Mafuta a chitowe chakuda adapezeka m'manda a Farao wa ku Egypt Tutankhamen, pafupifupi zaka 3300 zapitazo. Mu chikhalidwe cha Chiarabu, chitowe chakuda chimatchedwa "Habbatul Barakah", kutanthauza "mbewu yabwino". Amakhulupirira kuti mneneri Muhammad adalankhula za chitowe chakuda ngati za.
Mbeu zooneka ngati zosavuta koma zamphamvu kwambirizi zimatha kubwezeretsa thupi kuchokera ku poizoni wamankhwala, kulimbikitsa kusinthika kwa maselo a beta omwe amafa matenda a shuga, komanso kuwononga Staphylococcus aureus.
Ma gramu awiri a mbewu yakuda patsiku awonetsedwa kuti amachepetsa shuga, amachepetsa kukana kwa insulini, amawonjezera kugwira ntchito kwa maselo a beta, ndipo awonetsedwa kuti amachepetsa hemoglobin ya glycosylated mwa anthu.
Mbeu za chitowe zakuda zatsimikizira kuti zimagwira ntchito motsutsana ndi mabakiteriya a Helicobacter, omwe amafanana ndi machiritso ochotsa katatu.
Ma anticonvulsant a chitowe chakuda akhala akudziwika kale. Kafukufuku wa 2007 wa ana omwe ali ndi khunyu osagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ochiritsira ochiritsira adapeza kuti madzi akuda ambewu yakuda amachepetsa kwambiri kugwidwa.
Zotsatira zabwino za 100-200 mg wa Tingafinye wakuda chitowe anatengedwa kawiri pa tsiku kwa miyezi 2 odwala wofatsa matenda oopsa wakhazikitsidwa.
Pophika m'madzi, nyemba zambewu zimakhala ndi mphamvu yotsutsa mphumu pa kupuma kwa munthu wodwala asthmatic.
Kafukufuku wasonyeza kuti chotsitsa chakuda cha chitowe chimalepheretsa kukula kwa maselo a khansa m'matumbo.
Kafukufuku wopangidwa pa 35 omwe ali ndi vuto la opiate awonetsa kuthandizira kwanthawi yayitali kwa kuledzera kwa opioid.
Ma melanin pigment omwe amapezeka mu retina, choroid, ndi epidermis amateteza khungu kuti lisawonongeke. Mafuta ambewu yakuda amalimbikitsa kupanga melanin.
Izi siziri mndandanda wonse wa mikhalidwe yomwe mafuta a chitowe wakuda amasonyeza mphamvu zake. Ndikulimbikitsidwanso kutenga ndi: