Wani bincike da Dr. Samira Samarakoon na Cibiyar Nazarin Halittar Halittu, Halittu Biology da Biotechnology a Jami'ar Colombo kuma sanannen masanin abinci mai gina jiki Dr. DBT Wijeratne ya gano cewa shan koren shayi tare da Centella asiatica yana da fa'idodi da yawa na kiwon lafiya. Gotu kola yana haɓaka kaddarorin antioxidant, antiviral da haɓakar rigakafi na koren shayi.
Ana daukar Gotu kola a matsayin ganye mai tsayi kuma babban jigon maganin gargajiya na Asiya, yayin da koren shayi yana daya daga cikin shahararrun abubuwan sha na lafiya a duniya. Amfanin koren shayi sananne ne kuma mutane da yawa suna amfani da shi saboda sinadarin antioxidant, rage kiba, hana ciwon daji, rage hawan jini, da sauransu. Hakazalika, amfanin lafiyar kola sananne ne a cikin tsoffin ayyukan likitanci na Indiya, Japan, China, Indonesia, Afirka ta Kudu, Sri Lanka, da Kudancin Pacific. Gwaje-gwajen dakin gwaje-gwaje na zamani sun tabbatar da cewa kola yana da kaddarorin antioxidant, yana da amfani ga hanta, yana kare fata, yana inganta fahimta da ƙwaƙwalwa. Dr. Samarakoon ya ce, idan aka sha cakudar koren shayi da kola, mutum na iya samun dukkan fa'idojin lafiyar duka biyun.
Ya ce, bai kamata Coca-Cola ya ƙunshi fiye da kashi 20 cikin 100 na cakudar ba saboda rashin karɓuwa a matsayin abin sha.
Dokta Vieratne ya ce binciken da aka yi a baya ya tabbatar da cewa cin gotu kola yana da tasiri mai kyau wajen inganta lafiyar hanta, musamman a mafi yawan nau'in ciwon hanta na farko, ciwon hanta, hanta mai kitse da cirrhosis. Binciken na baya-bayan nan ya nuna cewa Cola na iya taimakawa wajen rage hawan jini da rage haɗarin cututtukan zuciya, ciki har da bugun jini, ciwon zuciya, da cututtukan zuciya. Nazarin pharmacological ya nuna cewa cirewar kola na iya daidaita ayyukan tsarin jijiya na tsakiya da inganta ayyukan fahimi na kwakwalwa.
Dokta Wijeratne ya nuna cewa amfanin lafiyar koren shayi sananne ne a duniya. Akwai ƙarin binciken kimiyya akan amfanin koren shayi fiye da gotu kola. Koren shayi yana da wadata a cikin catechins, polyphenols, musamman epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG shine antioxidant mai ƙarfi wanda zai iya kashe ƙwayoyin kansa ba tare da lalata ƙwayoyin al'ada ba. Wannan fili kuma yana da tasiri wajen rage ƙananan ƙwayoyin lipoprotein cholesterol, da hana ƙumburi na jini mara kyau, da rage haɗuwar platelet. Bugu da kari, koren shayi tsantsa da aka samu ya zama alamar rahama tushen halitta antioxidants da ake yadda ya kamata amfani da inganta antioxidant Properties, ya ce Dr. Wijeratne.
A cewarsa, kiba ita ce ke haifar da cututtuka da dama da suka hada da cututtukan zuciya, hawan jini, ciwon suga wanda bai dogara da insulin ba, tabarbarewar huhu, osteoarthritis da wasu nau’in ciwon daji. Tea catechins, musamman EGCG, yana da anti-kiba da anti-ciwon sukari effects. Har ila yau ana kallon koren shayi a matsayin ganye na halitta wanda zai iya kara yawan kuzarin kuzari da kuma rage kiba don rage kiba, in ji Dokta Wijeratne, ya kara da cewa hada ganyen biyun na iya samar da fa'idodi masu yawa ga lafiya.