Wani bincike da Dr. Samira Samarakoon ta Cibiyar Biochemistry, Molecular Biology da Biotechnology ta Jami'ar Colombo da kuma shahararriyar mai ba da abinci mai gina jiki Dr. DBT Wijeratne suka gudanar ya gano cewa shan shayin kore tare da Centella asiatica yana da fa'idodi da yawa na lafiya. Gotu kola yana ƙara yawan sinadarin antioxidant, antiviral da kuma ƙarfafa garkuwar jiki na shayin kore.
Ana ɗaukar Gotu Kola a matsayin ganyen da ke dawwama kuma muhimmin abu ne a cikin magungunan gargajiya na Asiya, yayin da shayin kore yana ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan sha mafi shahara a duniya. Amfanin shayin kore sananne ne kuma mutane da yawa suna amfani da shi sosai saboda kaddarorin antioxidant, rage kiba, hana cutar kansa, rage hawan jini, da sauransu. Hakazalika, fa'idodin kiwon lafiya na 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 kyau ga hanta, yana kare fata, kuma yana inganta fahimta da ƙwaƙwalwa. Dr. Samarakoon ya ce lokacin shan cakuda shayin kore da kola, mutum zai iya samun duk fa'idodin lafiya na duka biyun.
Ya ce bai kamata Coca-Cola ta ƙunshi fiye da kashi 20 cikin ɗari na cakuda ba saboda rashin karɓuwa a matsayin abin sha.
Dr. 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 cikin nau'ikan cutar kansar hanta ta farko, cutar kansar hanta, hanta mai kitse da kuma cirrhosis. Binciken da aka yi kwanan nan ya kuma nuna cewa cola na iya taimakawa wajen rage hawan jini da kuma rage haɗarin cututtukan zuciya, ciki har da bugun jini, bugun zuciya, da cututtukan zuciya. Nazarin magunguna ya nuna cewa ruwan kola na iya daidaita ayyukan tsarin jijiyoyi na tsakiya da kuma inganta ayyukan fahimta na kwakwalwa.
Dr. Wijeratne ya nuna cewa fa'idodin kiwon lafiya na shayi kore sun shahara a duk faɗin duniya. Akwai bincike na kimiyya kan fa'idodin kiwon lafiya na shayi kore fiye da gotu kola. Shayi kore yana da wadataccen catechins, polyphenols, musamman epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG wani maganin hana kumburi ne mai ƙarfi wanda zai iya kashe ƙwayoyin cutar kansa ba tare da lalata ƙwayoyin halitta na yau da kullun ba. Wannan sinadarin yana kuma da tasiri wajen rage ƙarancin cholesterol na lipoprotein, yana hana gudan jini mara kyau, da rage tarin platelets. Bugu da ƙari, an gano cewa ruwan shayi kore yana da kyakkyawan tushen antioxidants na halitta wanda ake amfani da shi yadda ya kamata don haɓaka kaddarorin antioxidant, in ji Dr. Wijeratne.
A cewarsa, kiba ita ce babbar sanadin cututtuka da dama, ciki har da cututtukan zuciya, hawan jini, ciwon suga wanda ba ya dogara da insulin, matsalar huhu, osteoarthritis da wasu nau'ikan ciwon daji. Catechins na shayi, musamman EGCG, suna da tasirin hana kiba da kuma hana ciwon suga. Ana kuma kallon shayin kore a matsayin wata shuka ta halitta wadda za ta iya ƙara yawan kuzari da kuma iskar kitse don rage kiba, in ji Dakta Wijeratne, yana mai cewa haɗin ganyaye biyu na iya samar da fa'idodi da yawa ga lafiya.