He pai te mahi a te rongoā rama whero, ā, ehara i te mea mō ngā mate kiri me ngā mate pāwera anake, nā te mea he pai ake te whai huatanga o tēnei rongoā mō ētahi atu raruraru hauora. He mea nui kia mōhiotia ko ēhea ngā mātāpono, ngā ture rānei e hangai ana ki tēnei rongoā, nā te mea ka āwhina i te katoa kia whai hua, kia mahi, kia puta hoki ngā hua o te rongoā rama whero. Ka whakamahia te rama whero i roto i tēnei rongoā, he nui ake te roangaru me te kaha o te papatipu. I ngā whenua o te Hauāuru, ka whakamahia e ngā tākuta tēnei rongoā hei rongoā i ngā mate moe, te ahotea hinengaro me ētahi atu mate pāwera. Kāore i te tino motuhake te mātāpono o te rongoā rama whero, nā te mea he rerekē rawa atu i ētahi atu rongoā tae e whakamahia ana ki te tinana tangata.
Ko te mātāpono e hangai ana ki te whakaora rama whero ka whai i ētahi mahi. Tuatahi, ina tukuna ngā hihi infrared mai i tētahi pūtake kaha, ka uru hōhonu ēnei hihi infrared ki roto i te kiri tangata tae atu ki te 8 ki te 10 mm. Tuarua, ka whakahaere hoki ēnei hihi rama i te rere o te toto, ā, i muri mai ka tere ake te whakaora i ngā wāhi pangia. I taua wā, ka whakahokia mai ngā pūtau kiri kua pakaru, ka ora katoa. Heoi anō, tera pea ētahi pānga taha onge, ā, he iti noa iho, ka pā pea ki ngā tūroro i ngā wā whakaora auau. He pai ake te whakaora i te mamae nui me te mamae roa, te pupuhi me te mate pāwera kiri.