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Asafoetida root

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Digestive and Intestinal
High Cholesterol
Ayurveda

 devil's dung, food of the gods, hing, narthex

 

Traditionally used as powder or tincture. The pale yellow or orange-yellow essential oil, occasionally used in aromatherapy in place of garlic, is not a substitute. Used in the Ayurvedic formula Unmadnashak Ghrita, cardamom, along with brahmi, gardenia, asafetida, and ghee.

a bitter principle (cynarin and sesquiterpene lactones), flavonoids including scolymoside, inulin, cynaropictin and several enzymes, taraxasterol, sugars, and a volatile oil.

 

Digestive and Intestinal
High Cholesterol
Ayurveda

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