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There are mutiple ways you can consume fenugreek seeds. Consume it raw on an empty stomach after soaking it overnight to aid weight loss. Eat it as a sprout as is or add it to a salad. You can dry the seeds, grind them into a powder, and sprinkle on meat to give it more flavor. Or you can grind it into a paste and add it to curry. You can drink fenugreek water dailly. You can eat fenugreek seeds raw. To help lose weight, eat raw fenugreek on an empty stomach first thing in the morning. This seed is sweet yet bitter with a hint of maple and pairs well with cardamom, cloves, cumin, fennel, and turmeric.
The flavor of fenugreek is sweet yet bitter with a hint of maple. Fenugreek is commonly used in Indian curries and breads from South Asia and Ethiopia. Fenugreek can be used in pickling to enhance the flavor of meats and vegetables. Use caution until you become familiar with fenugreek as too much can make a dish bitter. Dry roasting these seeds will bring out an aromatic, sweet flavor.
Fenugreek is truly a multi-purpose herb. People from Western Asia and the Mediterranean have used fenugreek for thousands of years to flavor food, improve health, and soothe skin maladies. In more recent years, fenugreek has gained global popularity as an herbal supplement with a variety of health benefits. Fenugreek seeds are commonly used as a supplement to control blood glucose. Fenugreek powder has long been combined with other soothing herbs to make poultices and treat skin inflammation and injury. Recent studies have suggested that fenugreek may have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
People have been consuming fenugreek for thousands of years, and many believe that it has a wide range of physical benefits. These are a few additional anecdotal fenugreek seeds benefits:
- Balance cholesterol
- Soothe upset stomach and digestive problems
- Reduce menstrual cramps
- Reduce appetite
- Reduce fat mass
- Maintain liver and kidney health
- Soothe muscle pain
- Reduce fever
Dry herbs also have spiritual significance when used in rituals, candles, mojo bags, etc. Many everyday herbs are magical tools hidden in plain sight. Our ancestors knew the spiritual power contained in a simple herbal infusion. More than just treatments for physical ailments, herbal medicine used to be a way of life, supporting spiritual, emotional and physical health.
Dry herbs when eaten or drank can benefit the digestive system, appetite, cramps, coughs, the common cold, nausea, heartburn, headaches and hay fever. Some natural herbs calm the nerves, promote sleep, lower blood pressure, fight infection, bring down a fever, cure insomnia, cleanse internal organs, strengthen memory, purify the blood or boost your immune system. There are many natural herbs packed with vitamins and minerals, some carrying more nutrition than food.
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