Ua loaʻa ka ʻaila cumin ʻeleʻele i ka lua kupapaʻu o ka pharaoh o ʻAigupita ʻo Tutankhamen, ma kahi o 3300 mau makahiki i hala. Ma ka moʻomeheu Arab, kapa ʻia ka cumin ʻeleʻele ʻo "Habbatul Barakah", ʻo ia hoʻi ka "hua maikaʻi". Ua manaʻo ʻia ua ʻōlelo ka kāula ʻo Muhammad i ke kumino ʻeleʻele e pili ana.
Hiki i kēia mau hua maʻalahi akā ikaika loa ke hoʻihoʻi i ke kino mai ka make kemika, hoʻoulu i ka hana hou ʻana o nā cell beta pancreatic diabetic, a luku pū i Staphylococcus aureus.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻelua grams o ka hua ʻeleʻele i ka lā e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā pae glucose, hoʻemi i ka pale ʻana o ka insulin, hoʻonui i ka hana beta cell, a ua hōʻike ʻia e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka hemoglobin glycosylated i loko o ke kanaka.
Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia nā ʻanoʻano cumin ʻeleʻele e kūʻē i ka bacteria Helicobacter, kahi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka triple eradication therapy.
Ua ʻike lōʻihi ʻia nā waiwai anticonvulsant o ka cumin ʻeleʻele. A 2007 haʻawina o nā keiki me ka maʻi epilepsy refractory i ka lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau i loaʻa i ka ʻeleʻele wai anoano extract i hoemi loa i ka hana hopu.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi hopena maikaʻi o 100-200 mg o ka cumin ʻeleʻele i lawe ʻia ʻelua i ka lā no 2 mau mahina i nā maʻi me ka hypertension haʻahaʻa.
Hoʻomoʻa ʻia i ka wai, loaʻa i ka ʻano hua ka hopena anti-asthma ikaika ma ka ʻōpū hanu o kahi hānō.
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina ʻo ka ʻāpana kumulāʻau cumin ʻeleʻele e kāohi pono i ka ulu ʻana o nā maʻi maʻi maʻi i loko o ke kolamu.
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina i hana ʻia ma luna o 35 opiate addicts i ka maikaʻi i ka mālama lōʻihi o ka addiction opioid.
ʻO nā puaʻa melanin i loko o ka retina, choroid, a me epidermis e pale i ka ʻili mai ka pōʻino. Hoʻoikaika ka ʻaila ʻeleʻele i ka hana ʻana o ka melanin.
ʻAʻole kēia ka papa inoa holoʻokoʻa o nā kūlana e hōʻike ai ka ʻaila cumin ʻeleʻele i kona pono. Manaʻo ʻia e lawe pū me: