IBergamot ─ ayisona nje isithasiselo esidumile nesithandwa yitiye. Le-citrus ifanelwe ukumazi kangcono.
Igama lesitshalo livela kwi-bergamot yase-Italy ukuya ─ igama lomuzi wase-Italy iBergamo. Kukhona inguquko yokuthi leli gama lavela eTurkic ngolimi lwesiNtaliyane, lapho beg armarmudi lihumusha ngokuthi “ipheya leNkosana.” Ikhaya lezithelo ezinamakha kunazo zonke ezisawolintshi lithathwa njengeSouth East Asia. Umkhiqizi omkhulu nomhlinzeki wesithelo se-bergamot idolobha lase-Italy iReggio Calabria, lapho ewuphawu khona.
Ngokuya ngezinga lokuvuthwa kwe-bergamot, ingaba nezithelo ezivuthiwe eziphuzi zisetshenziselwa ukukhiqizwa kwamafutha abalulekile ne-aromatherapy, kusetshenziswa izithelo eziluhlaza - ezingakavuthwa ukulungiselela izithelo ezinamakhasi, eziluhlaza ngombala ompunga - lezi zithelo ziyasetshenziswa ukulungisa ama-liqueurs nokuqukethwe kwe-neroli.
I-Bergamot iyi-antioxidant yemvelo. Inyama iqukethe cishe i-80% yamanzi futhi iqukethe i-citric acid, i-vitamin C, i-fiber, i-fiber, i-fructose, i-sucrose, i-pectin, i-phosphates, ne-flavonoids. I-Bergamot icebile nge-potassium, i-magnesium, i-calcium.
I-Bergamot inconyelwa ukwengeza kwamanye amajusi wezithelo ukuthuthukisa okuqukethwe kwama-antioxidants akuyo. AmaNtaliyane akholelwa ukuthi i-bergamot inezinto zokubulala amagciwane nezokubulala izinzwa.
Amafutha eBerggamot asetshenziswa ku-aromatherapy nezimonyo kusukela ngasekupheleni kwekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa. Kuyisisekelo samakha amaningi nokhilimu. Kubhekwa njenge-anti-depressant, kuyadambisa futhi kuqede ukucindezeleka okungokomzwelo. Amafutha eBerggamot asiza ngemikhuhlane, ukuvuvukala komphimbo.
Isithelo se-bergamot sangena ekhishini engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalombili. Ezinye izazi-mlando zase-Italy zikholelwa ukuthi ngekhulu le-16, i-bergamot yayisetshenziswa ekuphekeni: kukhulunywa ngayo "kwimenyu elula" ehlongozwe nguKhadinali Lorenzo Camejo uMbusi uCharles V waseHabsburg. Lesi sakamuva sasiseRoma ngo-1536.
Ikhasi elicutshungulwayo le-bergamot lisetshenziselwa ukunambitheka okokunambitheka, izitsha eziyinhloko, kanye nophudingi. Ijusi le-bergamot lisetshenziswa njengokugqoka amasaladi.