Mai anō i te tīmatanga o te ao, kua mōhiotia ngā āhuatanga rongoā o te mārama, ā, kua whakamahia hoki mō te whakaora. I hangaia e ngā Ihipiana o mua he whare moe kua whakakikoruatia ki te karāhe tae hei whakamahi i ngā tae motuhake o te whānuitanga e kitea ana hei whakaora i te mate. Ko ngā Ihipiana te hunga tuatahi i mōhio mēnā ka tae koe ki te karāhe ka tātarihia e ia ngā roangaru katoa o te whānuitanga e kitea ana o te mārama, ā, ka hoatu he momo mārama whero parakore ki a koe, arā,Te irahiko o te roanga ngaru 600-700 nanometer.Ko te whakamahinga tuatahi a ngā Kariki me ngā Rōmana i whakanui i ngā pānga wera o te mārama.
I te tau 1903, i whakawhiwhia a Neils Ryberg Finsen ki te Tohu Nobel mō te rongoā mō tana whakamahi angitu i te hihi ultraviolet hei rongoā angitu i te hunga mate kohi. I ēnei rā, e mōhiotia ana a Finsen hei matua ote whakaora whakaahua hou.
E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakaatu atu i tētahi pukapuka iti i kitea e au. Nō te tīmatanga o te rautau 1900, ā, kei mua e pānuitia ana 'Kia pai te rā i roto i te whare me te rā o te kāinga.' He hua i hangaia i Peretānia ko te waeine kāinga ultraviolet Vi-Tan, ā, he pouaka kaukau rama kanapa ultraviolet te nuinga. He pūrama kanapa, he rama kohu mercury, e tuku ana i te mārama i roto i te whānuitanga ultraviolet, e whakarato ana i te huaora D.