Amafutha e-cumin emnyama atholakala ethuneni likaFaro waseGibhithe uTutankhamen, cishe eminyakeni engu-3300 edlule. Ngokwesiko lama-Arabhu, i-cumin emnyama ibizwa ngokuthi "Habbatul Barakah", okusho ukuthi "imbewu enhle". Kukholakala ukuthi umprofethi uMuhammad wakhuluma ngekhumini elimnyama ngokuthi.
Lezi zinhlamvu ezibonakala zilula kodwa ezinamandla kakhulu ziyakwazi ukubuyisela umzimba kubuthi bamakhemikhali, zikhuthaze ukuvuselelwa kwamaseli e-beta esifo sikashukela esifayo, futhi zibhubhise i-Staphylococcus aureus.
Amagremu amabili embewu emnyama ngosuku kukhonjiswe ukuthi anciphisa amazinga kashukela, anciphisa ukumelana ne-insulin, akhuphule ukusebenza kwamaseli e-beta, futhi aboniswe ehlisa i-glycosylated hemoglobin kubantu.
Imbewu ye-cumin emnyama inomsebenzi ofakazelwe emtholampilo wokulwa ne-bacterium Helicobacter, eqhathaniseka nokwelashwa kokuqeda kathathu.
Izakhiwo ze-anticonvulsant ze-cumin emnyama seziyaziwa isikhathi eside. Ucwaningo olwenziwa ngo-2007 lwezingane ezine-epilepsy refractory to the common drug therapy lwathola ukuthi ukukhishwa kwamanzi embewu emnyama kunciphise kakhulu umsebenzi wokuquleka.
Umphumela omuhle we-100-200 mg we-cumin emnyama ekhishwe kabili ngosuku izinyanga ezingu-2 ezigulini ezinomfutho wegazi ophansi usungulwe.
Uma ibilisiwe emanzini, imbewu ekhishweyo inomphumela onamandla wokulwa nesifuba somoya emgudwini wokuphefumula we-asthmatic.
Ucwaningo luye lwabonisa ukuthi ukukhishwa kwembewu ye-cumin emnyama kuvimbela ngempumelelo ukukhula kwamangqamuzana omdlavuza kukholoni.
Ucwaningo olwenziwa emilutha ye-opiate ye-35 lubonise ukusebenza kahle ekwelapheni isikhathi eside sokulutha i-opioid.
Izingulube ze-melanin ezitholakala ku-retina, i-choroid, ne-epidermis zivikela isikhumba emonakalweni. Amafutha embewu emnyama akhuthaza ukukhiqizwa kwe-melanin.
Lokhu akulona lonke uhlu lwezimo lapho uwoyela omnyama we-cumin ubonisa ukusebenza kwawo. Kuyanconywa futhi ukuthatha ne: