Trigonella foenum graecum
Names: Trigonella foenum – graecum = Greek hay, Foenumgraecum officinale, Foenum graecum sativum, Foliculigera graveolens
Abbreviation: trig-f-g.
English: Bockshornklee, Fenugreek.
German: Kuhhornklee, Griechisch-Heu.
Family: Fabaceae, papiloideae
Preparation: seeds.
Uses: in curry.
Botanical: The seeds as they appear in commerce are brownish yellow, about 1/8 in. long, oblong rhomboid, with a deep furrow almost dividing the seeds into two unequal lobes. Taste recalling that of celery or lovage; odour, similar.
Sources: Culpepper, Potter.
Body
Lung: mucus.
Emollient
Stomach: inflammation.
Abdomen: inflammation.
Skin: wounds, ulcers, boils, abscesses, carbuncles, scurfe, scales, nits.