The Fenugreek – A Valuable Herb In Term Of Curing A Wide Range Of Illness

The scientific name of the Fenugreek is Trigonella faenum graecum L. It belongs to the family of the Fabaceae. Its trunk is round and grows up straightly with the height from approximately 20 to 80 centimeters. Besides, its main roots develop strongly. Its leaves grow up alternately with three leaflets in the shape of converse ovals with the length from 1 to 3.5 centimeters and the width from 0.5 to 1.5 centimeters. Moreover, its margin has teeth on the upper middle part. Its fruit looks like a relatively curvilinear cylinder with the length from 10 to 12 centimeters and the width from 4 to 5 millimeters. Furthermore, it is somewhat smooth and has a sharp beak on the top. It also contains so many seeds inside. Each seed has a special color which is the combination of brown and white. Meanwhile, it is narrowly diamond-shaped and is also very hard and odorous.

The original of Fenugreek derives from the some areas in European which have temperate climate and in the North of the Africa and the Asia as well. Many people who live in the Mediterranean and the West of Asia have used the Fenugreek as a medicine for a very long time. They usually take its fruits and dry them in the sunshine. Subsequently, they smash the fruits and take the inside seeds in order to use as a medicine. In Vietnam, The Fenugreek is planted experimentally in a herbaceous garden named “Van Dien”.

According to some scientific researches, each seed of the Fenugreek includes 26.2% of protein, 5.8% of lipid and approximately 3% of mineral such as iron, calcium, phosphor, magnesium, kalium, natrium, zinc, bronze and manganese. It also consists of a great diversity of vitamin such as vitamin C, folic acid, thiamin, ribonavin, niacin and 3% of roughage and 44.2% of sugar powder as well. Likewise, the seed of the Fenugreek also includes the alcaloid trigonellin, cholin, saponin, flavonoid, essential oil and a viscous substance.

According to the traditional medicine, the seed of the Fenugreek has a bitter taste and a warm attribute. Thus, it is capable of reconciling the operations of the kidney and resisting the cold compound which may cause negative effect on your organism

According to the personal experience of the Vietnamese people, The Fenugreek is very effective in terms of healing many diseases related to the kidney, curing the stomachache, the swollen foot and the symptoms of suffering pains in the feet due to the humid weather.

Some document which was found in some ancient tombs in Egypt has described the method to cook the seeds of the Fenugreek so as to use as a food and the way to use the Fenugreek as a medicine. The dry seeds have been found in the tomb of Tutankhamen whereas Hippocrates has used it to heal the fever. Moreover, the Egyptian people has applied it as one of the main component of the compounds which was used to preserve the dead body of the Pharaohs and used it for the purpose of incensing.

In Tunisia, many people usually crush the seeds of the Fenugreek into powders and mingle this kind of powders in combination with the water and the sugar so as to cure the stomachache, the diarrhea, the malaria. The thin people in Tunisia also usually use this kind of compound. Moreover, Tunisian people also use this powder to mix with the olive oil so as to heal the cough. In addition, many people use the liquid extracted from the seeds of the Fenugreek to wash their mouths to heal the stomachache or soak it in the liquid extracted from the rose to use as a collyrium. The Fenugreek is also used to heal the diseases related to the skins such as carbuncles by mixing the powders of the seeds of the Fenugreek with water to put on the acnes. Meanwhile, in order to cure the melanotic whitlow some people use the branches with many flowers to dry at the fire until they evaporates and then put it on the injuries and bandage them.

The Arab women, from Libya to Syria usually roast the seeds of the Fenugreek to eat so as to gain weight and have a perfect body according to the style of Ruben (Up to the nineteenth century, if a women want to be consider as a hot and sexy girl, she has to have a plump and chubby body, especially in the hips). In addition, the seeds of the Fenugreek are also useful in stimulating the reproductive function and curing the breast cancer. Moreover, some women in Ethiopia have strong beliefs that eating this seeds will induce the production of the mother’s milk.

The leaves of the Fenugreek have the odorous smell and the cool attribute. Thus, they are quite efficient in terms of making the skins ruddy and rosy and avoiding the negative impact on the skins such as the pains and the timidity when the skins are suffering the allergy.

The medicinal effectiveness

Curing the diabetes

How to make and use: You should drink two spoons of the mixture of the powders obtained by crushing the seeds of the Fenugreek and the soups or milk per day. Alternatively, you can also eat two spoons of this powder per day or soak the seeds in a cup of cool water in the evening and drink it the next morning

Effectiveness: The seed of the Fenugreek is one of the scarce herbs which were acknowledged by WTO and some countries that it is capable of reducing the proportion of the sugar in the human blood. Many researches which have been conducted with many volunteers brought to the conclusion that this type of seed is able to decrease significantly the percentage of sugar in the blood, especially with the patients who suffered the type 2 of the diabetes. It is also capable of curing some negative symptoms of the diabetes such as being thirsty, urinating many times per day, the tiredness and the loss of weight.

Healing the confusion of the digestion of food

How to make and use: You should boil the leaves of the Fenugreek and fry them drily in the cooking-oil and eat a few of them per day.

Effectiveness: They are helpful in curing the diseases related to the alimentary system such as the flatulent, the icterus and the weak operations of the liver. Moreover, its seed is also very efficient as regard to cure the stomachache, motivate the digestion of the food, the dysentery and the diarrhea.

Preventing the risk of being shortage of blood

How to make and use: You cook the leaves of the Fenugreek until it is ripe and eat them.

Effectiveness: It is capable of preventing the lack of blood and avoiding the symptoms of the slow developments of the female adolescents because it contains a very high proportion of the iron inside its ingredients.

Healing the fever and the malaria

How to make and use: You crush the seeds of the Fenugreek into powder and use boiling water to cook until it becomes a kind of tea and drink it.

Effectiveness: It is helpful in reducing the symptom of fever and its effectiveness is really not worse than quinnin. As a result, it is a very valuable herb in terms of healing the malaria.

Healing the confusion of the stomach

How to make and use: You take the liquid extracted from the seeds of the Fenugreek and use it.

Effectiveness: It is able to prevent the inflammation of the stomachache and the intestine. The viscous substance contained in the seeds is capable of creating a membrane in order to protect the tunica mucosa ventriculi. Thus, the Fenugreek is very effective in terms of preventing the stomach ulcer and the tunica mucosa of the intestine.

Curing the infection of the respiratory system

How to make and use: You drink four cups of tea made from the Fenugreek per day. You might add some lemon juice into it to make it more delicious. However, when you are drinking this kind of tea, you should not eat too much food so as to avoid the decrease of its effectiveness of relieving the heat.

Effectiveness: The seed of the Fenugreek is able to eject the toxic substance out of your organism through the secretion of the perspiration. Thus, it is very efficient in curing the sore throat, the cough, the pneumonia, the sinusitis and the symptoms of the bad breath and the appearance of too much sputum.

Healing the bad-smelling of the breath and the organism

Causes: Because many poisonous substances and dregs are agglomerated in the tunica mucosa of the nose, the mouth, the alimentary system, the excretory system and the vagina, thus they cause the bad-smelling. In these cases, even though you use special liquid to wash your mouth or use soaps to clean your organism, the situation will not be improved.

How to make and use: You should drink the tea which was made from the Fenugreek daily.

Effectiveness: It is capable of ejecting the toxic stuffs and dregs out of your organism and hence, makes your body clean and sweet-smelling. According to an English well-known nutritionist, Mr Lelord Kordel, the essential oil which is included in the Fenugreek is able to make the organism of the people whose has drunk this kind of tea be hygienic and sweet-smelling. This essential oil absorbs deeply in to the wrinkles of the viscous membrane of the intestine and the cells. Hence, it is useful in cleaning the sebaceous gland. Consequently, it rejuvenates the cells and make your breath and your organism become more sweet-smelling.

Destroying the scurf

How to make: You soak two spoons of the seeds of the Fenugreek in the water and leave it until the next day. In the following morning, you take the soaked seeds and crush them until it becomes a soft block.

How to use: You use the soft block to put into the skins of your head which appears the scurf and leave it for one and a half hours before cleaning your head carefully.

Effectiveness: It is extremely effective in terms of wiping away the scurf which was located on the skins of your head.

Healing the ulcerative stomatitis

How to make: You cook the liquid which is extracted from the leaves of the Fenugreek.

How to use: You use this kind of liquid to wash your mouth carefully every day.

Effectiveness: It is useful in healing the ulcers of the mouth.

Curing the sore throat

How to make: You put two spoons of the seeds of the Fenugreek together with 2 liters of water into a pot and cook with small fire for one and a half hours. Subsequently, you leave until it is cool and filter it.

How to use: This solution should be used to clean your mouth vigilantly every day.

Effectiveness: It contributes a significantly positive impact on the process of healing the sore throat.

Healing the swollen injuries and the scald

How to make: You mash the leaves of the Fenugreek softly and smoothly.

How to use: You put it on the tumid injuries or the scalded injuries.

Effectiveness: It is quite efficient as regard to make the injuries cool and recover more quickly.

Curing the leucorrhea of women

How to make: You cook the liquid which is extracted from the leaves of the Fenugreek.

How to use: You use this kind of liquid to wash the vagina carefully daily.

Effectiveness: The Fenugreek is a valuable herb because it makes a positive effect on the sequence of healing the leucorrhea of women.

The other effectiveness of the Fenugreek

Moreover, some recent researches also indicates that the Fenugreek is also effective in terms of protecting the cells of the livers and resisting the factors which may cause an adverse impact on the livers such as the alcohol, the chemical substance, the harmful food. In addition, the Fenugreek is also capable of curing the nephrolith effectively.

The effectiveness of the Fenugreek in term of curing diseases and beautifying

Especially, with the women, the Fenugreek is also helpful because:

1. It is able to prevent the oxygenation of the cells because the ingredient of its sees includes the butylat hydroxyanisol and butylat hydroxytoluen. Hence, it prevents the ageing process of the cells and makes the cells be young for a longer time.
2. Making the organism of the women clean and sweet-smelling.
3. Beautify the women:

The first method

How to make: You crush the leaves of the Fenugreek into powder.

How to use: You use it to put on the skin or your heads for one hour before going to bed.

Effectiveness: It is quite effective as regard to avoid the loss and the break of the hair and keep the natural color of the hair.

The second methods

How to make: You crush the leaves of the Fenugreek into powder.

How to use: You put this powder into your face for thirty minutes before going to sleep and clean your face carefully with warm water.

Effectiveness: It is efficient in terms of preventing the acnes, making your skin ruddy and rosy and preventing the appearance of the bruise and the burn. Thus, it makes you look as you are younger than your real ages. In Java, the seeds of the Fenugreek are used to make the cosmetics for taking care of the hairs and beautifying the women.

1. It is capable of reconciling the menses of the women: It avoids the pains and make the women be comfortable when they are in the periods.
2. It is useful for pregnant women

How to make: You mash the dry seeds of the Fenugreek into powders and mix it together with the sugar and the wheat flour to make a cake which is called “Halwa”.

How to use: You should eat a small percentage of this cake (from approximately 5 to 10 grams) daily.

Effectiveness: This cake is useful in making the women’s organism recover more quickly after giving birth.

1. It is useful for women who are in the lactation period

How to make: You grind the seeds of the Fenugreek until it becomes a liquid.

How to use: You should drink it every day.

Effectiveness: It is capable of inducing the production of the mother’s milk of the women.

How to make the leaves of the Fenugreek?

They are in the best quality when you steam it until it is ripe. They are useful for human-being’s health because the leaves of the Fenugreek include a wide range of vitamins, roughage such as some kinds of vegetables. Furthermore, they also contain a considerable amount of the amino acid and lysine which are usually shortage in the daily meals.

In India, many people often use the Fenugreek as a necessary flavor to make the food be more odorous and attractive and to make curry. They also use it as a special kind of flavor in making the bread and roasted cakes.

In Switzerland, local people usually use it as a condiment to make cheese.

In USA, people use the leaves of the Fenugreek to make many kinds of foods and use as a flavor to cook the soups. The tender branches of the Fenugreek are mash softly and smoothly and are used to mix together with a great diversity of foods which are made from the salad. Likewise, the leaves of the Fenugreek are used as a species of vegetables.

How to use the seeds of the Fenugreek?

The seeds are yellow and a relatively bitter taste such as the celery. In the cuisine, you had better roast them drily before using to avoid the bitter taste. However, if you roast them for too long, it will make them less delicious. Moreover, this seed is also able to germinate such as the bean sprouts or the mustard and is eaten such as the salads.

The normal dosage: You should eat 6 grams of the seeds of the Fenugreek which have been crushed into powders per day.

It can also be used as a medicine to make you feel more appetizing when eating.

• How to make: You soak 1 gram of the leaves or the seeds of the Fenugreek with 240 millimeters for three hours. After that, you filter the liquid and cook until it is warm.
• How to use: You drink the liquid daily. Moreover, you may add more honey when using it.
• Effectiveness: It is also capable of curing the swollen skins when you use it in a form of powder to put on the injuries.

According to many researches, the Fenugreek has been used for a very long time to make food and medicine and it does not cause any negative impact on the human’s health.

Conclusion

The Fenugreek is a very precious and valuable herb because many scientific researchers have proven its effectiveness in terms of curing many diseases and beautifying the women. The advantage of the Fenugreek is that it is cheap, popular in all over the world and thus, it is easy to find.