Yini amafutha e-Osmanthus?

Kusuka emndenini ofanayo wezitshalo njenge-Jasmine, i-Osmanthus fragrans isihlahlana somdabu sase-Asia esikhiqiza izimbali ezigcwele izinhlanganisela eziyigugu ezivuthuzayo ezinamakha.

Lesi sitshalo esinezimbali eziqhakaza entwasahlobo, ehlobo, nasekwindla futhi sisuka emazweni asempumalanga njengeChina. Ngokuhlobene nezimbali ze-lilac ne-jasmine, lezi zitshalo eziqhakazayo zingatshalwa emapulazini, kodwa zivame ukukhethwa lapho zenziwa zasendle.

Imibala yezimbali zesitshalo se-Osmanthus ingase ihluke ukusuka kumathoni amhlophe-amhlophe ukuya kokubomvu kuya kokusawolintshi okusagolide futhi ingase ibizwe ngokuthi “umnqumo omnandi”.

Iphunga elinjani i-Osmanthus?

I-Osmanthus inephunga elimnandi elinephunga elimnandi elikhumbuza amapentshisi namabhilikosi. Ngaphezu kokuba nezithelo nokuba mnandi, inezimbali ezincane, iphunga elishunqayo. Amafutha ngokwawo anombala onsundu ngokuphuzi kuya kokusagolide futhi ngokuvamile ane-viscosity emaphakathi.

Kanye nokuba nephunga elimnandi elihluke kakhulu phakathi kwamafutha ezimbali, iphunga layo elimangalisayo lisho ukuthi abenzi bamakha bathanda kakhulu ukusebenzisa amafutha e-Osmanthus ekudaleni amakha abo.

Ihlanganiswe nezinye izimbali ezihlukahlukene, izinongo, noma amanye amafutha anephunga elimnandi, i-Osmanthus ingase isetshenziswe emikhiqizweni yomzimba enjengamafutha okugcoba noma amafutha, amakhandlela, amakha asekhaya, noma amakha.

Iphunga le-osmanthus linothile, linephunga elimnandi, liyababazeka futhi liyajabulisa.

I-Rhind iphinde ithi i-Osmanthus Absolute iyisengezo esihle kakhulu emikhiqizweni ye-skincare ukusiza ukondla nokuthambisa isikhumba. Uwoyela ubuye ube ne-astringent, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties ezingasiza ekwelapheni izifo zesikhumba,

ecebile nge-beta-ionone, ingxenye yeqembu lezinhlanganisela (i-ionone) ezivame ukubizwa ngokuthi “ama-rose ketone” ngenxa yokuba khona kwawo emafutheni ezimbali ezinhlobonhlobo—ikakhulukazi iRose.

I-Osmanthus ikhonjiswe ocwaningweni lomtholampilo ukunciphisa imizwa yokucindezeleka lapho ihogelwa. Inomphumela wokuzola nokuphumula emizweni. Uma uhlangabezana nezingqinamba ezinkulu, iphunga elimnandi lamafutha abalulekile e-Osmanthus lifana ncamashi nenkanyezi ekhanyisa umhlaba engaphakamisa umoya wakho! Kudingeka cishe amakhilogremu angu-7000 ezimbali ze-Osmanthus ukukhipha ama-ounces angu-35 nje kawoyela. Ngenxa yokuthi amafutha asebenza kanzima futhi ayabiza ukuwakhiqiza, i-osmanthus ivamise ukusetshenziselwa iziqholo ezinhle futhi ngokuvamile ihlanganiswa namanye amafutha.