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Introduction
Fenugreek is very useful as a medicine, eating fenugreek vegetables purifies the blood because it contains all the essential nutrients, which is helpful in preventing anemia.
Fenugreek seeds are small-yellow grains, hard and astringent in taste but are not less than nectar for health.
Nutrition
- Protein (albumin)
- Fat (stable oil)
- Carbohydrate
- Calcium
- Phosphorus
- Minerals (Iron, Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc, Phosphorus, Copper, Manganese)
- Vitamins (A, B, C, Folic acid, Riboflavin, Niacin)
- Volatile and stable oil
- Fibers
- Starch
- Sugar
- Mucilage
- Gum
- Yellow pigment
- Lecithin
Health benefits
Vayu (gas), phlegm (mucus), and jwara (fever) are cured by the consumption of fenugreek. In Vata disease (joint pain), drinking fenugreek powder with whey is beneficial.
Applying a spoonful of fine powdered form of fenugreek seeds with water in the morning reduces knee pain. Knees do not hurt especially in old age.
Take out the juice of fenugreek and drink it in the morning and evening, diabetes is cured.
Taking an equal quantity of fenugreek juice with black grapes cures a patient suffering from piles.
Fenugreek is high in iron. It is beneficial for the patient suffering from jaundice.
Adding ginger, and garam masala to fenugreek vegetables is beneficial for lowering blood pressure.
Eating fenugreek vegetables brings purity to the blood, and fenugreek has the power to improve digestion and sexual desire.
Fenugreek contains digestive enzymes that increase appetite. Destroys gas, phlegm, stomach worms, colic, back pain, and physical pain.
Improve women health
Helps to get rid of the weakness caused by menstruation in women.
Restores the stopped menstruation, helps in labor pains after the birth of the child (obstetric), there is a defect in the uterus when the uterus is not appropriately contracted helps to regain its original shape and improve the breast, and boosts the production of breastmilk.
Fenugreek (jaggery, flour, and fenugreek) laddoos are also consumed in Sandhivat (joint pain).
Anti-cancer elements are also found in fenugreek. Its use is beneficial in diabetes, high blood pressure, and stomach-related problems.
Fenugreek is beneficial for the heart and strengthens it.
Fenugreek is beneficial for deficiency of blood.
Fenugreek powder and decoction are beneficial in nervous diseases, multi-urinary, stones, tonsils, blood pressure, and mental stress, and are also used as an anti-contraceptive.
Make greens of fenugreek seeds and eat them daily or take three grams of fenugreek seeds powder mixed with curd.
Skin
To reduce the aging process and enhance the beauty of women, fenugreek is ground and applied as a paste to remove the blackness under the eyes.
Soak fenugreek seeds in water overnight and grind them in the morning and apply on the head to stop hair fall and prolong hair.
Grinding fenugreek seeds and applying its paste on the face removes the blemishes on the face, and the skin becomes radiant.
Helps to reduce the aging process and enhance the beauty of women.
Hair
Helps to get rid of dandruff. Apply fenugreek pastes to the hair and wash it after half an hour. Makes your follicle healthy.
Digestion
It is an appetite stimulant. The problems related to bile, Vata, phlegm, and fever are also cured by its continuous consumption.
It cures acidity, indigestion, anorexia, gas, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, constipation, digestive system disturbances, cough, bloating, bloating, piles, worms in the stomach, and facilitates urination.
The bitterness of fenugreek kills stomach worms. Fenugreek is beneficial for the patient suffering from piles.
For stomach ulcers and cleaning of the intestines – Boil two spoons of fenugreek seeds in a cup of water and make a decoction. Take in sips.
To cure mouth ulcers and remove the odor of the mouth, extract the juice of fenugreek leaves mix it with a little amount of water, and boiled it on low flame. Let it rest for some time, after cooling rinse off your mouth with it.
Chronic diseases
Taking fenugreek powder with milk cures diabetes. Fenugreek decoction is beneficial in earache, cold, epilepsy, paralysis, fallout, etc.
Due to its special property of reducing the amount of glucose in the blood and urine, it is very beneficial in diabetes. It is very beneficial for diseases like impotency, weakness, rheumatism (joint pain), diabetes, pediatric diseases, constipation, insomnia (loss of sleep), obesity, blood diarrhea, stops excessive urination, and burning sensation.
How to store
Whole fenugreek can be used as a powder or coarsely ground as needed. Grind it fresh and use it because if the powder is kept for a long time, the fragrance and freshness do not last long. Store in a cool place in an airtight jar to preserve freshness. While soaking urad dal and rice for dosa, soaking a little fenugreek together will make the dosa crunchy, tasty and fragrant.
Precautions
Fenugreek is warm by nature. Eating excessive amounts aggravates bile-borne diseases and should not be used by those with a hot nature.
Those who have nose bleeding, bloody piles, blood in urine, or excessive bleeding for several days in menstruation, should reduce the use of fenugreek during the summer season.
It is safe to consume fenugreek during the winter season. You can take 3 to 6 grams of powder of fenugreek seeds.