Ivyokurya vy’imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi, bikaba ari ivyokurya vy’akaranga bitanga intungamubiri, vyamaze imyaka ibihumbi n’ibihumbi biribwa mu Bushinwa. Inkomoko yayo ishobora gusubirwamwo mu gihe c’Ubwami bwa Tang. Dukurikije igitabu citwa “Compendium of Materia Medica for Therapie Dietary”, umuzi w’igiti citwa lotus wari waramaze gusegwa ngo ube ifu kugira ngo umuntu ayirye. Mu gihe c’Ubwami bwa Song, igihe ubuhinga bwo kurima bwari bwarateye imbere be n’uko imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi yariko irarimwa cane, buhorobuhoro imitsi y’imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi yarahindutse iva ku muti w’abantu benshi ija ku miti y’umwami. "Dongjing Menghualu" irimwo insobanuro zitomoye z'isupu y'imitsi y'ibiti vy'imiberoshi yagurishwa mu mazu y'icayi i Bianliang, ivyo bikaba vyerekana ko yari izwi cane mu gihe c'Ubwami bw'Indirimbo zo mu Buraruko.
Ubwami bwa Ming na Qing bwari ibihe bihambaye cane mu guteza imbere ubuhinga bwo gutunganya imitsi y’imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi. Mu gihe c'Ubwami bwa Ming, Li Shizhen yaranditse mu buryo butunganye akamaro k'ubuvuzi bw'imizi y'ibiti vy'imiberoshi mu gitabu ciwe "Compendium of Materia Medica," akabidondora nk'"ugukomeza umubiri no kugaburira impwemu, kwongera inguvu n'inkomezi, no gukiza indwara zose." Inkoko z'umwami z'Ubwami bwa Qing zateje imbere uguhingura imitsi y'imizi ya lotus ku rugero rwazo, zitegura ubuhinga bwa kera bwo "guteka incuro zitatu-n'umuriro gatatu-guwuma", zishika ku mitsi y'imizi ya lotus igaragara neza kandi ishobora gusimburwa bitagoranye. Kubera ko hari imizi myinshi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi, Suzhou, Hangzhou n’utundi turere twaciye buhorobuhoro dutera imbere amashure yihariye yo guhingura amavuta y’imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi. Ivyatsi vy’imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi vyo mu kiyaga co mu Burengero mbere vyari vyashizwe ku rutonde rw’ibintu vy’agaciro mu gihe c’ingoma ya Qianlong.
Guhingura imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi mu buryo bwa kera bisaba intambwe zirenga cumi, harimwo guhitamwo imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi, kuyitera, kuyishiramwo no kuyitera umwuka. Igiti c’imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi c’agaciro kanini-gikorwa mu mizi ya kera y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi yimburwa hafi y’igihe c’izuba ry’imbeho. Amaze gushirwa mu mazi meza kugira ngo akuremwo ububabare, arasubirwamwo akoresheje insyo y’amabuye kugira ngo aronke umunyu, hanyuma akayungururwa maze akawushiramwo incuro nyinshi kugira ngo aronke umunyu w’imizi y’igiti citwa lotus usukuye kuruta iyindi yose. Ubwo buryo bwa kera buratuma umuntu ashobora kuzigama cane ivyuma nk’ivyuma n’ivyuma bita calcium, be n’ibintu bikora nk’ivyuma bita mucin, biboneka mu muzi w’igiti citwa lotus. Mu bihe vya none, uguterimbere kw’ubuhinga bwo gukora ibifungurwa kwatumye habaho ibintu bishasha nk’imitsi y’imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi ishobora gukoreshwa vuba, ariko imitsi y’imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi ikoreshwa n’amaboko mu buryo bwa kera iracari ihambaye cane kubera uburyo bwayo butagira agasembwa.
Kubera ko ari ikintu gihambaye cane mu muco w’uguteka w’Abashinwa, umunyu w’imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi nturimwo gusa ubukerebutsi bw’uburimyi bwo mu bisagara vy’amazi vyo muri Jiangnan, ariko kandi urimwo n’ubuhinga bw’Abashinwa bwo kubungabunga ubuzima, bushimika ku nkomoko rusangi y’ubuvuzi n’ibifungurwa. Muri iki gihe, ivyo biryo vy’akaranga vyarakwiragiye muri Aziya yo mu Bumanuko bushira Ubuseruko, mu Buraya no muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, bica biba ikimenyetso nyamukuru c’umuco w’Abashinwa wo guteka. Mu buzima bwa none bwihuta-, imitsi y’imizi y’ibiti vy’imiberoshi irabandanya kugaburira amagara y’abantu n’uburyohe bw’ubuzima bwayo n’ingaburo yayo ibereye be n’iragi ry’umuco rikomeye.
