Sodium hydrosulfite ine chepfu uye inogona kutsamwisa maziso nemukati memucosa yekufema. Inoshandiswa zvakanyanya muindasitiri yemachira kuderedza kudhaya, kuderedza kuchenesa, kudhinda, kubvisa ruvara, uye kuchena sirika, mvere dzemakwai, naironi, nemamwe machira. Sezvo isina simbi dzinorema, machira akacheneswa nayo anochengetedza mavara akajeka asinganyanyi kupera. Inoshandiswawo kubvisa machira machena akacheneswa ne sodium hypochlorite kana potassium permanganate bleaching.
Sodium hydrosulfite chinhu chinoderedza makemikari chakagadzirirwa maindasitiri anodiwa zvakanyanya. Dzvanya apa kuti uwane masevhisi emhando yepamusoro echikwata.