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==Uses==
{{Uses|indigestionIndigestion}}, {{Uses|flatulent Flatulent colic}}, {{Uses|Cholera}}, {{Uses|Whooping Cough}}, {{Uses|Intestinal flatulence}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Young shoots}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Typical asafoetida contains about 40–64% resin, 25% endogeneous gum, 10–17% volatile oil, and 1.5–10% ash. The resin portion is known to contain asaresinotannols 'A' and 'B', ferulic acid, umbelliferone and four unidentified compounds. <ref name="Chemical Composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=HingHingu|hi=Hing|ml=Perungayam|sa=Agudagandha, Balhika|ta=Perungayam|te=Inguva|en=Asafoetida}}
==Habit==
{{Habit|TreePerennial}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Bipinnate|Alternate|Leaves alternate, rough, hairy,heart-shaped or 3-7 palmately lobed with serrate margins and linear-oblong or triangular lobes, 4-10cm x 4-9 cm}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Umbel||Yellow|5|Regularly distributed from the base to the top of the plant, not pubescent. Rays up to 30. Petals deciduous.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||10-12 mm long|Furrows 1-(2)-vittate; vittae large, sometimes branched||Commissure 4-6-vittate, unequal and variable.}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Ashta churna]]
* [[Phalasarpis]]
* [[Kankayan vati]]
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Cultivated Beds}}, {{Commonly seen|Grassy slope area}}, {{Commonly seen|Himalayas}}, {{Commonly seen|Temperate area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
Ferula assa-foetida (Uzbekistan) 2.jpg|Field
Ferula assa-foetida (Uzbekistan) 1.jpg|Whole herb
Ferula assa-foetida (Uzbekistan) 3.jpg|Flowers
കായം.JPG|Stem growing
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Chemical Composition">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asafoetida Chemistry]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063136 Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063136 Ayurvedic preparations]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459456/ Ferula narthex on ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]* [http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Ferula+narthex Ferula narthex on temperate.theferns.info]* [http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/post-harvest-technologies/natural-resins-and-gums-of-commercial-importance/asafoetida Ferula narthex on vikaspedia.in]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Apiaceae]]
