Fenugreek is used as an ingredient in spice blends and a flavoring agent in foods, beverages, and tobacco. Fenugreek extracts are also used in soaps and cosmetics. In North Africa, Asia, and southern Europe, fenugreek was traditionally used for diabetes and to increase milk supply in women who were breastfeeding.

Trigonella foenum-graecum plant is also known as methi and used in Ayurvedic medicines for the treatment of bronchitis, rheumatoid arthritis, abscesses or wounds and digestive abnormalities.