Asa Foetida

Where are the original provings of Asafoetida found ?

In Jörg's Provings and Allen's Encyclopaedia .

What is Asafoetida ?

It is a native of Persia, called the Devil's dung .

Describe process of making tincture.

The gum resin is covered with 5 parts, by weight, of 95% alcohol and the subsequent procedure the same as with Nux vomica , etc.

What is the general action of Asafoetida ?

Through the nervous system it produces a condition resembling hysteria. It also acts upon the bones.

What are the indications for its use in hysteria ?

Sensation of a ball rising from the stomach to the throat ; worse from nervous excitement. There is a great deal of flatus, with oppressed breathing. There is a sort of reversed peristalsis and everything seems to travel from below upward.

What are the stomach symptoms ?

Belching of rancid gas, and an empty gone feeling in the stomach in the forenoon ; greasy taste ; burning in the stomach and oesophagus ; great meteorismus.

What are the bone symptoms of Asafoetida ?

Periosteal inflammations and ulcerations ; the ulcers are sensitive and intolerant to dressings ; the discharge is offensive.

What is Ammoniacum ?

The "tears" of the gum-ammoniac tree, a native of Persia. Prepared by trituration.

What is an indication for the use of Ammoniacum gummi ?

Humid asthma, with profuse, tenacious expectoration and a sensation as if something would be torn loose ; very useful in bronchorrhoea.