Esinye sezithelo ezindala kakhulu, esinikezwe amagama amaningi ahlukene, izwe lamakhiwane liyiMedithera nezinye izifunda zase-Asia. Amakhiwane ayizithelo ezithambile futhi ezibolayo ezingakubekezeleli kahle ukuhamba. Yingakho ezifundeni lapho ingakhuli khona, amakhiwane atholakala ikakhulukazi efomini elomisiwe. Lesi sithelo singesinye sezithelo ezimnandi kakhulu, sinezinhlobonhlobo zezinzuzo zezempilo. Izinzuzo zamakhiwane zisukela ezinkingeni nezinduna kuya ekuvimbeleni izifo ezinjengomdlavuza wendlala yesinye. Umkhiwane unothe nge-bera-carotene kanye nama-carbohydrates, futhi uqukethe amavithamini amaningi A, C, E kanye no-K. Amaminerali kumakhiwane yi-calcium, ithusi, insimbi nokunye.
- Ngomphumela wemvelo we-laxative, ukudla amakhiwane kusiza ekwelapheni ukuqunjelwa okungapheli.
- Ukwengeza amakhiwane ekudleni kwakho nsuku zonke kusiza ekwelapheni ama-hemorrhoids.
- Uma egcotshwa esikhumbeni, amakhiwane agazingiwe aphulukisa izilonda namathumba.
- Ngenxa yokuqukethwe kwamanzi amaningi, isihlahla sosuku sisusa induna esikhumbeni.
- Amakhiwane anothe ngama-benzaldehyde emvelo afana ne-phenol namanye ama-anticancer agents abulala amagciwane afana nesikhunta namagciwane.
- Okuqukethwe kwe-calcium ne-potassium kumakhiwane kuvimbela ukuncipha kwamathambo (i-osteoporosis) futhi kusiza ukwandisa ukuminyana kwamathambo.
- I-tryptophan ekumakhiwane ithuthukisa ukulala futhi isiza ekudambiseni ukuphazamiseka okunjengokuqwasha.