| Although fenugreek seeds are used extensively in | | | | Investigations in animals have found the seeds to |
| the recipes of countries in the Middle and Far East, in | | | | reduce serum cholesterol and glucose levels. |
| the West it is not as well known as many other | | | | Fenugreek is used as a digestive aid. Nursing mothers |
| spices. | | | | use fenugreek remedies to increase inadequate |
| Not only does fenugreek impart a characteristic | | | | breast milk supply. Some studies have shown that |
| flavour and tang to food but it also has several very | | | | fenugreek is a stimulator of breast milk production |
| important disease preventing characteristics. | | | | and it can increase milk production three to four |
| In traditional medicine, fenugreek has been used to | | | | times. |
| treat a number of conditions including diabetes, sore | | | | Fenugreek is grown as a plant in India, France, |
| throats, and in poultices used to treat sores and | | | | Argentina, United States, North Africa and the |
| abscesses. Recent investigations into the medicinal | | | | Mediterranean countries for food, medicines, dyes, |
| properties of this spice suggest it is important not | | | | condiments and forage purposes. It’s an erect |
| only as a preventive for chronic diseases such as | | | | annual herb with trifoliate leaves and a height ranging |
| diabetes, but also for enhancing normal physiological | | | | between 0.3 and 0.8 meters. With the beginning of |
| processes, especially with respect to | | | | the summer season, its white flowers turn into |
| athleticperformance. | | | | yellow-brown pods that are slim and long and contain |
| Fenugreek has been used for millennia both as a | | | | fenugreek commerce brown seeds. |
| medicine and as a spice in Egypt, India, and the Middle | | | | Fenugreek breastfeeding is the ideal method to |
| East. Traditional medicinal uses include the treatment | | | | increase milk supply especially for those nursing |
| of wounds, bronchitis, digestive problems, arthritis, | | | | mothers who have insufficient milk supply for their |
| kidney problems, male reproductive conditions, boils, | | | | babies. |
| diabetes, cellulitis, tuberculosis, and GI problems. | | | | |