Editing Chickpea (section)

===Medical===

Ancient people also associated chickpeas with [[medical astrology|Venus]] because they were said to offer medical uses such as increasing semen and milk production, inducing menstruation and urination, and helping to treat [[kidney stone]]s.<ref name=Culpeper>{{cite book |last=Culpeper |first=Nicholas |author-link=Nicholas Culpeper |title=Chick-Pease, or Cicers |publisher=Bibliomania, The Complete Herbal (1652, originally titled The English Physitian) |url=http://www.bibliomania.com/2/1/66/113/frameset.html}}</ref> "White cicers" were thought to be especially strong and helpful.<ref name=Culpeper/> The 17th-century botanist [[Nicholas Culpeper]] noted "chick-pease or cicers" are less "[[flatulence|windy]]" than peas and more nourishing.<ref name=Culpeper/>