Te whakawhanake i te kahoreatanga o te wairua a Shanglaite he whakamārama holo ki ngā take matihiko e taea ana te whakapai i ngā rōpū tinana. Ka timata te mātao ki te whakapai i te pūnaha rokiroki i roto i te tinana. Hei tauira, ka taea e ngā mātāhupuku matihiko i runga i ngā rauemi matihiko te whakamahi i te uru me te mārama hei whakarite i ngā wae rokiroki. Ki te nui ake te hurihanga o te pūnaha rokiroki, ka noho pai ake te āheinga o te hāora me ngā kaiwhakanuhera ki ngā pūmotu, in particular ki ngā koukou me ngā whatu e kitea ana ko te tuatahi ki te maranga mai i te mate kohukohu. Tērā pea, ka whakahīnaki te matihiko i ngā ara wairua a te tinana ki te taupokipoki. Ka taea e ngā rauemi kei te tuku i ngā waehere tika ki te whakawhanaunga i runga i ngā mitokondria i roto i ngā pūmotu, ko ēnei ngā pūmanawa e mahi ana ki te whakapai i te ATP (adenosine triphosphate), te puna wairua matua o te tinana. Ki te whakapai i te mahi a ngā mitokondria, ka whakapai ake te tinana i te āheinga o te ATP, ka whakapai ake anō hoki i ngā raupapa wairua. I te āhei ano, ka whakapai te matihiko i te pūnaha hormona o te tinana. He nui te take o ngā hormona ki te kahoreatanga; hei tauira, ki te korenga i ngā hormona o te tiropia rānei o te kōrito (te hormona mate hinengaro), ka puta te mate kohukohu. Ki te whakamahi i ngā momo matihiko e āhei ana ki te whakarerekē i te ao i roto i te tinana, ka whakapai ake te whakahaere me te whakapai i enei hormona. Hei tauira, ka tino iti iho te kōrito i te whakamahi i ngā momo matihiko e āhei ana ki te whakapai i te kōrito, ka whakamutu i ngā take mate o te mate hinengaro nui. Anō he mea, ka whakapai hoki te mātao i te āheinga matawhanga o te tinana. Ko te āheinga matawhanga nui ake, ka āhei ake te tinana ki te whakakore i ngā kaiwhakanuhera me te whakapai i ēnei ki te kaiwhakamahi. Ka taea e ngā rauemi matihiko te whakamahi i te whakaruru pūngao rānei ki te whakapai i ngā mahi matawhanga, kia pai ake te tinana ki te whakapai i tana hiahia mo te wairua. Inaianei, he whakamārama matihiko a Shanglaite hei whakapai i te kahoreatanga me te whakawāhanga i te mate kohukohu.