Essence.
He is famous.
Nature.
Hot at the limit of the first degree, dry to the same degree, not free from extraneous moisture.
Actions and properties.
Fenugreek's power to ripen and soften comes from its combination of warmth and viscosity. Viscosity prevents the force of harm from heat, so that heat acts gently. The chyme from fenugreek is bad, although there is quite a bit of it.
Cosmetics.
Fenugreek oil mixed with myrtle is good for hair and for ulcer marks. It helps with its mucilage, especially with rose oil, against cold cracks and is included in medicines for freckles to improve complexion, to change the smell of breath and to eliminate stench from the body and from sweat.
Tumors and acne.
Fenugreek resolves mucous and hard tumors, and flour from it is used for hot external and internal tumors, if they are not inflamed, but, on the contrary, somewhat hard; it also softens ulcers and promotes their maturation.
Wounds and ulcers.
Fenugreek with rose oil is beneficial for burns.
Organs of the head.
If you wash your hair with it, fenugreek clears dandruff, but causes headaches, especially with murree; when mixed with murri, it is less harmful to the stomach.
Organs of the eye.
Fenugreek decoction cures bruises in the eye.
Respiratory and chest organs.
Fenugreek clears the voice, nourishes the lungs to some extent and softens the chest and throat. It soothes coughs and asthma, especially when boiled with honey, murree or figs. And the best thing is to add it to fleshy dates, and, after squeezing the juice of fenugreek and dates, mix with plenty of honey. This mixture should be heated moderately over coals and taken long before meals.
Fenugreek in the form of a medicinal dressing with soda is useful for hardening of the spleen, and a decoction of fenugreek in vinegar, especially fresh, helps with a weak stomach. For stomach ulcers, fenugreek causes nausea, but vinegar and murri eliminate the harm from eating it.
Eruption organs.
A decoction of fenugreek is used to treat tumors in the uterus, pain in the uterus and compression, and a decoction of it in vinegar is given to drink for ulcers in the intestines. Fresh fenugreek has the same effect if eaten with vinegar. A decoction of fenugreek in hot water is good for bloody diarrhea and weakness, and its oil is useful for tumors in the anus. Enemas are also made with fenugreek oil for bloody diarrhea and pain in the intestines, especially with murri, before meals. Fenugreek, due to its pungency, especially if eaten with a small amount of honey so that it does not burn too much, encourages the expulsion of feces; A decoction of it with honey causes thick fluids to drain from the intestines and drives away urine and menstruation.
Fenugreek with duck fat is inserted into the vagina and it helps against hardening of the uterus. Fenugreek facilitates childbirth if the uterus has difficulty giving birth due to its dryness. It helps those suffering from kidney disease, gives a good smell to feces and a stench to urine and sweat; it is not like the lupine in the difficulty of exiting the intestines.