El ruwan kwakwa, kamar kowane kwatancin kwakwa, yana da alaƙa a cikin tunanin gama kai tare da itacen dabino da yanayin yanayi mai zafi, wanda shine mafi dacewa da ci gabanta. Wannan abin sha mai wartsakewa ya kunshi kashi 95 cikin dari na ruwa da kuma sauran kashi 5% na sauran abubuwan gina jiki wadanda suke sanya shi amfanuwa ga jiki. Sabanin haka kwakwa mai, ana samun wannan ruwan ne ta hanyar halitta, kawai ta hanyar ciro shi daga cikin ɗan kwakwa.
Kodayake waɗannan samfuran guda biyu sune tushen abinci mai gina jiki ga jiki, ana shan su daban kuma basa samar da fa'idodi iri daya ga jiki lokacin shan su akai-akai. Bayan kasancewa abin sha mai wartsakewa da shayar da ƙishirwa, da ruwan kwakwa yana da tasiri sosai a jiki.
Tsawon shekaru, da ruwan kwakwa An yi amfani dashi azaman tonic narkewa, manufa don magancewa da hana wasu yanayi kamar gastroenteritis, dysentery, constipip, da parasitic infections. Hakanan yana taimakawa wajen inganta ikon jiki don shan abubuwan gina jiki da inganta narkewa saboda shi enzymes bioactive. Yana da mahimmanci a tuna cewa ruwan kwakwa yana da ɗan laxative sakamako. Saboda haka, ba abin shawara bane a cinye shi da yawa.
Babban abun ciki a ciki acid lauric, matsakaiciyar sarkar mai, tana mai da wannan abin sha karfin antifungal, antiviral da antibacterial magani, wanda ke taimakawa karfafa tsarin rigakafi kuma guji cututtuka. Yawancin karatu sun ƙaddara cewa wannan ruwa, a cikin hanyar ruwa na halitta, na iya taimakawa yaƙi da fungi, da sauran cututtukan fungal, herpes, hepatitis da HIV.