ʻO kekahi o nā hua mua loa, i hāʻawi ʻia i nā inoa like ʻole, ʻo ka ʻāina hānau o nā fiku ka Mediterranean a me kekahi mau wahi o Asia. He hua palupalu a palaho ka fiku i ʻae ʻole i ka lawe ʻana. ʻO ia ke kumu i nā wahi i ulu ʻole ai, loaʻa nā fiku ma ke ʻano maloʻo. ʻO ia kekahi o nā hua ʻono loa, ua hāʻawi ʻia kēia hua i nā ʻano pono olakino. Loaʻa nā pōmaikaʻi o ka fiku mai ka ʻeʻe a me nā pilikia ʻeʻe a hiki i ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi e like me ka maʻi prostate. ʻO ka lāʻau fiku ka waiwai i ka bera-carotene a me nā carbohydrates, aia nō hoʻi ka nui o nā huaora A, C, E a me K. ʻO nā minerala i loko o nā fiku he calcium, keleawe, hao a pēlā aku.
- Me ka hopena laxative maoli, ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i nā fiku e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka constipation mau loa.
- ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā fiku i kāu ʻai i kēlā me kēia lā e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā hemorrhoids.
- Ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka ʻili, hoʻōla nā fiku i kālua ʻia i nā maʻi ʻeha a me nā abscesses.
- Mahalo i ka nui o ka wai, hoʻomaʻemaʻe ka lāʻau i ka ʻili mai ka ʻili.
- He waiwai nā fiku i nā benzaldehydes maoli e like me ka phenol a me nā mea anticancer ʻē aʻe e pepehi i nā pathogens e like me nā haʻi a me nā maʻi.
- ʻO ka nui o ka calcium a me ka potassium o nā fiku ka mea e pale ai i ka hoʻoemi ʻana o ka iwi (osteoporosis) a kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka iwi iwi.
- ʻO ka tryptophan i loko o nā fiku e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hiamoe a kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā maʻi e like me ka insomnia.