E mōhiotia ana he paitini te huānga barium, engari ka taea e tōna matū barium sulfate te mahi hei kaihoko rerekē mō ēnei matawai. Kua whakamātauhia e te hauora ka whakararuraru ngā iona barium i roto i te tote i te pākia o te konupūmā me te pāhare pākawa o te tinana, ka puta he raruraru pēnei i te ngoikore o te uaua, te uaua ki te manawa, ngā mate ngakau koretake me te pararutiki. Koinei te take e whakaaro ana te tini o te tangata he huānga rongonui te barium, ā, he tokomaha te hunga e tango ana i te barium carbonate ka noho noa iho hei paitini kiore kaha.
Heoi anō,pāriuma kāponāteHe iti te pānga o te wairewatanga e kore e taea te whakaiti. He mea kore e wairewa te barium carbonate, ā, ka taea te horomia katoa ki roto i te puku me ngā whekau. He mahi nui tāna i roto i ngā rangahau gastrointestinal hei kaihoko rerekē. Kāore au i te mōhio mēnā kua pānuihia e koe tētahi tuhinga. E kōrero ana te tuhinga mō te āhua o te kukume a te kōhatu barium i ngā makutu me ngā tohunga alchemist i te tīmatanga o te rautau 17. I noho ruarua tonu te kaipūtaiao a Giulio Cesare Lagalla, nāna i kite i te toka. He mea miharo, kāore i mārama te whakamārama i te takenga mai o te āhuatanga tae noa ki te tau kua hipa (i mua i tērā, i hē te kī he i ahu mai i tētahi atu wāhanga o te kōhatu).
He uara tūturu tō ngā matū barium i roto i ngā tini āhuatanga kē atu, pērā i te taumaha hei whakapūmau i te wai keri e whakamahia ana i roto i ngā puna hinu me te hau. He rite tonu tēnei ki te āhuatanga o te ingoa 56: ko te tikanga o te kupu barys he "taumaha" i te reo Kariki. Heoi, he taha toi anō hoki tōna: ka whakamahia te barium chloride me te nitrite hei peita i ngā ahi kā ki te kakariki kanapa, ā, ka whakamahia te barium dihydroxide hei whakaora i ngā mahi toi.