Sesame bụ otu n'ime ihe ọkụkụ kacha ochie n'ụwa. Ka ọ dị ugbu a, ọ na-ewu ewu karịsịa n'ihi nnukwu ọdịnaya nke calcium na magnesium. Akụkọ ya dị ka ọgwụ sitere n'okike na-alaghachi azụ afọ 3600, mgbe ejiri sesame mee ihe n'Ijipt maka ebumnuche ọgwụ (dị ka akwụkwọ ndekọ nke Egyptologist Ebers).
A kwenyere na ụmụ nwanyị Babịlọn oge ochie ji ngwakọta mmanụ aṅụ na mkpụrụ osisi sesame chebe ntorobịa na ịma mma. Ndị agha Rom riri ngwakọta yiri nke ahụ iji nye ume na ume. E bipụtara ya na Yale Journal of Biological Medicine na 2006, otu nnyocha gosiri. Iji mmanụ sesame dochie mmanụ oriri niile gosiri mbelata ọbara mgbali systolic na diastolic ka ọ dị mma. Na mgbakwunye, enwere mbelata nke peroxidation lipid. Otu n'ime ihe mejupụtara mmanụ sesame na-ahụ maka mmetụta hypotensive bụ peptides. Ọgwụ ndị India bụ Ayurveda ejirila mmanụ sesame mee ihe kemgbe ọtụtụ puku afọ maka ịdị ọcha ọnụ. A kwenyere na ịsacha ọnụ na mmanụ sesame. Mkpụrụ sesame bara ụba na zinc, mineral nke dị mkpa maka mmepụta collagen na nkwụ akpụkpọ anụ. Mmanụ sesame na-eme ka ntachu dị nro ma na-enyere aka na ọrịa anụ ahụ. Ndepụta nkọwa zuru ezu nke ihe magburu onwe ya nke sesame: