The following should be given to the cow three times a day, a heaping tablespoonful constituting a dose: Carbonate of iron, 4 ounces; finely ground bone or "bone flour," 1 pound; powdered gentian, 4 ounces; common salt, 8 ounces; powdered fenugreek, 4 ounces; mix.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
The infusion of the leaves of P. Niruri with fenugreek seeds is a highly prized remedy for chronic dysentery, mentioned by Ainslie.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
The seed is enclosed in a small pod about an inch long, and resembles fenugreek, only that it is blunter at both ends, as if cut off with a knife.
"A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII."
Robert Kerr