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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)
-‘increases the Sexual desire very much’. (Avicenna) 
-“The infusion of Chickpea causes erection when taken on an empty Stomach”. (Avicenna)

2. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:

-Dysuria, strangury, Edema, fluid retention, obesity
-decoction is good for the Stone
-‘tartarous mucilage obstructing the Urinary parts’ (Salmon)

3. Moves the Blood, Resolves Stasis:

-promotes Menstruation
-atherosclerosis, cardiopathy, high cholesterol
-used for Tumors and Cancers of the Colon, Penis and Testicles
-‘useful in hot and hard swellings including glandular swellings’. (Avicenna) 
-‘improves the complexion both when taken orally or applied’. (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)
-“Chickpea meal is useful when applied as a cataplasm to cancer”. (Rhazes)
-“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)

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