GREEK HAY (alholva trigonella foenum-graecum)

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	GREEK HAY
	*alholva trigonella foenum-graecum*

Name
GREEK HAY

Scientific Name
alholva trigonella foenum-graecum

GREEK HAY

Other Names:

Fenogreco, Greek Hay, Rich, Trigonela

She is one of the medicinal but old plants. The Papyrus of Ébers, Egyptian medical document of century XV a.C., already recommended it like emplasto to cure the burns. Hipócrates emphasizes the curativas properties of mucílago contained in its flour. In the Arab countries still it is cultivated as it plants forrajera for the cattle. The foenum name graecum occurred him (Greek hay) because it was cultivated widely in all the Mediterranean countries, and in special in Greece, in spite of coming originally from the Oriente.medio.

Habitat: it plants original of the Oriente.medio, introduced in western Europe a

to start off of the Average Age. It grows between the mieses, and in territories of work.

Description: it belongs to the family of the Leguminosas, and usually it does not reach more of the half meter of height. It produces narrow and long cases in sickle form, within which they are of 10 to 20 yellow seeds. All the plant gives off a characteristic scent not very pleasant. Used parts: the seeds.

Properties and indications: the seeds of alholva are very rich in mucílagos and proteins. In internal use they have a smooth laxative action, in addition to desinflamar and protecting all the digestive mucous (emollient action of the mucílagos). This causes that all the digestive processes are stimulated, facilitating a better advantage of other foods. As in addition alholva contributes proteins of easy assimilation (27% of the weight of the seeds), minerals (iron, phosphorus, sulfur) and vitamins, the Eastern women use it to clear their figure, satisfying therefore the aesthetic taste with their spouses. Although today she has herself many types of reconstituyentes, the flour of seeds of alholva continues being a very advisable remedy for the inapetentes, thin and anemic. She causes increase of the appetite and she gets fat natural. She has been used successfully in the convalecencia of the tuberculosos. Perhaps the extended application more today of alholva is the external one. The decocciones done with seeds of alholva, produce a rich paste in mucílagos, very effective in the following cases:

Hemorroides, applying it directly on the anus in form of cold cataplasm, or bath of seat; desinflama and reduces.

Affections of the skin: hurt tórpidas (difficult to heal), ulcers, cracks of the nipples and the lips, applying it in cataplasm; the cleaning and allows its healing. Also it is useful in case from abscesses, furúnculos or diviesos (grain of pus), and in the cellulitis, since it favors the drainage and cleaning of the skin.

Inflamed or painful joints: arthritis, artrosis, reumatismo to articulate; also in form of hot cataplasm.

Use: decocción with a spoonful of flour of seeds by each water cup. Papilla or puré is taken in form from. To honey or brown sugar can be added to him. Dry extract, 1 gram in each one of the 3 daily meals.

Externally, decocción with 100 grams of seeds crushed (or flour) by liter of water. To let boil during a quarter of an hour. They are applied in form of cataplasms on the affected zone (you cold for the treatment of the hemorroides, I warm up in the other cases). The seat baths are made with 2 or 3 liters of the described decocción, fry.

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