Tungurusumu izwi kandi ku izina rya siyansi allium sativum kandi ifitanye isano n’ibindi bintu byiza cyane, nk'igitunguru.Nkibirungo byombi nibintu bikiza, tungurusumu yahoze murimwe mumico ya Galen.Tungurusumu ikoreshwa kumatara yayo, arimo ibintu byiza cyane.Tungurusumu ifite intungamubiri zitandukanye, nka vitamine C na B, zifasha ibinyabuzima gusya neza, kubabara vuba, gutuza, kwihutisha metabolisme no gutunganya umubiri.Tungurusumu nibyiza kuribwa bishya, ariko tungurusumu na zo zigumana intungamubiri zagaciro zitanga ubuzima bwiza kubinyabuzima.Tungurusumu nshyashya ikatwamo ibice binini, irakaraba, itondekanya, ikata, hanyuma ikabura umwuma.Nyuma yo kubura umwuma, ibicuruzwa byatoranijwe, bigasya kandi bikagenzurwa, bikanyura muri magnesi hamwe nicyuma gipima ibyuma, bipakiye, kandi bipimwa kumiterere yumubiri, imiti na mikorobe mbere yo kwitegura kohereza.