I-Rhododendron isitshalo esihlala siluhlaza esomndeni ofanayo ne-azaleas futhi simelela izinhlobo ezingama-800. Ikhula ezindaweni ezifudumele emhlabeni wonke kusukela eNepal kuya eNtshonalanga Virginia. Ukufakwa kwe-rhododendron yegolide (elinye igama i-kashkara) kwelashwa ezimeni ezihlukahlukene. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ezinye izinhlobo ze-rhododendron zinobuthi kubantu nasezilwaneni. Abacwaningi base-Italy eNyuvesi yasePadua bafunde ukwakheka kwamafutha abalulekile ezinhlobo ze-Rhododendron anthopogon (Azalea). Izithako ziye zaphawulwa ezibonise ukucindezelwa okukhulu kwezinhlobo zamagciwane ezifana ne-Staphylococcus aureus, i-fecal enterococcus, i-hay bacillus, i-Mycobacterium tuberculosis kanye nesikhunta se-Candida. Ucwaningo olufanayo lwase-Italy olwathola izakhiwo ze-antimicrobial ze-Rhododendron lwasungula ikhono lesitshalo lokumisa ukukhula kwamangqamuzana omdlavuza. Ucwaningo olwengeziwe ngo-April 2010 lwabika ikhono le-rhododendron compounds ukukhombisa umsebenzi okhethiwe we-cytotoxic ngokumelene nomugqa weseli ye-hepatoma yomuntu. Iziguli ezine-atopic dermatitis zivame ukuba namazinga aphezulu e-eosinophil kanye nezici ezibangela ukuvuvukala. Abacwaningi baseNyuvesi yaseShayina baphenya ngezimpande ze-Rhododendron spiky endaweni noma ezijovwe ezilwaneni ezine-atopic dermatitis. Kube nokwehla okukhulu kwezinga lama-eosinophil nezinye izimpawu zokuvuvukala. Ucwaningo olwenziwa yi-Tongji Medical University e-China luphinde lwathola imiphumela enenzuzo yokukhishwa kwempande ye-rhododendron ekusebenzeni kwezinso. Ucwaningo olwalandela eNdiya nalo lwaqinisekisa izakhiwo ze-hepatoprotective zesitshalo.
2022-11-11