Ngezinhloso zezokwelapha, ikakhulukazi izimpande ze-elecampane zisetshenziselwa, ezingavuna futhi ziqoqwe ngo-Agasti-Septemba. Ezimpandeni ze-elecampane iqukethe amavithamini amaningi, ama-alkaloids, ama-saponins, ama-sesquiterpene lactones (afaka i-dihydroalantolactone, i-alantolactone, i-isoalantolactone). Futhi, izimpande zalesi sitshalo ngobuningi kakhulu zicebile kuma-acids e-organic, okudingeka ngawo amafutha abalulekile.
Mhlawumbe akuyona into eyaziwa kakhulu ngokusetshenziswa kwamafutha abalulekile yalesi sitshalo, ngoba ukukhiqizwa kwalesi mkhiqizo kwaqala kancane kakhulu. It is a liquid eshisayo of dark, umbala obomvu ngomsindo omile omile uju. Amafutha agcwele ama-galenes, okuvumela ukuba abe ne-antimicrobial, i-tonic, i-diuretic, i-bactericidal, i-anti-inflammatory, i-choleretic, i-expectorant nezinye izinto. EYurophu, amafutha e-elecampane ngokuvamile asetshenziselwa i-aromatherapy, njengoba ithuthukisa ukusebenza kwezitho zangaphakathi futhi iqinisa umzimba.
Ngokuvamile bakholelwa ukuthi amafutha anesakhiwo esinamandla kakhulu sokulwa nesandulela-ngculazi nesifo se-bactericidal, esenza umphumela wayo ungaqhathaniswa namanye ama-antibiotic, atholakala ngamathuluzi e-laboratory. Kungenxa yalokhu ukuthi ochwepheshe bayeluleka ukusebenzisa le mafutha ukulwa nezifo ezifana ne-bronchitis, i-influenza njalonjalo. Ngaphezu kwalokhu, izifundo eziningi ziye zasungula kanye nezakhiwo zokulwa nomdlali walesi thuluzi. Ucwaningo lubonise ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwamafutha kuzosebenza kakhulu ekuvimbeleni umdlavuza we-esophagus kanye nemaphaphu.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusetshenziswa kwamafutha endlovu kukhonjiswe kubantu abahlukunyezwa yi-seasonal noma i-asthma, ngoba ukungena kwamanzi okubalulekile kunganciphisa isimo sabo. Lo mkhiqizo ungasetshenziswa ngaphakathi ukuze unciphise futhi ugweme izimpawu zokuphazamiseka okuhlukahlukene ekugayeni, njengokuhuda, ukuvuvuka kwamathumbu, ukuphazamisa, nokunye. Ngaphambi kokuba uzizwe zonke izinto eziwusizo zamafutha alesi sitshalo, ungakhohlwa ukuthola iseluleko kudokotela, khumbula ukuthi lo mkhiqizo unobuthi futhi uma usebenzisa ngokungalungile, kungabangela ukuvuvukala isikhumba nokucasula okukhulu.