Bowa ambiri ali ndi mankhwala. Mwachitsanzo, m'Dziko Lathu Lakale, chipale chofewa chinkagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi bowa wa porcini. Bowa yemweyo adapezeka kuti amatha kuletsa kukula kwa ma neoplasms oyipa. Zovala zamvula zadziwonetsa kukhala zabwino kwambiri za hemostatic ndi antiseptic wothandizira mabala ndi magazi. Siponji ya larch imachepetsa mkhalidwe wa wodwalayo panthawi ya asthmatic kuukira komanso jaundice, chanterelles ndi mitundu ina ya russula imalepheretsa kubereka kwa staphylococci. Ndipo bowa amati ndi mankhwala achilengedwe, komanso ma shampignons, omwe amalimbana ndi matenda osiyanasiyana am'mimba ndi m'mimba. Iwo, monga bowa wa oyisitara, amalimbikitsa chitetezo chamthupi ndikuwongolera lipid metabolism.
Mafuta amtundu wina amakhala ndi chinthu chomwe chimathetsa mutu. Kuphatikiza apo, amalangizidwa kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito polimbana ndi gout, koma bowa wakunja wa Far East shiitake watchuka ngati immunomodulator yabwino kwambiri. Ndicho chifukwa chake zikhoza kugulidwa osati mu sitolo (yaiwisi), komanso mu pharmacy (mu mawonekedwe a mankhwala). Ku China ndi Japan, bowawa ndi amtengo wapatali chifukwa cha mphamvu zawo zowonjezera potency (chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa zinc). Komabe, anthu omwe akudwala gout ndi urolithiasis sayenera kutengeka ndi bowa (makamaka champignons ndi porcini), chifukwa amatha kukulitsa matendawa.