Hulbah (Fenugreek)

The Prophet was reported to have visited Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas once when he was in Makkah and he asked that a doctor be brought to examine him. They brought Al Harith bin Kaladah who examined him and said, “There is no harm with him, just cook some fenugreek with dates and let him eat them.” Sa’d was reported to have done that and was then healed.

Hulbah is hot in the second degree and dry in the first degree.

When the fenugreek is cooked in water, it will soften the throat, chest and the stomach. It In addition relieves coughing, dryness, asthma, hard breathing and increases the sexual drive. It in addition relieves flatulence, phlegm, piles and the various accumulations in the intestines. It In addition dissolves the phlegm from the chest and helps agaisnt gastric ulcer and lung diseases. ‘Hulbah is used to heal the intestines, mixed with some ghee and fanith.

When five measures of fenugreek is taken in a drink, it will increase the flow of menstruation, and when it is cooked and the hair is washed with it, it will make it curly and will combat dandruff.

When the flour of the fenugreek is blended with some vinegar and natron and used as a bandage on the tumor of the spleen, it will dissolve it. In additon, the woman who suffers from pain in the vagina due to a tumor will benefit if she sits in the water in which the fenugreek was cooked.

When it is used as a bandage and placed on hard, cold tumors, it will help dissolve these tumors. In addition, when its water is drunk, it will help against the pain in the stomach that results from accumulating gaseous materials and will cleanse the intestines.

When one eats the Hulbah cooked in honey, dates or figs on an empty stomach, it will dissolve the phlegm that accumulates in the chest and stomach, and will In addition help agaisnt coghing that accompanies such ailments.

Hulbah In addition relieves urine retention and works as a laxative. When it is placed on the erratic nail, it will heal it, while its oil helps against craked skin due to extreme cold, when it is mixed with wax. There are many other benefits for the Hulbah *fenugreek).

Some doctors stated, “If the people had knowledge of its benefits, they would buy it with its weight worth of gold.”