fenugreek powder

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Botanical Name: Trigonella Faenum Grecum. 
Fenugreek Benefits
Fenugreek is used both as food spices and food additive as well as in medicines. Fresh tender pods, leaves and shoots are eaten as curried vegetable. As a spice, it flavors food. Fenugreek powder is used for garnishing and flavoring as spices and seasonings. Fenugreek extract is used as a flavoring agent of imitation maple syrup. It is one of the principle constituent of curry powder.
Fenugreek seeds are used in colic flatulence, dysentery, diarrhea, dyspepsia, chronic cough and enlargement of liver and spleen, rickets, gout and diabetes. It is also used as a carminative, tonic and aphrodisiac. Methi increases the secretion and discharge of urine, relieve flatulence and promote lactation in nursing mothers. Fenugreek also arrests any secretion or bleeding and has an aphrodisiac effect. They are the best cleansers within the body, highly mucous-solvent and soothing agent.
Fenugreek seeds are collected and cleaned to remove physical impurities, like adhered soil and dirt and are then these are dried and grounded as fenugreek seed powder. Fenugreek leaves and seeds are used in preparing extracts or powders for medicinal and culinary purposes. The powdered fenugreek seed is bitter in taste and has a strong and quite peculiar odor, having a beautiful golden yellow color.
Methi seeds are rich in dietary fiber and therefore helpful in lowering blood cholesterol and blood sugar levels. Fenugreek also acts as a mild and effective laxative. It is helpful in lowering fever and treating gastritis and gastric ulcers. The seeds are effective in treating bad breath and help restore a dulled sense of taste. Fenugreek cracked seeds are used for extraction purpose as the yield becomes significant after fenugreek seeds are cracked