Ko te tangohanga rau ivy, i ahu mai i ngā rau o te tipu Hedera helix, kua rongonui haere i roto i ngā rongoā otaota me ngā hua hauora taiao nā ōna āhuatanga whakaora maha. He nui ngā saponins, flavonoids, me ētahi atu matū whai hua o tēnei tangohanga, ā, he mea nui hei tāpiri atu ki ngā momo mahi hauora me te oranga tinana.

Ko tētahi o ngā whakamahinga matua o te tangohanga rau ivy ko te hauora o te manawa. He rongoā taiao tēnei mō te maremare, te mate pūkahukahu, me ētahi atu mate manawa. He rongoā whakapūpū te tangohanga, e āwhina ana ki te wetewete i te huware i roto i ngā ara manawa, kia māmā ake ai te pupuhi. He tino whai hua tēnei āhuatanga mō te hunga e pāngia ana e te mate pūkahukahu aukati mau tonu (COPD) me te mate huango rānei, nā te mea ka taea e ia te whakamamae i ngā tohu me te whakapai ake i te mahi whānui o ngā pūkahukahu.

Haunga ōna painga mō te manawa, e mōhiotia ana hoki te tangohanga rau ivy mō ōna āhuatanga ārai-mumura me te ārai-waipiro. Nā ēnei āhuatanga ka whai hua ai mō te rongoā i ngā mate kiri pērā i te ekisema me te psoriasis. Ina pania ki te kiri, ka taea e te tangohanga rau ivy te āwhina i te whakamarie i te kiri kua riri, te whakaiti i te mumura, me te whakatairanga i te whakaora.

Hei tāpiritanga, he maha ngā wā ka whakaurua te tangohanga rau ivy ki roto i ngā whakatakotoranga e aro ana ki te whakapai ake i te tohanga toto me te whakaiti i te āhua o ngā uaua varicose. Ko tōna kaha ki te whakapakari i ngā oko toto me te whakapai ake i te rere o te toto ka whai wāhi ki te hauora o te kiri me te whakaiti i te pupuhi.

Hei tāpiri atu ki tēnā, e kī ana ētahi rangahau he āhuatanga patu huakita pea tō te tangohanga rau iri, ā, he mea pea hei patu i ētahi mate. Kei te rangahau tonuhia tēnei āhuatanga, engari e whakaatu ana i te maha o ngā whakamahinga o tēnei tangohanga taiao.

Hei whakamutunga, he rongoā otaota maha ngā āhuatanga o te tangohanga rau ivy, he maha ngā whakamahinga, inā koa mō te hauora o te manawa, te tiaki kiri, me te whakapai ake i te tohanga toto. Pērā i ngā tāpiringa katoa, he mea nui kia kōrero koe ki tētahi tohunga hauora i mua i te whakauru i te tangohanga rau ivy ki roto i tō kai hauora kia mau ai te haumaru me te whai huatanga.