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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. 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. It also thins the blood and lowers blood pressure. Also used for flavoring of pickles and sauces.

Uses : It has anthelmintic expectorant, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and purgative properties. It is one of the plants mentioned in the literature having claims of activity against liver disorders. It is anti inflammatory in action because of its hot potency. It is also used to relieve flatulence and colic.

Uses : According to Ayurveda, this herb is a bitter tonic, stomachic. It is useful in liver disorders, eyes, heart. A strongly bitter tonic it is an excellent remedy for a weak stomach, especially when this gives rise to nausea, indigestion and bloating and it has also been shown to protect the liver. It is best known as the main ingredient in Mahasudarshana churna, a remedy containing more than 50 herbs. It also contains xanthones which are reputedly effective against malaria and tuberculosis, and also amarogentin, a glycoside that may protect the liver against carbon tetrachloride poisoning. The whole plant is an exthis herb is an excellent drug for intermittent fevers, skin diseases intestinal worms, bronchial asthma, burning of the body, regulating the bowels.

Uses: The bulbs are sweet, bitter, refrigerant, galactagogue, expectorant, diuretic, antipyretic and tonic. It mainly shows soothing, astringent and anti-inflammatory properties. They are useful in agalactia, cough, bronchitis, vitiated conditions of pitta, seminal weakness, strangury, burning sensation, hyperdipsia, intermittent fevers, haematemesis, rheumatalgia, and general debility.

Herbs which helps to protect body cells from the damaging effects of oxidation. Factors like stress, aging, and pollution cause a high level of free radicals in the body which damage DNA and causes heart-diseases or cancer or stroke. Substances like vitamin E, vitamin C, or beta-carotene act as anti-oxidant nutrients in the body. Vitamin E and beta-carotene protect cell membranes and vitamin C removes free radicals from inside the cell.

Antioxidants work in several ways: they may reduce the energy of the free radical, stop the free radical from forming in the first place, or interrupt an oxidizing chain reaction to minimize the damage caused by free radicals.

Herbs in this Category

Herbs which helps to protect body cells from the damaging effects of oxidation. Factors like stress, aging, and pollution cause a high level of free radicals in the body which damage DNA and causes heart-diseases or cancer or stroke. Substances like vitamin E, vitamin C, or beta-carotene act as anti-oxidant nutrients in the body. Vitamin E and beta-carotene protect cell membranes and vitamin C removes free radicals from inside the cell.

Antioxidants work in several ways: they may reduce the energy of the free radical, stop the free radical from forming in the first place, or interrupt an oxidizing chain reaction to minimize the damage caused by free radicals.

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Uses : The roots are bitter, sweet, pungent, anodyne, demulcent, lactagogue, refrigerant, stomachic, galactogogue, laxative, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory and tonic. The roots alleviate vata and kapha, have hot potency and heavy attribute. It is used against anthrax, bilious disorders, bites, blood disorders, cholera, colic, convulsions, diarrhea, dropsy, epilepsy, fever, gout, headache, intoxication, rheumatism, sore throat, burning sensations, and snakebite. The root decoction is used for abdominal tumors. Fruits are sweet, alternative, , astringent, diuretic and tonic. The fruit alleviates pitta dosa and possesses heavy and oily attributes. Fruits are used for heart diseases, leprosy, vomiting and burning sensations. Flowers are sweet, cooling, bitter, acrid and astringent. They are useful in leprosy and blood diseases. Paste of leaves used in fever, headache and in burning sensations. Root and Bark are useful in hallucination, piles, abdominal pains, burning sensations, fevers, 'tridosha' and urinary discharge. Leaf paste is applied to relieve headache and juice is used as wash for ulcers.