Chimodzi mwa zipatso zakale kwambiri, zomwe zapatsidwa mayina osiyanasiyana, dziko la nkhuyu ndi Mediterranean ndi madera ena a Asia. Nkhuyu ndi chipatso chofewa komanso chowonongeka chomwe sichilola kuyenda bwino. Ichi ndichifukwa chake m'madera omwe sichimakula, nkhuyu zimapezeka makamaka zouma. Pokhala imodzi mwa zipatso zotsekemera kwambiri, chipatsochi chimakhala ndi ubwino wambiri wathanzi. Ubwino wa nkhuyu umachokera ku ziphuphu ndi ziphuphu mpaka kupewa matenda monga khansa ya prostate. Mkuyu uli ndi bera-carotene ndi ma carbohydrates, ulinso ndi mavitamini A, C, E ndi K ambiri. Maminolo mu nkhuyu ndi calcium, mkuwa, iron ndi zina zotero.
- Ndi zachilengedwe mankhwala ofewetsa tuvi tolimba tingati kudya nkhuyu kumathandiza kuchiza aakulu kudzimbidwa.
- Kuonjezera nkhuyu pazakudya zanu tsiku lililonse kumathandiza pochiza zotupa.
- Akagwiritsidwa ntchito pakhungu, nkhuyu zokazinga zimachiritsa zilonda ndi zilonda.
- Chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa madzi, mtengo wa deti umachotsa ziphuphu pakhungu.
- Nkhuyu zimakhala ndi benzaldehydes zachilengedwe monga phenol ndi mankhwala ena oletsa khansa omwe amapha tizilombo toyambitsa matenda monga bowa ndi mavairasi.
- Kashiamu ndi potaziyamu zomwe zili mu nkhuyu zimalepheretsa kuwonda kwa mafupa (osteoporosis) komanso kumathandizira kuchulukitsa mafupa.
- Tryptophan yomwe ili mu nkhuyu imathandizira kugona komanso imathandizira kuthetsa mavuto monga kusowa tulo.