Health benefits of Asafoetida
Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant
Asafoetida is a good anti-inflammatory and an anti-oxidant agent and helps in relieving various stomach related disorders. Asafoetida is also considered effective in treatment of cholera.
Antimicrobial
Asafoetida was used to fight Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918. Research also shows that roots of Asafoetida produce natural drug compounds effective over swine flu. Asafoetida along with lemon juice is used in case of toothache.
Digestive problems
Asafoetida helps reduce flatulence, digestive disorders, prevents constipation and is an excellent laxative. It is also effective over colic and stomach spasm, acidity, intestinal worms, digestive weakness. A pinch of asafoetida can be taken with butter milk to reduce flatulence and cleanse the digestive system.
Respiratory disorders
Asafoetida is beneficial in fighting the swine flu and H1N1 virus. It is effective on respiratory conditions like asthma, bronchitis and whooping cough. It is also used in treating the flu in children.
Hysteria
Asafoetida has been traditionally used in treatment physical and emotional symptoms related to mood swings and depression. Pungent sulphurous smell of Asafoetida is believed to calm hysteria and Epilepsy.
Migraine
Granules of asafoetida can be dissolved in water and taken for relieving migraines and headaches. Asafoetida is also a natural remedy for colic in babies by placing a small amount of warm asafoetida on the baby’s stomach.
Impotency
Asafoetida health benefits include the treatment of impotency. It is said that a mixture a few centigrams (6-7) of asafoetida, fried in ghee is mixed with a spoonful of fresh banyan tree latex and honey.
Women’s health
Traditional medicines use Asafoetida in treatment of problems in women like painful menstruation. Asafoetida is said to be useful to treat women problems such as sterility, leucorrhoea, difficult, premature labor, unwanted abortion and sterility.
