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Pastinacae sylvestris, Wild Parsnip

Shaqaqul, Shaqaq Ul Misri (Unani)
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Wild Parsnip
Della Materia Medicinale
, Andrea Valuassori, 1562

P. sativa
English Botany
, Sowerby, 1799


Botanical name:
Pastinaca sylvestris (syn. P. sativa)
Pastinaca secacul (also known as Wild Parsnip) is used in Unani. (This name is not a valid name)
Other species are given for Shaqaqul include Trachydium lehmanni, Eryngium caeruleum (in Kashmir), Polygonatum verticillatum (Chakrata).

Parts used:
Root, Seed

Temperature & Taste:
Very Warm, dry. Sweet, Pungent. Seed is warmest.
attenuates, opens

Classifications:
2M. DRAWING.    2S. STRENGTHENING
3H. LACTAGOGUE.    3J. INCREASE SEMEN

Uses:
1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys:
-Promotes
Venery [Sexual desire]; enhances semen viscosity (prolongs ejaculation)  (root)
-increases Seed (sperm) (Root, seed)
-Erectile Dysfunction, Sexual Debility, Premature Ejaculation, Spermatorrhea (Unani)
-Promotes Urine, used for Strangury
-debility related to Kidney weakness


2. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:
-Good for Coughs, Pleurisy


3. Opens Obstructions:
-Attenuates and opens the Liver, Spleen (seed)


4. Warms and Promotes Menstruation:
-Promotes Menstruation, good for suffocation of the Uterus
-expels a Dead Child.

5. Promotes Milk:
-promotes and enriches Breast Milk



Dose:
Root in Powder: 2–5 grams

Seed in Powder: 500mg–2 grams

Comment:
1. It is used the same as Cretan Carrot,
Daucus Cretici (Schroder)
2. Used as for domestic Parsnip, but warmer and stronger

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Main Combinations:  
1. To warm and strengthen the Kidneys:
i. Wild Parsnip root, Cinnamon, Salvia hematodes, Tanacetum umbelliferum, Leser Cardamon
ii. Wild Parsnip root, Asparagus root, Withania

Major Formulas:
Shaqaqul:
Laboob Kabir
Laboob Sagheer
Majun Azaraqi

Cautions:
Not used in Kidney Yin deficiency

Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the Herb, Distilled Oil of the Seed, Seed Confection (rarely)

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