Isithelo senkanyezi, esaziwa nangokuthi i-carambola, isithelo esimise okwenkanyezi sangaphandle esinokunambitheka okumnandi kodwa okumuncu. Lesi sithelo sivela eNhlonhlweni yaseMalay, sitshalwa ezindaweni ezithile eziseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, eziQhingini zasePacific naseChina.
Nakuba isithelo siningi, i-carambola isamukelwa emazweni aseNtshonalanga. Ake sibheke izinzuzo zezempilo zenkanyezi yesithelo. Ucwaningo nge-carambola lubonise amandla ayo okwandisa amazinga e-cholesterol "enhle" ngenkathi yehlisa i-cholesterol "embi". I-Carambola isetshenziswe emithini yesintu emazweni ahlukahlukene emhlabeni jikelele ngezimo ezihlukahlukene. Lezi zihlanganisa ubuhlungu bekhanda, umbandamu, ngisho nenkukhu imbala. Kulezi zinhloso, njengomthetho, kusetshenziswa ingxube yamaqabunga, kanye nezimpande ze-carambola. Ukuba umthombo wamavithamini, ikakhulukazi, A no-C, "isithelo senkanyezi" sizenzele njenge-antioxidant, ephumelelayo ekulweni nama-radicals mahhala. Izithelo zingasiza futhi ekuvimbeleni ukuzala kwamangqamuzana omdlavuza. Kwandisa ukukhuthazela, kumisa ukuthuthukiswa kwezilonda. Njengoba sekushiwo kakade, izimbali ze-carambola zinephunga elimnandi, kuyilapho zinezakhiwo ze-antipyretic ne-expectorant. Ngakho-ke, asetshenziswa ekulweni nokukhwehlela. Izimpande zesihlahla se-carambola zingaba usizo ekhanda elibuhlungu kanye nobuhlungu bamalunga (arthritis). Uma ungathola lesi sithelo emakethe yedolobha lakho, ungadebeseleli ukusithenga.