Hoʻohana ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ka lau bay ma ke ʻano he lāʻau ʻai i nā sopa a me nā stews, akā ua kaulana nō hoʻi ia ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau. Hoʻopau ʻia ia i ka maka, maloʻo, a hoʻoinu ʻia i ka wai mahana a lawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he diuretic. Loaʻa i nā lau Bay nā waiwai astringent e hoʻopau i nā mea huna i hana ʻia e nā maʻi. Hiki i ka laurel infusion ke hana i ka gag reflex, pono paha ia no nā maʻi. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina i ka makahiki 2006 ua ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o nā ʻeha o nā ʻiole i hāʻawi ʻia i ka 200 mg o ka lāʻau bay. I ka makahiki 2011, ma muli o kahi noiʻi ʻē aʻe, ua wehewehe ʻia kēia hopena. He hana antimicrobial ka lau lau Bay e kūʻē i nā microorganisms pathogenic maʻamau, me Staphylococcus aureus, Aspergillus fuming, Candida albicans, etc.
Nui nā ʻano mea kanu i kapa ʻia he lau bay. Eia naʻe, ʻo Laurus nobilis (Noble laurel) ka lau bay maoli. ʻAʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau nā lau o nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe Lavrushka, a hiki i ka nui o lākou ke lilo i mea ʻawaʻawa. He mea maikaʻi nā lau Bay no ka ʻai ʻana a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā pilikia e like me ka puʻuwai a me ka flatulence. ʻO ka decoction wela o ka lau bay e hoʻomaha i nā maʻi digestive, me ka constipation, ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū.
I ka hihia o ka indigestion a me ka bloating, e lawe. Hoʻohui i kahi meli, inu ʻelua i ka lā.