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Ferula foetida - Hingu

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Hingu consists of oleo-gum-resin obtained from rhizomes and roots of Ferula foetida Regel., Ferula narthex Bioss,and other species of Ferula (Fam. Umbelliferae), a perennial herb, occurring in Persia and Afghanistan, resin collected after making incisions at the upper part of tap root of more than five year old plants by scrapping in March, April, just before flowering, whole process repeated many times, after one or two days or after a few weeks when it gets hardened.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Hing, Ingu
Hindi Hing, Hingda
Malayalam Kayam
Tamil Perungayam
Telugu Inguva
Marathi Hing, Hira, Hing
Gujarathi Hing, Vagharni
Punjabi Hengu,

Hingu

Kashmiri Eng
Sanskrit Sahasravedhi, Ramaha
English Gum-Asfoetida


Chemical Composition

Essential oil, gum and resin.

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Katu

Guna

Teekshna

Veerya

Ushna

Vipaka

Madhura

Karma

Anulimana, Deepana, Hridya, Krimighna, Paacana

Prabhava

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 64.

See also

External Links

THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA