Amakhowe amaningi anezindawo zokwelapha. Isibonelo, eZweni Lethu lasendulo, i-frostbite yayiphathwa ngokukhipha amakhowe e-porcini. Isikhunta esifanayo sabonakala sikwazi ukuvimba ukuthuthukiswa kwama-neoplasms ayingozi. Amajazi emvula abonise ukuthi ayi-ejenti enhle kakhulu ye-hemostatic ne-antiseptic yokusikeka nokopha. Isiponji se-larch sinciphisa isimo sesiguli ngesikhathi sokuhlaselwa yi-asthmatic kanye ne-jaundice, ama-chanterelles nezinye izinhlobo ze-russula zivimbela ukukhiqizwa kwe-staphylococci. Futhi amakhowe athi ayi-antibiotic yemvelo, kanye nama-champignon, amelana nezinhlobo ezahlukene zezifo zokuphefumula kanye namathumbu. Bona, njengamakhowe we-oyster, ashukumisa amasosha omzimba futhi athuthukise i-lipid metabolism.
Izinhlobo ezithile zamafutha ziqukethe into eqeda ubuhlungu bekhanda. Ngaphezu kwalokho, anconywa ukuthi asetshenziswe ekuhlaselweni kwe-gout, kodwa i-mushroom ye-Far Eastern shiitake ithole udumo njenge-immunomodulator enhle kakhulu. Yingakho angathengwa hhayi kuphela esitolo (okuluhlaza), kodwa futhi ekhemisi (ngendlela yemithi). E-China naseJapane, lawa makhowe aziswa ngekhono lawo lokwandisa amandla (ngenxa yokuqukethwe kwawo okuphezulu kwe-zinc). Kodwa-ke, abantu abaphethwe i-gout kanye ne-urolithiasis akufanele bathathwe ngamakhowe (ikakhulukazi ama-champignon nama-porcini), ngoba angabangela ukwanda kwalezi zifo.