644.55.20 Trigonella foenum-graecumNames: Trigonella foenum, graecum = Greek hay, Foenumgraecum officinale, Foenum graecum sativum, Foliculigera graveolens.
English: Bockshornklee, Fenugreek.
German: Kuhhornklee, Griechisch-Heu.
Use: in curry.
Botany: The seeds as they appear in commerce are brownish yellow, long, oblong rhomboid, with a deep furrow almost dividing the seeds into two unequal lobes. Taste reminiscent of celery or lovage; odour, similar.
Source: Culpepper, Potter.
BodyGeneral: emaciation; diabetes; hypercholesterolaemia; oedema.
Throat: sore.
Lungs: mucus; bronchitis.
Stomach: dyspepsia; inflammation.
Abdomen: inflammation.
Skin: hard; wounds, ulcers; boils, abscesses, carbuncles; scales; nits.