Iindidi ezithile zokutsha ziphelisa ioksijini, ngoxa abanye bengakwenzi oko.
Ukutshisa kunamandla, ubushushu obukhupha i-oxidation-reduction reaction, kufuneka izinto ezintathu: i-oxidant, umntu onciphisayo, kunye nobushushu obufikelela kumda wokucinywa.
Ngelixa ioksijini yinto eyaziwayo kakhulu, asiyiyo yodwa iarhente ekwaziyo ukwenza le ndima. Umzekelo, ekutshisweni kwe ihydrogen, Ihydrogen kunye neegesi zeklorini zisetyenziswa endaweni yeoksijini.