Asafetida (Ferula foetida)

阿魏ā wèiAwei

Ferula foetida · Plant

Ferula foetida
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

Cautions

May increase bleeding risk; can cause digestive upset; avoid during pregnancy; may interact with blood pressure medications; can cause skin allergies.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Asafetida for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Cold Pain In Heart & AbdomenConcretion & ConglomerationDysenteryLump GlomusMalariaMeat-type Food AccumulationWorm Accumulation

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Asafetida does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Interrupt MalariaKill WormsTransform Concretion & Disperse Accumulation