Description
FENUGREEK SEED (TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECEUM)
Based on the available evidence, fenugreek has benefits for lowering blood sugar levels, boosting testosterone, and increasing milk production in breastfeeding mothers. Fenugreek may also reduce cholesterol levels, lower inflammation, and help with appetite control, but more research is needed in these areas.
Benefits
- Reduce the risk of diabetes. …
- Improve milk production and flow. …
- Improve weight loss. …
- Raise testosterone and boost sperm count. …
- Reduce inflammation. …
- Reduce the risk of heart and blood pressure conditions. …
- Pain relief.
Fenugreek seeds are often used as an at-home treatment for hair loss and dandruff. They can be taken as a supplement or applied topically. Research supporting the seeds’ efficacy for these purposes is sparse, though some evidence suggests that they may promote hair growth and stronger hair follicles.
USES
- Diabetes.
- Painful menstrual periods (dysmenorrhea).
- Increasing interest in sex.
- Exercise performance.
- Heartburn..
- High cholesterol..
- Breast milk production.
- Male infertility.
- Weight loss.
- Parkinson’s disease.
- Ovarian cysts (polycystic ovary syndrome).
- Baldness.
- Cancer.
- Chapped lips.
- Chronic cough.
- Constipation.
- Eczema.
- Fever.
- Gout.
- “Hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis).
- Hernias.
- Kidney disease.
- Mouth ulcers.
- Sexual problems (erectile dysfunction, ED).
- Stomach upset.