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This December, I was invited to a yoga conference in South India by Dr. Nagendra in Bangalore. Some of you know him; he will come again for another international conference. In South India, there are also many people from North India, and when they heard I had come, they organized meetings and meals for me. We were sitting there with hundreds of people when my food arrived. A man sitting beside me said, "Swāmījī, I want to tell you one remedy. You will never forget me." I asked, "What are you going to do?" He replied, "You will always remember that you met a man in your life." My God, what could it be? He said he would tell me a remedy, a medicine to take, and then I should tell him what happens. I said, "I am healthy." You never know what someone is giving you, especially when you don't know the person. He mentioned he was from near my birthplace, though we were sitting some 3,000 or 4,000 kilometers away. Anyway, he said, "Please, Swāmījī, take half a teaspoon of fenugreek seeds—methī, pīlī methī ke dānā—half an hour before eating. Half an hour before breakfast, before lunch, before dinner. Take half a teaspoon in your palm with a little glass of water and swallow it down. That's all." I asked him, "What will happen? Fenugreek is one of the best medicines in the whole of Āyurveda. You find it in every Indian kitchen. We eat it in vegetables as well." He said, "It will lower cholesterol and do many, many things. You take it." After one and a half months, I had my blood tested. The diagnosis was such that my doctor said, "Sir, I think we are mistaken; it must be blood from somebody else." Good things you should tell to everyone. The side effects are zero, and the benefits are many. If anyone has pain in the joints—rheumatic pain in the fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, knees, and so on—in ten days, forget the pain. You will think it was a dream. I left for New Zealand and Auckland on a Tuesday. That Tuesday, I had lunch with an Indian family where a lady had such joint pain. They live in a two-story flat with only ten steps to climb, but she couldn't walk up; they use a lift for disabled persons. I told her about taking fenugreek, and she began immediately that Tuesday evening. Today I telephoned her, and she said, "Swāmījī, I could run up." For someone who has heartburn after eating, if you take fenugreek, forget it—no more heartburn or gastric problems. Constipation, hemorrhoids, or bleeding—gone, finished. Many, many things: sugar level, blood pressure. Fenugreek addresses many issues. It is very cheap. I think you can buy half a kilo or a kilo for about five dollars here. In India, you can buy about two or three kilos for one Australian dollar, enough for a whole year with half a teaspoon daily and no side effects. This is something you can tell your friends; it is good. Now, there is one thing: some ladies have reported feeling something, like menstruation coming more quickly or something similar. It may or may not be due to the fenugreek, but as a precaution, it should not be taken during pregnancy. Recording location: Australia, World Peace Tour 2004