ISesame ingesinye sezitshalo ezindala kakhulu emhlabeni. Njengamanje, ithola ukuthandwa ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuqukethwe okuphezulu kwe-calcium ne-magnesium. Umlando wayo njengomuthi wemvelo ubuyela emuva eminyakeni engu-3600, lapho i-sesame yayisetshenziswa eGibhithe ngezinjongo zokwelapha (ngokusho kwamarekhodi e-Egyptologist Ebers).
Kukholelwa nokuthi abesifazane baseBhabhiloni Lasendulo basebenzisa ingxube yoju nembewu yesesame ukuze balondoloze ubusha nobuhle babo. Amasosha aseRoma adla ingxube efanayo ukuze anikeze amandla namandla. Ishicilelwe kuyi-Yale Journal of Biological Medicine ngo-2006, ucwaningo lwabonisa. Ukushintsha wonke amafutha adliwayo ngamafutha esesame kubonise ukwehla komfutho wegazi we-systolic ne-diastolic ube ojwayelekile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-lipid peroxidation iyancipha. Enye yezingxenye zikawoyela wesesame onesibopho somphumela we-hypotensive ama-peptides. Amafutha embewu yeSesame asetshenziswe umuthi wendabuko wamaNdiya i-Ayurveda izinkulungwane zeminyaka ukuhlanzeka komlomo. Kukholakala ukuthi ukugeza umlomo ngamafutha e-sesame. Imbewu yeSesame inothile nge-zinc, imineral ebalulekile ekukhiqizeni i-collagen kanye nokunwebeka kwesikhumba. Amafutha eSesame athambise ukushiswa yilanga futhi asiza ezifweni zesikhumba. Uhlu oluningiliziwe lwezakhiwo ezimangalisayo ze-sesame: