Cicer, Chickpea

Garbanzo
Chana (Unani)

Flora von Deutschland (24), Kohler, 1886

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Uses:

1. Strengthens the Kidneys, Benefits Qi:
-increases Sperm; for Impotence and Infertility
-increases strength and vigor
-“These are more nutritive and compact than broad bean” (Avicenna)
2. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:
-Dysuria, strangury, Edema, fluid retention, obesity
-decoction is good for the Stone
3. Moves the Blood, Resolves Stasis:
-promotes Menstruation
–atherosclerosis, cardiopathy, high cholesterol
-‘useful in hot and hard swellings including glandular swellings’. (Avicenna) 
4. Benefits the Lungs, Stops Cough:
-Cough, Bronchitis
-“Clears the Voice”. (Avicenna)
-‘No other substance is considered more nourishing for the Lungs’. (Avicenna)
5. Promotes Milk:
-Nourishes and Increases Milk; prepare a soup from its flour. (Avicenna)
6. Externally:
-the Meal is used externally in Cataplasms
-‘flour is used in Malignant and Cancerous Ulcers’. (Avicenna)
-‘oil of chick pea is useful in Ringworm’. (Avicenna)
-‘Its infusion is useful in molar pain, hot and hard gum swellings and parotitis’. (Avicenna)
-‘beneficial for the moist. pustules on the head’. (Avicenna)
-the meal is mixed with Vinegar and applied to inflammations and tumors (Salmon)

Main Combinations:

1. For the Heart, make Hummus (Chickpea paste) with lots of Garlic and olive oil.
2. Decoction of Chickpeas: decoct with Barley and Marshmallow roots. Good for pains in the sides, colic, dysuria, strangury and gravel.

Major Formulas:

Syrup of Marshmallow (Fernel)
Powder to Fatten (Mesue)
Powder to Increase Milk Supply
Powder for Kidney Stones from Heat (Unani)