Chimanga, kuwonjezera pa kukhala chakudya pachakudya cha ku Mexico, ndi chomera chamankhwala. Dziwani mawonekedwe a ubweya wa chimanga kapena tsitsi.
Dzina lodziwika:
Tsitsi, chimanga kapena chimanga kapena chimanga.
Dzina la sayansi:
Zea amayesa Linnaeus.
Banja:
Gramineae.
Chimanga ndi zaka 7,000. Miyambo ya ku America idakhazikitsa chuma chawo pakulima. Kufunika kwake kwagona mpaka lero, pokhala chakudya chofunikira kwambiri ndi udzu wokhala ndi mankhwala abwino. M'chigawo chachikulu cha dzikolo chimagwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana, makamaka matenda a impso monga kutupa kwa impso, miyala ndi matenda amkodzo, chifukwa chake mitu ya chimanga imaphikidwa ndipo madzi omwe amabwera chifukwa chomwa tiyi. Kuphika kwa izi kumagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati diuretic, kuwonjezera kuthamanga kwa magazi ndikuchepetsa kutupa kwa impso, kuphatikiza apo, tsitsi la chimanga limagwiritsidwa ntchito kuthana ndi matenda a chiwindi monga hepatitis ndi matenda amtima. Komanso, chomeracho, chomwe chimalimidwa kwambiri ku Mexico, chimawerengedwa kuti ndi antispasmodic komanso anti-hemorrhagic.
Chomera chofika 4 mita kutalika, chimakhala ndi tsinde lobooka komanso masamba opingasa ozungulira. Maluwa ake amabadwa mwa mawonekedwe amodzi ndipo zipatso kapena makutu ali ndi njere zolimba zamitundu yosiyanasiyana. Amakhala m'malo otentha komanso ozizira. Imakula ikalumikizidwa ndi nkhalango zowirira, zobiriwira komanso zobiriwira nthawi zonse, zoumba zouma, nkhalango zamapiri a mesophilic, thundu ndi pine wosakanikirana.
