Mapindu a mafuta ofunikira a thanzi ndi kukongola kwa thupi la munthu akhala akudziwika kwa nthawi yaitali. Ndipo lero, pakuwonjezeka, anthu amatha kusokonekera kuchipatala cha mankhwala okwera mtengo, ndipo amakonda kupewera matenda osiyanasiyana, pogwiritsa ntchito, makamaka, mafuta oyenera. Mafuta ofunikira amachoka kumbali zosiyanasiyana za zomera (masamba, zipatso, maluwa, mbewu, mizu).
