Ko te ESR, e mōhiotia ana ko te tere o te whakatōtōtanga o ngā toto whero, e pā ana ki te matotoru o te toto, inā koa te kaha whakahiato i waenga i ngā toto whero. He nui te kaha whakahiato i waenga i ngā toto whero, he tere te tere o te whakatōtōtanga o ngā toto whero, ā, he rite tonu. Nō reira, he maha ngā wā ka whakamahia te tere o te whakatōtōtanga o ngā toto whero ki te rongoā hei tohu mō te whakahiatotanga i waenga i ngā toto whero. He whakamātautau kore-motuhake te ESR, ā, kāore e taea te whakamahi ko ia anake hei tātaritanga i tētahi mate.

Ko te ESR e whakamahia ana i roto i te rongoā mō:

1. Hei tirotiro i ngā huringa me ngā pānga whakaora o te mate kohi me te kirika rūmātiki, ko te tere o te ESR e tohu ana kei te hoki mai te mate, ā, kei te kaha tonu; ina pai ake, ina mutu rānei te mate, ka ora haere te ESR. Ka whakamahia hoki hei tohutoro mō te tātaritanga.

2. Te tautuhi rerekētanga o ētahi mate, pērā i te mate ngakau me te angina pectoris, te mate pukupuku puku me te mate puku, te pukupuku pelvic me te whēkau ovarian kore uaua. I tino piki ake te ESR i te tuatahi, ko te tuarua he noa, he paku piki ake rānei.

3. I roto i ngā tūroro e pāngia ana e te myeloma maha, ka puta he nui o te globulin rerekē i roto i te toto toto, ā, ka tino tere ake te tere o te whakatōtō erythrocyte. Ka taea te whakamahi i te tere whakatōtō erythrocyte hei tetahi o ngā tohu tātaritanga nui.

4. Ka taea te whakamahi i te ESR hei tohu taiwhanga mō te mahi a te rumatiki rheumatoid. Ina ora te tūroro, ka taea te heke te tere o te whakatōnga o ngā toto whero. Heoi, e whakaatu ana ngā tirohanga haumanu i roto i ētahi tūroro e pangia ana e te rumatiki rheumatoid, ka taea te heke te tere o te whakatōnga o ngā toto whero (ehara i te mea kia rite ki te noa) i te mea ka pai ake ngā tohu me ngā tohu pēnei i te mamae o ngā hononga, te pupuhi me te pakari o te ata, engari i roto i ētahi atu tūroro, ahakoa kua ngaro katoa ngā tohu haumanu o ngā hononga, kāore tonu te tere o te whakatōnga o ngā toto whero i heke, ā, kua mau tonu ki te taumata teitei.