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Background: Diabetes is a long-term disorder characterised by unusually high blood sugar levels (glucose). People with diabetes either don't make enough insulin, a hormone that converts sugar, carbohydrates, and other foods into energy, or can't utilise the insulin that their bodies do produce. Glucose gets up in the bloodstream as a result. Fenugreek, which originated in India and Northern Africa, is one of the oldest medicinal herbs. The leaves and seeds are used to make therapeutic extracts or powders. Method: The study takes an evaluative approach, with data collected using a two-group pre- and post-test (quasi-experimental) design. Fenugreek seed powder is the independent variable, while fasting blood sugar levels are the dependent variable. The primary study was done at the ETCM Hospital Kolar OPDs, with a sample size of 50 type II diabetes patients (25 experimental and 25 control group) chosen by simple random selection, and the collected data analysed and interpreted using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings: The experimental group of Type 2 Diabetic Patients had a mean percentage of 2.04 with a standard deviation of 1.020 in the pre-test and a mean percentage of 1.32 with a standard deviation of 1.030 in the post-test. The mean percentage in the control group was 2.00 with a standard deviation of 1.118 in the pre-test and 2.06 with a standard deviation of 0.850 in the post-test; the resultant 't' value of 4.884 is larger than the table value at the (0.05) level of significance. As a result, t' value is considerable, but the control group's blood sugar level does not alter. It indicates that fenugreek seed powder has an influence on type 2 diabetics' fasting blood sugar levels. This study shows that fenugreek seed powder is useful in lowering fasting blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetic patients.