Ko te tangohanga kava, e mōhiotia ana ko te tangohanga otaota kava, he tangohanga tipu i ahu mai i te rohe o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te Tonga, he āhuatanga whakamarie, whakangāwari, me te ārai i te manukanuka. Ka tipu ngā tipu kava i roto i ngā whenua moutere maha o Ōteania, pērā i a Whītī, Vanuatu me Hāmoa, ā, ka whakamahia e ngā tāngata whenua hei rongoā tuku iho hei whakamamae i te manukanuka, hei whakatairanga i te moe me te whakangāwari i te tinana me te hinengaro.

Ko te wāhanga matua o te tangohanga kava ko te kavalone, he matū whakangāwari e pā ana ki ngā neurotransmitters i roto i te roro, e whakaputa ana i te pānga whakangāwari me te ahuareka. Nō reira, e whakamahia whānuitia ana te tangohanga kava i roto i ngā rongoā otaota me ngā rongoā tuku iho hei rongoā i te manukanuka, te kore moe, me te manukanuka.

I ngā tau tata nei, i te mea kua piki haere te hiahia ki ngā rongoā taiao me ngā rongoā otaota, kua arohia te tangohanga kava e te ao whānui. He maha ngā rangahau kua whakaatu he pānga ārai-manukanuka me te whakangāwari te tangohanga kava, ā, ki te whakaritea ki ngā rongoā whakangāwari tuku iho, he iti ake ngā pānga taha, ā, he iti ake te pānga ki te tinana.

Heoi, he mea nui kia mōhiotia kāore te tango kava e pai mō te katoa. Mēnā ka roa te whakamahinga, ka nui rawa rānei te whakamahinga o te tango kava, ka kino pea te ate, nō reira me tūpato te hunga e mate ana te ate, e tango ana rānei i ētahi atu rongoā. Hei tāpiri, me karo ngā wāhine hapu me ngā wāhine whāngai u i te tango kava.

I te nuinga o te wā, he pānga whakamoe me te ārai-manukanuka te tango kava, hei rongoā otaota tuku iho, engari me tūpato te whakamahinga, ā, he pai ake te whakamahi i raro i te aratohu a te tākuta kia pai ai te haumaru me te whai huatanga. I te mea kei te hohonu haere tonu ngā rangahau mō ngā rongoā taiao, e whakaponohia ana ka whānui ake ngā tūmanakohanga tono mō te tango kava ā muri ake nei.