Methika

Botanical Name

Trigonella Foenum Greacum

Family

Fabaceae

Sanskrit

–

English

Fenugreek Seeds

Hindi

Methi

Kannada

Mentiya

Malayalam

Ventiyam

Telugu

Mentulu

Tamil

–

Marathi

–

Distribution

It is an anuual herb , cultivated in several parts of india as commercial crop

Parts Used

Seeds, Whole Plant

Dose

Choorna 1-3g

Chemical Constituents

Steroidal saponins-diosgenin, and gitogenin, tigogenin

Ayurvedic Properties

Quality (Guna)

Laghu, Snigdha

Taste (Rasa)

Katu

Metabolism (Vipaka)

Katu

Potency (Virya)

Usna

Impact (Prabhava)

Kaphavata Hara

Pharmacological Action

  • Antihelmenthic property of methika are helpful in treating worm infestation.
  • It induces hyperinsulinemia helps in treating diabetes and hypocholesterolaemia helps in treating high cholesterol levels.

Therapeutic Uses

  • Vatavyadhi- usefull in treating pain full condition
  • Vrana sopha-it can be applied as poultice over the abscess

Some of the common formulations

  • Pancha jirakapaka
  • Methi modaka
  • Caturbija curna