Kathy Wong ndi katswiri wazakudya komanso wa zaumoyo. Ntchito yake imapezeka nthawi zonse m'manyuzipepala monga First For Women, Women's World ndi Natural Health.
Meredith Bull, ND, ndi katswiri wodziwa bwino za chilengedwe amene amagwira ntchito payekha ku Los Angeles, California.
Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) ndi chomera cha masamba chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito muzakudya zaku Asia ndipo chakhala chikugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali mu mankhwala achi China komanso mankhwala a Ayurvedic. Chomera chosatha ichi chimachokera kumadera otentha aku Southeast Asia ndipo nthawi zambiri chimagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati madzi, tiyi, kapena ndiwo zamasamba zobiriwira.
Gotu kola imagwiritsidwa ntchito chifukwa cha mphamvu zake zoletsa mabakiteriya, zoletsa matenda a shuga, zoletsa kutupa, zoletsa kupsinjika maganizo, komanso zolimbikitsa kukumbukira. Imagulitsidwa kwambiri ngati chowonjezera pazakudya monga makapisozi, ufa, ma tincture, ndi zokonzekera pakhungu.
Gotu kola imadziwikanso kuti swamp penny ndi Indian penny. Mu mankhwala achikhalidwe aku China, imatchedwa ji xue sao, ndipo mu mankhwala a Ayurvedic, imatchedwa brahmi.
Pakati pa akatswiri ena, gotu kola akukhulupirira kuti ali ndi ubwino wambiri pa thanzi, kuyambira kuchiza matenda (monga herpes zoster) mpaka kupewa matenda a Alzheimer's, magazi kuundana, komanso mimba.
Akuti Coke imathandiza kuchepetsa nkhawa, mphumu, kuvutika maganizo, matenda a shuga, kutsegula m'mimba, kutopa, kusadya bwino, ndi zilonda zam'mimba.
Mukapaka pakhungu, cola ingathandize kufulumizitsa kuchira kwa mabala ndikuchepetsa kuoneka kwa mabala ndi mabala otambasuka.
Gotu kola yakhala ikugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati mankhwala ochizira matenda a maganizo komanso kukumbukira zinthu bwino. Ngakhale kuti zotsatira zake n’zosiyanasiyana, pali umboni wakuti pali ubwino wina mwachindunji komanso wosalunjika.
Kuwunikanso kwa kafukufuku komwe kudasindikizidwa mu Scientific Reports mu 2017 sikunapeze umboni wokwanira wosonyeza kuti Coke imawongolera mwachindunji kuzindikira kapena kukumbukira, ngakhale kuti ikuwoneka kuti imawonjezera kusamala ndikuchepetsa nkhawa mkati mwa ola limodzi.
Gotu kola imatha kusintha momwe ntchito ya neurotransmitter yotchedwa gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) imagwirira ntchito. Asidi waku Asia amakhulupirira kuti ndiye amachititsa izi.
Mwa kusintha momwe GABA imagwiritsidwira ntchito ndi ubongo, asiatic acid imatha kuchepetsa nkhawa popanda kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ochepetsa nkhawa a GABA agonist monga amplim (zolpidem) ndi barbiturates. Ingathandizenso pochiza kuvutika maganizo, kusowa tulo, komanso kutopa kosatha.

Pali umboni wina wosonyeza kuti cola ingathandize kuti magazi aziyenda bwino mwa anthu omwe ali ndi vuto la venous insufficiency (CVI). Kulephera kwa venous ndi vuto lomwe makoma ndi/kapena ma valve a mitsempha m'miyendo ya m'munsi sagwira ntchito bwino, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti magazi abwerere kumtima molakwika.

Kuwunikanso kwa kafukufuku wa ku Malaysia mu 2013 kunasonyeza kuti okalamba omwe adalandira gotu kola adakumana ndi kusintha kwakukulu kwa zizindikiro za CVI, kuphatikizapo kulemera kwa miyendo, kupweteka, ndi kutupa (kutupa chifukwa cha madzi ndi kutupa).
Zotsatirazi zikuganiziridwa kuti zimachitika chifukwa cha mankhwala otchedwa triterpenes, omwe amalimbikitsa kupanga ma glycosides a mtima. Ma glycosides a mtima ndi mankhwala achilengedwe omwe amawonjezera mphamvu ndi kusinthasintha kwa mtima.
Pali umboni wina wosonyeza kuti cola imatha kulimbitsa ma plaque amafuta m'mitsempha yamagazi, kuwaletsa kugwa ndikuyambitsa matenda a mtima kapena sitiroko.
Akatswiri a zitsamba akhala akugwiritsa ntchito mafuta ndi mankhwala a gotu kola kwa nthawi yayitali kuti achiritse mabala. Umboni wamakono ukusonyeza kuti triterpenoid yotchedwa asiaticoside imalimbikitsa kupanga collagen ndikulimbikitsa kukula kwa mitsempha yatsopano yamagazi (angiogenesis) pamalo ovulala.
Zonena kuti gotu kola imatha kuchiritsa matenda monga khate ndi khansa zakokomeza kwambiri. Koma pali umboni wina wosonyeza kuti kafukufuku wowonjezera angafunike.
Ku Southeast Asia, gotu kola imagwiritsidwa ntchito pazakudya komanso mankhwala. Monga membala wa banja la parsley, cola ndi gwero labwino la mavitamini ndi michere yofunika kuti munthu akhale ndi thanzi labwino.
Malinga ndi International Journal of Food Research, magalamu 100 a cola watsopano ali ndi michere iyi ndipo amakwaniritsa izi:
Gotu kola ndi gwero labwino la ulusi wazakudya, zomwe zimapereka 8% ya RDI kwa akazi ndi 5% kwa amuna.
Gotu kola ndi chinthu chofunikira kwambiri m'zakudya zambiri zaku India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnamese ndi Thailand. Ili ndi kukoma kokoma komanso fungo lokoma pang'ono la udzu. Gotu kola, imodzi mwazakudya zodziwika kwambiri ku Sri Lanka, ndiye chinthu chachikulu chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito mu gotu kola sambol, chomwe chimaphatikiza masamba odulidwa a gotu kola ndi anyezi obiriwira, madzi a mandimu, tsabola wa chili, ndi kokonati wokazinga.
Imagwiritsidwanso ntchito mu ma curry aku India, ma roll a ndiwo zamasamba aku Vietnam, ndi saladi yaku Malaysia yotchedwa pegaga. Gotu kola watsopano ungapangidwenso kuchokera ku madzi ndikusakaniza ndi madzi ndi shuga kuti anthu aku Vietnam amwe nuoc rau ma.

Gotu Kola watsopano ndi wovuta kupeza ku US kunja kwa masitolo apadera ogulitsa zakudya zamitundu yosiyanasiyana. Mukagula, masamba a maluwa a maluwa ayenera kukhala obiriwira bwino, opanda zilema kapena kusintha mtundu. Masamba ake amadyedwa, mofanana ndi coriander.
Fresh Coke Coke imakhudzidwa ndi kutentha ndipo ngati firiji yanu ili yozizira kwambiri imasintha mtundu mwachangu. Ngati simugwiritsa ntchito nthawi yomweyo, mutha kuyika zitsamba mu kapu yamadzi, kuphimba ndi thumba la pulasitiki, ndikuziyika mufiriji. Fresh Gotu Kola ikhoza kusungidwa motere kwa sabata imodzi.
Gotu kola yodulidwa kapena yothira madzi iyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi yomweyo chifukwa imasungunuka mwachangu ndipo imakhala yakuda.
Zakudya zowonjezera za Gotu kola zimapezeka m'masitolo ambiri ogulitsa zakudya ndi zitsamba. Gotu kola itha kumwedwa ngati kapisozi, tincture, ufa, kapena tiyi. Mafuta odzola okhala ndi gotu kola angagwiritsidwe ntchito pochiza mabala ndi mavuto ena a pakhungu.
Ngakhale kuti zotsatirapo zake sizichitika kawirikawiri, anthu ena omwe amamwa gotu kola amatha kuvutika m'mimba, kupweteka mutu, komanso kugona. Popeza gotu kola imatha kukulitsa chidwi chanu ndi dzuwa, ndikofunikira kuchepetsa kukhudzana ndi dzuwa ndikugwiritsa ntchito mafuta oteteza ku dzuwa panja.
Gotu kola imapangidwa m'chiwindi. Ngati muli ndi matenda a chiwindi, ndi bwino kupewa mankhwala owonjezera a gotu kola kuti mupewe kuwonongeka kapena kuvulala kwina. Kugwiritsa ntchito nthawi yayitali kungayambitsenso poizoni m'chiwindi.
Ana, amayi apakati, ndi amayi oyamwitsa ayenera kupewa mankhwala owonjezera a gotu kola chifukwa cha kusowa kwa kafukufuku. Sizikudziwika kuti Gotu Kola ingagwiritse ntchito mankhwala ena ati.

Dziwaninso kuti mphamvu zopumitsa za cola zitha kuwonjezeka ndi mankhwala opumitsa kapena mowa. Pewani kumwa gotu kola ndi Ambien (zolpidem), Ativan (lorazepam), Donnatal (phenobarbital), Klonopin (clonazepam), kapena mankhwala ena opumitsa, chifukwa izi zingayambitse kugona kwambiri.
Palibe malangizo ogwiritsira ntchito gotu kola moyenera pazifukwa zamankhwala. Chifukwa cha chiopsezo cha kuwonongeka kwa chiwindi, zowonjezera izi ndi za nthawi yochepa yokha.
Ngati mukufuna kugwiritsa ntchito gotu kola kapena pazifukwa zachipatala, chonde funsani kaye katswiri wanu wa zaumoyo. Kudzipatsa mankhwala pa matenda ena komanso kukana chithandizo chamankhwala kungakhale ndi zotsatirapo zoopsa.
Zakudya zowonjezera sizifuna kafukufuku wozama komanso mayeso ofanana ndi mankhwala. Chifukwa chake, mtundu wake umatha kusiyana kwambiri. Ngakhale opanga mavitamini ambiri amapereka zinthu zawo mwaufulu ku mabungwe odziyimira pawokha monga United States Pharmacopeia (USP) kuti akayesedwe. Alimi azitsamba nthawi zambiri samachita izi.
Ponena za gotu kola, chomerachi chimadziwika kuti chimayamwa zitsulo zolemera kapena poizoni kuchokera m'nthaka kapena m'madzi momwe chimamera. Izi zimaika pachiwopsezo thanzi chifukwa chosayesa chitetezo, makamaka pankhani ya mankhwala ochokera ku China ochokera kunja.
Kuti muwonetsetse kuti zinthu zili bwino komanso zotetezeka, gulani zowonjezera kuchokera kwa opanga odziwika bwino omwe mitundu yawo mumawathandizira. Ngati chinthucho chili ndi zilembo zachilengedwe, onetsetsani kuti bungwe lopereka satifiketi lalembetsedwa ndi Dipatimenti ya Ulimi ya United States (USDA).
Yolembedwa ndi Kathy Wong Kathy Wong ndi katswiri wa zakudya komanso zaumoyo. Ntchito yake imapezeka nthawi zonse m'manyuzipepala monga First For Women, Women's World ndi Natural Health.