Masamba onunkhira a lavrushka ndi amodzi mwa zonunkhira zodziwika bwino zophikira ndipo akhala akugwiritsidwa ntchito kuyambira kalekale. Malinga ndi nthano, laurel ankaonedwa ngati mtengo wa Dzuwa Mulungu. Mtengo wa bay ndi wamtali, wonyezimira, mtengo wobiriwira womwe umakula mpaka mamita 30 muutali. Maluwa achikasu kapena obiriwira, owoneka ngati nyenyezi amawonekera kumayambiriro kwa masika, kenako amasanduka zipatso zobiriwira kapena zofiirira. Masamba okhuthala, ngati khungu ndi ozungulira komanso pafupifupi mainchesi 3-4. Zambiri za tsamba la bay:
- Lavrushka adayamikiridwa kwambiri ndi Agiriki ndi Aromani, omwe amaimira nzeru, mtendere ndi chitetezo.
- Zokometserazo zimakhala ndi zinthu zambiri zomwe zimasokonekera, monga a-pinene, ß-pinene, myrcene, limonene, linalool, methylchavicol, neral, eugenol. Monga mukudziwa, mankhwalawa ali ndi antiseptic, antioxidant katundu, komanso amalimbikitsa chimbudzi.
- Masamba atsopano ali ndi vitamini C wochuluka kwambiri. Vitamini iyi (ascorbic acid) ndi imodzi mwa mankhwala ophera tizilombo toyambitsa matenda omwe amachititsa kuti thupi likhale lopweteka kwambiri. Ascorbic acid imapangitsanso chitetezo chamthupi, imakhala ndi machiritso a bala komanso antiviral.
- Masamba a Bay ali ndi mavitamini ambiri, kuphatikizapo niacin, pyridoxine, pantothenic acid, ndi riboflavin. B-complex iyi ya mavitamini imathandiza ndi kaphatikizidwe ka michere, kugwira ntchito kwa dongosolo lamanjenje lomwe limayang'anira kagayidwe.
- Zotsatira za kulowetsedwa kwa lavrushka zimadziwika ndi mavuto a m'mimba, zilonda zam'mimba, komanso flatulence ndi colic.
- Lauric acid, yomwe imapezeka m'masamba a bay, ili ndi katundu wothamangitsa tizilombo.
- Mafuta a Lavrushka amagwiritsidwa ntchito pochiza nyamakazi, kupweteka kwa minofu, bronchitis ndi zizindikiro za chimfine.