Medicinal uses Uses supported by clinical data As an adjunct for the management of hypercholesterolaemia, and hyperglycaemia in cases of diabetes mellitus (18–21). Prevention and treatment of mountain sickness (22). Uses described in pharmacopoeias and well established documents Internally for loss of appetite, and externally as a poultice for local inflammations (23). Treatment of pain, and weakness and oedema of the legs (7). Uses described in traditional medicine As an aphrodisiac, carminative, diuretic, emmenagogue, emollient, galactagogue and tonic (12, 23). Treatment of abdominal colic, bronchitis, diarrhoea, eczema, gout, indigestion, dropsy, fever, impotence, chronic cough, liver disorders, wounds and the common cold (5, 12). Contraindications Semen Trigonellae Foenugraeci is contraindicated in cases of allergy to the plant material. Owing to its stimulatory effects on the uterus, the seeds should not be used during pregnancy (39).

Family name change from Papilionaceae