Zothirira m'mphuno ndi zida zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito makamaka kuyeretsa mphuno. Wothirira m'mphuno amawongolera kutsegula ndi kutseka kwa njira imodzi-yotulutsa madzi ndi njira imodzi-valavu yolowera mpweya posintha kuthamanga kwa botolo lotanuka ndikupumitsa liwiro ndi dzanja, ndikutulutsa madzi osamba m'mphuno (monga mchere wa Mediterranean Dead Sea, sodium citrate, citric acid) m'mphuno. Kusamba kwa m'mphuno kumadutsa m'mphepete mwa mphuno, mphuno, ndi mphuno, kudutsa m'mphuno, ndipo kungathe kutulutsidwa kuchokera kumphuno imodzi kapena pakamwa. Kupyolera mu njirayi, mphamvu ya bactericidal ya saline ndi mphamvu ya madzi akuyenda zimathandiza kutulutsa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda ndi dothi m'mphuno, kubwezeretsa chilengedwe cha m'mphuno, kubwezeretsanso ntchito yake yokha{5}}yochotsa poizoni, ndipo pamapeto pake kukwaniritsa cholinga chotetezera mphuno.
Othirira m'mphuno ali m'gulu la zida zamankhwala, makamaka zida zamankhwala zapakhomo, zomwe ndi zabwino kuti achibale aziyeretsa mphuno kunyumba. Pogwiritsa ntchito chida ichi, anthu amatha kuyeretsa bwino mphuno, kuchepetsa kupweteka kwa m'mphuno, kupewa matenda opuma, komanso kukhala ndi chithandizo chabwino chamankhwala a matupi awo sagwirizana rhinitis, matenda a rhinitis ndi matenda ena. Mukamagwiritsa ntchito mthirira wa m'mphuno, muyenera kutsatira malangizo omwe ali m'buku la mankhwala ndikusankha kutsuka kwamphuno koyenera kuti mutsimikizire chitetezo ndi mphamvu.
Mwachidule, wothirira m'mphuno ndi chida chosavuta, chosavuta komanso chothandiza choyeretsa mphuno chomwe chimagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri pakusunga ndi kukonza thanzi la mphuno. Sikoyenera kokha kuyeretsa tsiku ndi tsiku, komanso kungathandizenso kuteteza ndi kuchepetsa matenda a m'mphuno. Choncho, kwa anthu omwe ali ndi nkhawa za thanzi la m'mphuno, kugwiritsa ntchito mthirira wa m'mphuno ndi njira yoyenera kuganizira.