Broom Corn Millet vs Pastinaca sativa

Ancient grain used across Europe and Asia as food medicine. Used in TCM for digestive complaints, and in European folk medicine as a nutritive warming food for the elderly and weak.

The edible parsnip with phototoxic wild form; root used nutritively and medicinally for digestive and urinary conditions.

antioxidant polyphenols, magnesium, phosphorus, B vitamins

furanocoumarins, psoralen, bergapten, falcarinol

Nutritive food for weak and elderly, Digestive tonic, Warming food medicine in TCM, Ancient grain staple

Diuretic use, Digestive tonic, Nutritive food

Nutritive, Digestive tonic, Antioxidant, Warming food

Nutritive food medicine, Antioxidant activity

As food freely

Root as food; 2g dried root as tea

No significant contraindications

Wild plant phototoxic, Pregnancy large amounts caution

None known

Phototoxic dermatitis from wild plant