I-Karkade itiye ibhekisela kwiingxube ezivuthayo, izinto ezibonakalayo ziyi-inflorescences kunye neepalals ze-hibiscus okanye i-roses yaseRudan. Abavelisi abakhulu beli teyi ngamazwe aseNyakatho Afrika kunye ne-South-East Asia. Emazweni aseArabhu naseAsia, i-karkade ithandwa kakhulu kwaye isetyenziswe kokubili ukunyota ukoma kunye neyeza.
Iipropati zetiyi
I- chai ye-karkade ebomvu inoluhlu olubanzi lwezakhiwo zokuphilisa, ezibangelwa ukubunjwa kwalo. Esi siselo sinezinto ezilandelayo:
- i-anthocytes, ezinika itiye umbala wayo ocebileyo, ziyakwazi ukuphula amafutha, ukuqinisa iindonga kunye nokulungeleka kwemithambo yegazi;
- i-pectins, ekhuthaza i-metabolism kwaye isuse i-toxins evela emzimbeni;
- i-acid acids, enezixhobo ze-antioxidants kunye nokukhuthaza ukulinganiswa kwe-acid-base balance, kwaye, ngokufanelekileyo, ukunciphisa inkqubo yokuguga;
- iipolysaccharides, eziyimithombo yamandla kunye nokukhuthaza ukuhlaziywa kweeseli;
- Iivithamini C, B1, A, P, beta-carotene zinika inkqubo eqhelekileyo yeenkqubo zezinto eziphilayo, ukukhupha kunye nokuqinisa umzimba;
- izityebhile ze-calcium, isinyithi, i-potassium, i-magnesium inomphumo oncedo kwiinkqubo ze-nervous and cardiovasculars, zenza igalelo kwimveliso yamandla.
Eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu kwiipati ze-karkade zokulahleka kwesisindo, ukukwazi ukwenza amandla ekusebenziseni i- metabolism , ukudiliza amafutha, ukususa umthamo ogqithiseleyo kunye nokucoca amathambo angasetyenziswa njengesiselo sokutya.
Ukunciphisa isisindo nge tea karkade zifundo ezimbini kwiintsuku ezingama-20 kunye ne-10 kunye nekhefu eli-1. Ngethuba lekhosi kukho imfuneko yokuyiphuza kathathu ngosuku kushushu okanye kubanda phakathi kokutya okuphambili.
Iipropati ze-hibiscus teyi ziquka ukwandisa i-asidi yesisu, ngoko kunqatshelwe abantu abanesilonda se-peptic, kunye nexesha lokuxhatshazwa kweengso kunye nezifo ze-gallbladder.