Our nature is rich and generous. Everything in it happens harmoniously and competently. And if a person has any he alth problems - in nature there is always a remedy that will help overcome the disease. You just need to know what kind of tool it is, and use it in a timely manner. The vast majority of medicinal properties belong to plants, mainly herbs and flowers. Today we will talk about what kind of herb fenugreek. We will also tell you what its medicinal properties are and how its seeds are used.
What is fenugreek? Description of the plant, seeds and its composition
Before considering the uses and properties of fenugreek seeds, let's talk about the plant itself. So what is a fenugreek? This useful plant is still very few people know. It looks like a grass with leaves similar to clover leaves. But in terms of treatment, its fruits are considered valuable - small beans of a pleasantgolden color. These are fenugreek seeds (their photos are presented in the article), and they are very valuable all over the world. This herb has many names - chaman, camel grass, methi, fenugrik, but it is more known as shamballa. Fenugreek seeds have long been used in medicine. They were used in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine, as well as in cosmetology. Arab women are very supportive of this gift of nature. In reviews about fenugreek seeds, girls write that they add them to their food in order to gain a pleasant roundness of the figure and have gorgeous hair.
Modern studies of this herb revealed that its seeds are very rich in proteins and carbohydrates, and in terms of usefulness and composition they are in no way inferior to fish oil. Fenugreek seeds contain a lot of potassium, iron, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, vitamins A, B1, B2, C, PP, as well as folic acids. It can positively influence the sugar level in diabetes and is highly recommended for people suffering from this disease. Shambhala successfully treats baldness, gives hair strength and accelerates its growth.
What are seeds good for?
In ordinary life, the use of fenugreek seeds in food saves from severe depression and decline in vitality, acts as a general tonic. It helps very well with a lack of nutrients - neurasthenia, anemia, underdevelopment. They can help with indigestion and dysentery, allergies and neurasthenia, chronic bronchitis and coughs, influenza symptoms, toothache, arthritis and many more.a wide variety of cases. Shambhala is an excellent food for brain and blood cells, reproductive organs and nerves. The seeds, ground into a paste, effectively heal wounds, boils, ulcers.
Very many ailments and diseases can be helped by the healing properties of fenugreek seeds. The use of shamballa in various fields of medicine and cosmetology has been practiced since ancient times to this day. They stimulate digestion and cleanse the liver, help with weak sperm and lack of appetite, relieve pain from gout and restore the body of women after childbirth. All this and much more can be done by such a modest and nondescript camel grass. Regular use of fenugreek seeds allows you to form in the body a strong defense against many he alth troubles. His positive qualities make up an impressive list:
- normalizes the nervous and cardiovascular systems, fat metabolism, blood sugar;
- protects joints from destruction;
- increases immunity;
- improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, organs of the genitourinary system;
- proportionately distributes body fat;
- increases the regenerative capacity of human organs;
- controls emotions;
- increases the body's resistance to stress;
- helps convert carbohydrates and fats into energy;
- improves eyesight and blood formation;
- saturates cells with oxygen and more.
Already this truncated list shows how useful the use of fenugreek seeds is for humans. Many scientific articles have been published about the benefits of this plant.books and a lot of works are protected, a lot of articles have been written that describe the variety of useful properties of this herb.
Indications for use
Who is shown the use of fenugreek seeds? For those who first heard about this wonderful herb, it will be useful to know for what diseases this multifaceted medicinal plant is recommended. This remedy is not yet very common, and few people have an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat a huge benefit of fenugreek seeds. Its use is recommended for the treatment of such diseases: indigestion, dysentery, chronic bronchitis, severe debilitating cough, allergic manifestations, influenza, dropsy, sciatica, arthritis of all kinds, toothache, neurasthenia. He also treats some other diseases. In addition, due to the medicinal properties of fenugreek seeds, they are very successfully used after major operations to restore body functions, with significant emaciation - to stimulate appetite, in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, spleen and lungs.
Contraindications
But so that you do not have an erroneous idea about the miraculous effect of this remedy, it must be said that not everyone is shown fenugreek seeds. He also has contraindications for use. The most serious attention should be paid to them. So, fenugreek or shamballa is not recommended:
- those who have an excess of prolactin and estrogen in the body;
- during the first trimester of pregnancy, as an abortive effect is possible;
- intiming of vaginal bleeding;
- for insulin dependence in diabetic patients.
In addition, it should be noted that fenugreek seeds (the medicinal properties of which we discussed above) should be used with great care, since they greatly slow down the rate of blood clotting. Even this reason alone is more than enough to make sure you consult your doctor before consuming fenugreek. When starting to take this useful herbal preparation, you need to understand that its uncontrolled use in large doses can lead to negative consequences. Using Shamballa without consulting experts can do much more harm than good.
That is why you should pay attention to the fact that the duration of the use of medicine from fenugreek seeds can be no more than six weeks, after which a two-week break is necessary. If you adhere to this golden rule, you will be guaranteed success in improving your he alth.
Where are seeds used?
We have already covered the benefits of fenugreek seed. We will talk about their application below. The use of shamballa in folk medicine was popular in ancient Egypt. On papyri found in tombs, ancient medical treatises were found that this medicinal plant was used as a strong antipyretic. Even in those distant times, shamballa was added to sweets that were prepared for young mothers, as a tonic, tonic, capable ofquickly restore the body of the woman in labor after childbirth and provide a rush of breast milk for feeding the baby.
In India, women still consume fenugreek seeds postpartum to recuperate and provide enough milk to feed their babies. In addition, in the same ancient Egypt, fenugreek seed powder was used in medicine to facilitate labor and with painful menstruation. In North America, migrant colonists also used shamballa to treat women's ailments. The use of this medicinal plant and its seeds was wide and ubiquitous at a time when medicine had not yet reached a sufficiently high level and was in its infancy.
Today, in the era of the rapid development of medicine, herbal preparations are much less known, since there are quite a lot of different pharmacological developments. But there are a sufficient number of people who prefer herbal medicine to traditional treatment, as a natural remedy that is less dangerous for the body. For example, in China today doctors successfully use shamballa in their official practice to treat such complex ailments as fever, hernia, diseases of the genitourinary system, impotence, pulmonary and intestinal problems, and muscle pain.
Very wide use of fenugreek seeds for medicinal purposes fully justifies expectations. For with its help, the course of many, rather serious diseases is facilitated, and the process of recovery is accelerated. Official medicine does not detract from the merits of this amazing plant.and successfully uses it as an additional tool in the fight against this or that ailment. But before starting a more specific coverage of the methods of treating various diseases and giving the dosage of the drug, I would like to say about how Shamballa seeds are used for food purposes.
For example, sprouted fenugreek seeds are very useful. The use of sprouted grains in food is prescribed for gastric indigestion, weak sperm and liver problems. In addition, the inflorescences and fruits of fenugreek are very actively used for brewing medicinal teas and the production of various spices with the addition of this product. Usually, fresh greens of the plant are used for food - leaves and stems of young shoots, from which a vitamin salad is prepared, very tasty and fragrant. In dry form, the grass is used to make "green" cheese and other dishes. In India, roasted fenugreek seeds are used as a coffee substitute.
Blue fenugreek
It should be noted that blue fenugreek seeds have a very pleasant spicy smell, which is why they are part of various culinary mixtures. Many cuisines of the world use these spices in the preparation of their national dishes. In its pure form, utskho-suneli spice is made from fenugreek, which is added to vegetable dishes. This additive gives vegetables a delicate nutty flavor. This is a very appetizing herb that goes well with fish and meat dishes, soups and gravies, sauces and pickles. Very good fenugreek in sauerkraut and pickles. In addition to imparting a pleasant taste and aroma to various dishes,eating shamballa fills the body with useful substances and allows you to keep the body in working condition without taking medications.
Using germinated seeds
As mentioned above, fenugreek sprouts bring invaluable benefits to the body, as they are endowed with a rich set of vitamins and microelements. It contains a lot of vitamin A, which invigorates and gives a person strength to overcome life's difficulties. A small amount of sprouts consumed daily improves the microflora, does not allow giardiasis and pathogenic microorganisms to develop freely. Sprouted grains eaten:
- thinn phlegm and facilitate its removal from the lungs and bronchi;
- toxins are removed through the lymphatic system;
- contain steroidal saponins;
- normalize sugar levels;
- help with estrogen deficiency;
- have a strengthening effect on the body;
- control blood vessels and pressure, etc.
Use fenugreek sprouts in a teaspoon 5-10 minutes before meals. The course is two weeks, optimally - a month and at least a two-week break.
Fenugreek for constipation, belching and indigestion
Many people digest food very slowly, have unpleasant belching after eating, or have indigestion. In this case, fenugreek seeds will come in handy more than ever. To eliminate these troubles and improve the digestion process, you need to soak for 20minutes a teaspoon of seeds in hot water (250 ml). After that, strain the infusion and drink several times a day.
For external use, grind a tablespoon of fenugreek seeds into flour and boil in a glass of water until a slurry is obtained. Apply it to the tissue and apply to ulcers, poorly healing wounds and boils.
Depletion of the body is treated as follows - add two grams of dry fenugreek bean powder to boiled warm water and take three times a day.
Fenugreek with milk is the best remedy for children with a sick tummy. It is used to remove mucus from the intestines, which interferes with the metabolic processes and peristalsis of the baby. Pour a teaspoon of ground seeds into a glass of milk, boil, wait until it cools to a warm state and slowly take it (you can use it for a baby through a nipple). This recipe is also relevant for adults, but instead of a teaspoon, you need to use a tablespoon of dry shamballa seeds.
Fenugreek for Diabetes
Patients with diabetes in order to reduce sugar levels, you need to take 2 tsp daily. dry ground beans mixed with milk. Another way on the water is to soak the same amount of seeds with water overnight, and drink this drink on an empty stomach in the morning. Feeling much better.
Fenugreek for he althy skin and lower cholesterol
To keep the skin he althy and well regenerated, apply the paste made according to the recipe for external use described above. This remedy has a calming and healing effect, it is excellent for wounds, abrasions and ulcers, as well ashas an anti-inflammatory effect in suppuration and boils. The paste can also be taken by mouth if you have a stomach ulcer.
To lower blood cholesterol levels, people with obesity, cardiovascular problems should constantly add ground fenugreek seeds to their food and drink bean infusion regularly in water. This will help to cope with excess weight and cleanse the vessels of cholesterol.
Fenugreek for weight loss and respiratory diseases
For weight loss, use fenugreek seed tea. Also, the seeds of this plant will help to say goodbye to cellulite. To become slim and attractive, it is not necessary to spend big money on fashionable medicines - use a prescription for cellulite and forget about the existence of the problem forever. It is quite simple - grind dry seeds, brew with boiling water and insist until gruel is obtained. Use this substance to lubricate problem areas and remain in this state for about an hour. You can close the gruel with bandages and do your homework calmly, and fenugreek will methodically do its job of getting rid of cellulite. Perform the procedure a couple of times a week and after two months you will notice stunning results - the legs and hips will become slim and chiseled, and you will become a self-confident beauty.
In diseases of the respiratory tract and from a dry, painful cough, rinsing will help - 2 tbsp. boil dry seeds for half an hour in a liter of water and gargle several times a day.
Fenugreek for women and menhe alth
To strengthen women's he alth and produce estrogen, drink a decoction of 2 tsp three times a day. grains and a glass of milk. The same medicine is taken to improve lactation in breastfeeding mothers.
Fenugreek is also very useful for men - it seriously enhances their libido. Men should add sprouted fenugreek seeds to their meals along with soups and salads. They should germinate for a week, and the effect of their adoption will appear in a month. For persistent libido, it is enough to eat fenugreek sprouts in the amount of just one teaspoon for the whole day.
For men's problems, it is very useful to drink hot milk with two tablespoons of seeds. This will prevent impotence from developing.
Conclusion
Now you know the healing properties of fenugreek seeds, we also described in detail about the use of shamballa in the article. As can be seen from this material, the seeds of this plant are very useful for a variety of categories of people. Just do not make a diagnosis and prescribe treatment yourself - consult a doctor, and together you will choose an effective option for your particular case.
