Iqabunga le-lavrushka eliphunga elimnandi lingenye yezinongo zokupheka ezibonakala kalula futhi lisetshenziswe kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo. Ngokwezinganekwane, i-laurel yayibhekwa njengomuthi we-Sun God. I-bay tree yisihlahla eside, esiyikholi, esihlala siluhlaza esikhula sifike kumafidi angama-30 ubude. Izimbali eziphuzi noma eziluhlaza okwenkanyezi zivela ekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo, bese ziphenduka zibe amajikijolo aluhlaza okumnyama noma ansomi. Amaqabunga aminyene, afana nesikhumba ayi-elliptical futhi angaba amasentimitha angu-3-4 ubude. Amaqiniso ambalwa mayelana neqabunga le-bay:
- I-Lavrushka yaziswa kakhulu amaGreki namaRomania, ayefanekisela ukuhlakanipha, ukuthula nokusekelwa.
- Isinongo siqukethe izithako ezisebenzayo eziningi eziguqukayo, njenge-a-pinene, ß-pinene, myrcene, limonene, linalool, methylchavicol, neral, eugenol. Njengoba wazi, lezi zinhlanganisela zine-antiseptic, antioxidant properties, futhi zikhuthaza ukugaya.
- Amaqabunga amasha anothe kakhulu kuvithamini C. Le vitamin (ascorbic acid) ingenye ye-antioxidant enamandla kakhulu ebandakanyeka ekukhishweni kwama-radicals mahhala ayingozi emzimbeni. I-Ascorbic acid iphinde ithuthukise ukusebenza kwamasosha omzimba, inomphumela wokuphulukisa isilonda kanye nomphumela we-antiviral.
- Amaqabunga e-Bay aqukethe amavithamini amaningi, kuhlanganise ne-niacin, i-pyridoxine, i-pantothenic acid, ne-riboflavin. Le B-complex yamavithamini isiza ngokuhlanganiswa kwama-enzyme, ukusebenza kwesimiso sezinzwa esilawula ukugayeka kokudla.
- Umphumela wokufakwa kwe-lavrushka uyaziwa ngezinkinga zesisu, okuyizilonda, kanye ne-flatulence kanye ne-colic.
- I-lauric acid, etholakala emaqabunga e-bay, inezinto zokuxosha izinambuzane.
- Izingxenye zamafutha abalulekile e-Lavrushka zisetshenziswa ekwelapheni kwendabuko kwe-arthritis, izinhlungu zemisipha, ukucinana kwemigudu yokuphefumula kanye nezimpawu zomkhuhlane.