La i-endive iqulethe i-94% yamanziKe ngoko, iphantsi kweekhalori, kukutya okufanelekileyo ukubandakanya izidlo ezilahlekileyo. Inayo into, i-intibin, inoxanduva lokungcamla okukrakra kwayo kwaye inefuthe le-cholagogue, oko kukuthi, iququzelela ukukhutshwa kwe-gallbladder kwaye ivuselele ukusebenza kakuhle kwesibindi, ikhuthaza ukwetyiswa kwamafutha. Ingatyiwa yonke imihla, kodwa ayikhuthazwa imeko yokuvuvukala kwamathumbu okanye idyspepsia, ngenxa yomxholo wayo wefayibha.
Ukusetyenziswa kwe-endive kuyacetyiswa kwabo banengxaki ukuphazamiseka kwenyongo, isibindi esonqenayo, idyspepsia, ukulahleka kwesidlo njl. I-Endive iqulethe iiminerali ezinje nge potassium, isodiyam, isinyithi, icalcium kunye nephosphorus. Iivithamini ezahlukeneyo ezinje nge-A, C, B1 kunye ne-B2 zikhona. Ndivumile ukukhetha i-endive ngamagqabi amatsha, aqinileyo, athambileyo kunye nombala oluhlaza ocacileyo, ngakumbi amagqabi angaphandle.