Indication

Asafoetida is a valuable homoeopathic medicine prepared from the gum resin of Narthex asafoetida, a member of the Umbelliferae family. It is especially suited to hysterical and hypochondriacal patients, and has a prominent action on the gastrointestinal tract, bones, and nervous system. It is notable for conditions involving , flatulence, ulcerations, and bone caries, particularly in syphilitic constitutions. Asafoetida also exhibits strong anti-spasmodic action and is helpful in , nightly boring pains, and offensive discharges.

Common Name: Gum of the Stinkasand

can be helpful in the following conditions:

Gastrointestinal Distress and Flatulence

• Aids in excessive flatulence, , and regurgitation of liquid and gas.
• Manages gurgling and rolling of wind, with loud, difficult eructation.
• Relieves violent gastralgia, with cutting and burning sensations in the stomach and diaphragm.
• Asafoetida assists in great abdominal distention, sensation of emptiness, and beating in the stomach.
• Supports hysterical flatulence and associated globus hystericus—a rising sensation like a ball in the throat.

Deep Ulceration and Bone Affections

• Helps in caries of bones, particularly in syphilitic conditions, with thin, offensive ichorous pus.
• Relieves periosteal pain and swelling, especially in long-standing ulcerative processes.
• Manages darting pains in bones, especially at night, accompanied by extreme nervous sensitivity.
• Aids in , painful especially at the edges.

Head and Eye Complaints

• Relieves boring headaches above the eyebrows, and pressive pains from within outward.
• Assists in orbital neuralgia, better from rest and pressure.
• Indicated in syphilitic iritis, corneal ulcerations, and intraocular inflammations with boring or throbbing pain, especially at night.
• Manages stitches under frontal eminences, and dryness with burning in the eyes.

Ear and Nasal Discharges

• Useful in offensive otorrhoea, with boring mastoid pain and pushing sensation in temporal bones.
• Aids in mastoid disease, with pain radiating to the ear and head.
• Supports cases of syphilitic ozæna, with very offensive nasal discharges, and caries of nasal bones.

• Assists in breast fullness with milk in non-pregnant women, and deficient lactation with oversensitivity.
• Manages distension and griping in the rectum, with meteorism and regurgitation of food.
• Relieves pain in the perineum, as if something dull were pressing outward.
• Indicated in foul-smelling diarrhoea and obstinate constipation.

Chest Tightness and Palpitations

• Aids in spasmodic tightness of chest, with sensation as if lungs cannot fully expand.
• Asafoetida manages palpitation resembling a tremor, particularly in nervous or hysterical individuals.

Skin Irritation and Nervous Sensitivity

• Relieves itching, better from scratching; that are painful at the edges.
• Supports conditions where suppressed skin eruptions lead to nervous disturbances.
• Aids in managing irritability, extreme sensitivity, and complaints exaggerated by emotional distress.

Ingredients

Asafoetida

Dosage

As prescribed by the physician.

Safety

• Read the label carefully before use.
• Do not exceed the recommended dose.
• Keep out of the reach of children.
• Store in a cool, dry place; avoid sunlight and heat.
• Avoid strong smells (onion, hing, mint, garlic) during use.
• Allow 15 minutes gap between two homoeopathic medicines, 30 mins gap between Homoeopathic medicines and food, or one hour gap between Homoeopathic medicines or another system of medicines.