Ko te Tango harore Shiitake Kounga-nui e whakamahia ana ki te rongoa i te HIV/AIDS, i te makariri, me era atu mate, engari kaore he taunakitanga pütaiao pai hei tautoko i enei kereme.
Ko te hanganga, te whakaritenga, me te kounga o te collagen kua pai ake e te tangohanga harore shiitake, e hua ake ai te kiri maamaa, ngawari, me te ahua teina.
I Hapani, e mohiotia ana ko Shiitake, te harore kakara, te tangohanga harore Shiitake kua neke atu i te rua mano tau. He tohu mo te taiohi me te roa o te oranga. I mohiotia ko te "ora roa elixir" i te marae o te Emepera Ming i Haina. Ko te ahua nui o te waikawa kojic, he whakakapinga hydroquinone maori, ka whakamarama te kiri ma te memenge i nga waahi tawhito me nga whiu. Ko te tangohanga harore Shiitake he tino taonga ki nga waikawa amino.