• Botanical Name : Ferula Foetida
• Family Name : Apiaceae
• Common Name : Asafotida, Devil's Dung, Ingo, Food Of The Gods
• Part Used : Resinous Exudates Of The Root.
• Habitat : Wild in punjab, kashmir, iran and afghanistan,south east asia and throughout out india.
• Product offered : Gum Resin

Uses : It has long been used as a food flavoring and medicinal herb. It is used in modern herbalism in the treatment of hysteria, some nervous conditions, bronchitis, asthma and whooping cough. It was at one time employed in the treatment of infantile pneumonia and flatulent colic. The gum resin is antispasmodic, carminative, expectorant, laxative, and sedative. The volatile oil in the gum is eliminated through the lungs, making this an excellent treatment for asthma.

The odor of asafoetida is imparted to the breath, secretions, flatus, and gastric eructations. Its properties are antispasmodic, expectorant, stimulant, emmenagogue and vermifuge.