Ka pā kino ngā whara me ngā pokanga ki tō tātou kaha ki te neke me te whakatere i tō tātou taiao. Ina pāngia tātou e ngā herenga nekehanga wā poto, ka noho ngā tokotoko hei taputapu nui mā te tangata ki te kimi tautoko, pumau, me te tū motuhake i te wā o te tukanga whakaora. Me tūhura tātou i te ao o ngā tokotoko me pēhea e taea ai e rātou te āwhina i te whakatairanga i te whakaora me te hauora.Ngā tokotokoKua whakamahia mō ngā rautau hei āwhina i te hunga e whara ana i ngā pito o raro, i te hunga rānei e iti ana te kaha ki te amo i te taumaha ki ō rātou waewae, ki ō rātou waewae rānei. He huarahi tautoko whai hua ēnei, e āhei ai te tangata ki te mahi tonu i ngā mahi o ia rā, me te karo i ngā whara me ngā ahotea anō hoki. Ko ngā tokotoko he mea hanga i ngā rauemi pakari, pērā i te konumohe, i te rakau rānei, hei whakarite i te roa me te pono. Ko tētahi o ngā painga matua o ngā tokotoko ko te pai ake o te tohatoha taumaha. Mā te neke i te taumaha mai i te peka kua whara, kua ngoikore rānei ki te tinana o runga, ka āwhina ngā tokotoko ki te whakaiti i te pēhanga me te ahotea ki te wāhi e pāngia ana. Ka taea e tēnei te whakaiti i te mamae me te tiaki i te peka kua whara, ka taea ai te whakaora tika me te kore ahotea koretake. He momo tokotoko rerekē, ia momo i hangaia mō ngā hiahia me ngā taumata tautoko motuhake. Ko ngā tokotoko o raro i te ringa te momo tino noa, ā, he tautoko me ngā kakau kua whakakīia ki raro i te ringa, me te poroporo e haere ana i te ringaringa. Ka whakawhirinaki ēnei tokotoko ki te kaha o te ringa me te pakihiwi hei whakarato i te pumau me te tuku i te kaiwhakamahi ki te hikoi me te tauira haere maori ake. Ko tētahi atu momo tokotoko ko te tokotoko o raro i te ringa, e mōhiotia ana ko te tokotoko Lofstrand, ko te tokotoko Kānata rānei. He poroporo kei roto i ēnei tokotoko hei takai i te ringaringa, hei whakarite kia mau te taunga, kia ōrite hoki te tohatoha i te taumaha. Kāore i rite ki ngā tokotoko i raro i te ringaringa, ka taea e ngā tokotoko ringaringa te hanga i tētahi tū tika ake, ā, he pai pea mō te hunga he ngoikore te nekenekehanga mō te wā poto, mō te wā roa rānei.
Te whiriwhiri i te tikatokotokoHe mea nui te momo me te rahi mō te whakamarie me te haumaru. Ka taea e te tokotoko te whakararuraru, te whakapataritari i te kiri, tae atu ki te hinga. Mā te mahi tahi me te tohunga hauora, te tohunga nekehanga rānei, ka whakarite kia tika te whakatikatika i ngā tokotoko mō te teitei me te āhua o te tinana o te tangata, kia pai ai te tautoko me te whakaiti i te pēhanga. Me mahi whakaharatau me te tikanga tika te whakamahi i ngā tokotoko. Ko te ako ki te hikoi, ki te piki me te heke i ngā arawhata, me te whakamahi i ngā tokotoko i runga i ngā mata rerekē, ka roa pea te wā me te manawanui. Heoi, ina mōhiotia te hangarau, ka taea e te tangata te whakahoki mai i tō rātou mana motuhake me te neke haere me te maia. Ahakoa he tautoko nui ngā tokotoko, he mea nui kia mahara ehara i te otinga roa mō ngā ngoikoretanga nekehanga. I runga i te āhua o te whara, o te āhua rānei, me huri pea te tangata ki ngā taputapu āwhina, ki ngā rongoā rānei e whakatairanga ana i te whakaora roa me te whakapai ake i te nekehanga. Hei whakarāpopototanga, he mea nui ngā tokotoko ki te āwhina i te tukanga whakaora o te tangata me te whakatairanga i te mana motuhake. Ka whakaratohia e rātou te tautoko e tika ana, ka āwhina ki te tohatoha i te taumaha me te whakaiti i te ahotea ki te peka whara. Ina whakamahia tika me te tikanga tika, ka taea e ngā tokotoko te haere tonu i ngā mahi o ia rā me te whakatairanga i te whakaora me te whakaiti i te mōrearea o ētahi atu whara. Ki te hiahia koe ki ngā tokotoko tautoko, kōrero ki tētahi tohunga hauora, ki tētahi tohunga nekehanga rānei, hei ārahi i a koe ki te whiriwhiri i te momo tika, ā, hei whakatutuki hoki i ō hiahia. Awhitia te mana o ngā tokotoko tautoko hei āwhina rangitahi i te huarahi ki te whakaoranga, ā, ka hohoro koe te hoki ki te ora me te ora i te oranga katoa.
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi 15-2023