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Sunday, January 01, 2006
Fenugreek
Indian: mayti
Tamil: venthium
Malay: alba
Fenugreek has excellent medical virtues. It is Nature's great boon to mankind and its regular use will help keep the body healthy. The seeds are brownish yellow and emit peculiar odour.
Fenugreek is grown in India, Morocco, Egypt and England. The seeds are ground and roasted and used to flavor to curry.
The seeds are also soaked and then powdered and used to make lip balm and tonic. The seeds can be used to make tea, which can reduce fever and menstrual pains, or they can be used in an ointment to treat skin infections. The seeds have also been used to increase libido in men and serve as an aphrodisiac. Ground seeds are often used to give a maple flavor to sweets and candies. Fenugreek's leaves, which are high in iron, are used in salads. Taken internally, fenugreek is used to treat bronchitis, coughs, respiratory problems, sinus conditions and to increase milk supply. Many women today take fenugreek in a pill form (ground seeds placed in capsules).
Natural Benefits and Curative Properties
The leaves of fenugreek are aromatic, cooling and mild aperient. Paste of the fresh leaves applied over the scalp regularly, before taking bath, lengthens hair, preserves the natural color and keeps the hair silky soft. Paste of the fresh leaves, applied on the face every night before going to bed and washed with warm water, prevents pimples, blackheads, dryness of the face and early appearance of wrinkles. It improves complexion and makes one look years younger. The seeds of fenugreek are demulcent, diuretic, carminative which relieves gastric discomforts, lactagogue, which increases the flow of milk, astringent and aphrodisiac tonic.' They are the best cleansers to body, highly mucus-solvents and soothing agents. The seeds are used in the preparation of hair tonics and cosmetics in Java.
There are many natural benefits of fenugreek in the treatment of Anemia, Digestive Disorders, Diabetes,etc. ..this can be found in www.indiangyan.com
- article was also given by my aunt
Tamil: venthium
Malay: alba
Fenugreek has excellent medical virtues. It is Nature's great boon to mankind and its regular use will help keep the body healthy. The seeds are brownish yellow and emit peculiar odour.
Fenugreek is grown in India, Morocco, Egypt and England. The seeds are ground and roasted and used to flavor to curry.
The seeds are also soaked and then powdered and used to make lip balm and tonic. The seeds can be used to make tea, which can reduce fever and menstrual pains, or they can be used in an ointment to treat skin infections. The seeds have also been used to increase libido in men and serve as an aphrodisiac. Ground seeds are often used to give a maple flavor to sweets and candies. Fenugreek's leaves, which are high in iron, are used in salads. Taken internally, fenugreek is used to treat bronchitis, coughs, respiratory problems, sinus conditions and to increase milk supply. Many women today take fenugreek in a pill form (ground seeds placed in capsules).
Natural Benefits and Curative Properties
The leaves of fenugreek are aromatic, cooling and mild aperient. Paste of the fresh leaves applied over the scalp regularly, before taking bath, lengthens hair, preserves the natural color and keeps the hair silky soft. Paste of the fresh leaves, applied on the face every night before going to bed and washed with warm water, prevents pimples, blackheads, dryness of the face and early appearance of wrinkles. It improves complexion and makes one look years younger. The seeds of fenugreek are demulcent, diuretic, carminative which relieves gastric discomforts, lactagogue, which increases the flow of milk, astringent and aphrodisiac tonic.' They are the best cleansers to body, highly mucus-solvents and soothing agents. The seeds are used in the preparation of hair tonics and cosmetics in Java.
There are many natural benefits of fenugreek in the treatment of Anemia, Digestive Disorders, Diabetes,etc. ..this can be found in www.indiangyan.com
- article was also given by my aunt
# posted by raunaq : 5:29 PM
