Ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ na-eji akwukwo bay dị ka ahịhịa nri na ofe na stew, mana ọ nwewokwa aha kemgbe ọtụtụ narị afọ dị ka ahịhịa ọgwụ. A na-eri ya nke ọma, akpọnwụwo ma sie ya na mmiri ọkụ wee were ya dị ka ihe na-edozi ahụ. Akwụkwọ Bay nwere ihe astringent nke na-akwụsị ihe nzuzo nke ọrịa na-ebute. Infusion nke Laurel nwekwara ike ịkpata gag reflex, nke nwere ike ịdị mkpa maka ọrịa. Nnyocha e mere n'afọ 2006 chọpụtara na ọnya nke oke e nyere 200 mg nke akwukwo akwukwo mmiri na-agwọta ngwa ngwa. Na 2011, n'ihi nyocha ọzọ, a kọwara mmetụta a. Mwepụ akwụkwọ ndụ akwụkwọ ndụ nwere ọrụ antimicrobial megide microorganisms ndị na-ahụkarị, gụnyere Staphylococcus aureus, Aspergillus fuming, Candida albicans, wdg.
Enwere ụdị osisi dị iche iche a na-akpọ bay epupụta. Otú ọ dị, ezigbo akwụkwọ mmiri bụ Laurus nobilis (Noble laurel). Akwụkwọ nke osisi Lavrushka ndị ọzọ enweghị ọgwụ, na ọtụtụ n'ime ha nwere ike ịbụ ndị na-egbu egbu. Akwụkwọ Bay dị mma maka mgbari mgbaze ma na-enyere aka ịgwọ nsogbu dị ka nrekasi obi na flatulence. Decoction na-ekpo ọkụ nke akwukwo bay na-ebelata ọtụtụ nsogbu mgbaze nri, gụnyere afọ ntachi, mmegharị eriri afọ oge niile.
N'ihe gbasara mgbaze na afọ ntachi, were. Tinye mmanụ aṅụ, na-aṅụ ugboro abụọ n'ụbọchị.