Urubura rwa shelegi ruzwi ku izina rya "ikamba ry'ibihumyo" kandi rukura ku biti bibora by'ibiti bifite amababi yagutse mu cyi n'itumba.Ntabwo ari tonic yintungamubiri gusa ahubwo ni tonic yo gushimangira abakomeye.Flat, iryoshye, yoroheje kandi idafite uburozi.Ifite imirimo yo gutobora ibihaha, kugaburira igifu, gutera imbaraga qi no gutuza umwuka, gushimangira umutima n'ubwonko.Ifu ya silver, izwi kandi nka fungus yera naurubura, azwi nk '“ikamba rya fungi”.
Ntabwo ari tonic yintungamubiri gusa ahubwo ni tonic yo gushimangira abakomeye.Abanyacyubahiro basimbuye abami babonaga ibihumyo bya feza nk '“ibicuruzwa byo kuramba” n' “umuti wo kudapfa”.Urubura rwa shelegi ntabwo rufite uburozi, ntirufite gusa ingaruka zo kongera ururenda no kurya, ahubwo rufite n'ingaruka zo gutera imbaraga qi no kweza amara, kandi rushobora no kugaburira yin no gutobora ibihaha. Byongeye kandi,uruburairashobora kandi kongera ubudahangarwa bwabantu no kongera ubworoherane bw’abarwayi b’ibibyimba kuri radiotherapi na chimiotherapie.Agahumyo ka shelegi gakungahaye kuri poroteyine, vitamine, n'ibindi, bityouruburaifu igira ingaruka zo kurwanya gusaza hamwe ningaruka zo gukomera kwuruhu, kandi akenshi ushyizwe mubikorwa birashobora no kuvanaho imitsi, melasma, nibindi.