Ifu yicyayi yicyayi, nkibicuruzwa byubuzima nimirire mumyaka ibihumbi. Ifite intungamubiri zikenewe kumubiri wumuntu, nka polifenol, proteyine, fibre, viatmine na potasiyumu, calcium, magnesium, fer, hafi yubwoko burenga 30 by'ibintu bya trace, bifite kurwanya gusaza, kongera ubudahangarwa no gutunganya imisatsi nizindi ngaruka.