou e nīnau i kāu kauka.
Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole pili nā lāʻau a pau. Inā kānalua ʻoe, e nīnau i kāu kauka a lāʻau lapaʻau paha inā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai i nā hua citrus inā ʻoe e lawe mau i kekahi mau lāʻau e like me nā lāʻau hoʻomalu hānau, antihypertensive, a i ʻole nā antihistamines no ka maʻi allergies.
Inā pono ʻoe e lawe mau i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi ʻole me ka hua waina, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e haʻalele loa i nā hua citrus. ʻO ka ʻalani, no ka laʻana, ʻaʻole pilikia. ʻO nā huaʻai e like me ka pears, ka ʻāpala, a i ʻole ka maiʻa i manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole pōʻino ma kēia ʻano. Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ka ʻike e pili ana i kēia ma ka pepa pepa. Inā maopopo ʻole ʻoe, akā, pono ʻoe e nānā me kāu kauka a lāʻau lapaʻau paha.