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The seeds of fenugreek as a digestive tonic and as an aid to treat diabetes, cholesterol, menstrual pains, or skin impurities.
It serves to tone and stimulate the digestive system, and to recover lost appetite. Recommended as a natural restorative, which can help strengthen the body, and as an accompaniment to dietary therapies to gain weight.
It has been indicated as a valid support in cases of moderate anorexia, excessive thinness and physical weakness. It can be useful to give greater consistency to possible antianemic diets, in long-range treatments.
Due to the high presence of mucilages, it acts as a restorer of the digestive mucous membranes and favors peristalsis, being useful as a support remedy in cases of occasional or recurrent constipation, as a mild laxative. It can be useful to treat type 2 diabetes and, to a lesser extent, type 1 diabetes. A mild hypoglycemic effect is attributed to it. It is considered highly effective as a gynecological remedy to relieve menstrual pain. Fenugreek seeds contain phytosterols, diosgenin and phytoestrogens, and can exert an anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic effect comparable to ibuprofen to relieve menstrual pain and mastalgia. The taking of fenugreek seeds to plant cholesterol.
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It could be effective to lower total cholesterol levels and those of bad cholesterol or LDL, but it would seem that its effect is much less on high intensity lipoproteins or HDL, or triglycerides.
Traditional remedies with fenugreek flour, applied in the form of poultices or plasters, have been used, for their anti-inflammatory activity, to mitigate pain and inflammation in sprains, strains and contractures.
In the herbalists and in the stores of natural and dietetic products the fenugreek is basically found in two unique forms: in grain (raw or toasted seeds) and the flour resulting from its grinding.
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