HINGU(ASAFOETIDA) - Aroma of kitchen

Fragrance or aroma is not the only word but they are the powers that attract an individual towards oneself and shows its beauty and miraculous effects.

This article contains one such spice. Do you know about it? Do you know about its Benefits? If you don't know, then read this article and get your answer.

Hingu or ASAFOETIDA or hing is the answer of your first question. Hing is one such spice that adds flavour and aroma to the food and makes the food more tasty and easily digestible.

This article contains :-

A) A general talk on HINGU

B) Helpful actions

C) Rasa-panchaka (Properties)

D) Intake recipes

E) Doses

F) Indications

G) Contra-indications

H) Evil effects

I ) Formulations

A)A general talk on HINGU

Hingu (Ferula narthex Boiss) is one of the aromatic spice that belong to UMBELLIFERAE family. It is a 8-9 foot perennial herb with soft and perfuse branches. Hing or Asafoetida has small and yellow coloured flowers present at the twigs or branches. By making a cut over branches or roots, gum or resin is secreted from it like the tears coming from it. Fresh tears are tough but when dried they become hard and brittle . These tears are internally milky whitish yellow, translucent or opaque. Hingu is mainly found in Afghanistan, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir.

It works as flavouring agent for curries, sauces, pickles & in veterinary medicine also.

Different ganas in which hingu is placed by different AACHARYAS :-

Aacharya Charak :- Sangya-sthapana,Deepaniya, Katukadi 

Aacharya Shusrut :- Pippaliyadi, Usharadi

B)Helpful actions

1)Paachan (Carminative)

2)Deepana (Increases the digestive strength)

3)Roochak (Improves the taste of food)

4)Sangya-sthapana (Helps to restore consciousness)

5)Shoolprashman (Reduces pain)

6)Jantughna (Anti-bacterial)

7)Helps in respiratory problems

8)Helps to lose weight

9)Acts as a nervine stimulant

10)Helpful in intestinal flatulence

11)Helps in dental problems

12)Anti-fungal 

13)Anti-oxidant

14)Anti-cancerous

Helps in the treatment of :-

1) Ajirna (Indigestion)

2) Aanaha(Constipation)

3) Aruchi (Anorexia)

4) Krimi (Worm infestation)

5) Kasa (Cough)

6) Swasa (Asthma)

7) Pakshaghata (paralysis- hemiplegia)

8) Ardita (Facial paralysis)

9) Aamvatta (Gout)

10) Hridroga (Heart diseases)

11) Arsha (Piles)

12) Udaroga (Abdominal swelling)

13) Gulma (painful lumps)

14) Kastartava (Dysmenorrhoea)

15) Unmaad & Apasmar (Psychosis & Epilepsy)

16) Aadhman (Bloating)

C)Rasa-panchaka (Properties)

           

            • Rasa :- Katu

            • Guna :- Laghu, Snigdha, Tikshna, Sara

            • Vipaka :- Katu

            • Veerya :- Ushna

            • Doshakarma :- Kapha-vatta shamak,                                             Pittavardhaka

        

         हिंगुष्णं पाचनं रुच्यं तीक्ष्णं वातबलासहत् ।

         शूलगुल्मोदरानाहक्रिमिघ्नं पित्तवर्द्धनम् ।। 

                                          (भ ॰ नि ॰ हरितक्यादिवर्ग)

D)Intake recipes

CHURNA(Powder) :-

1) Take some pieces of hing and remove it's dirt.

2) Take imam-dusta(mortar pestal) wash them with water and then dry them properly.

3) Add the pieces of hing into imam-dusta and and makes their powder.

4) Sieve the powder(removes small stones if present).

5) Collect the powder in a bowl.

6) Hing powder is ready.

HING WATER :-

1) Take a pan with one glass of water and put it over the gas.

2) Supply heat to the pan till water becomes lukewarm.

3) Add a pinch of hing powder into it.

4) If there is some impurities present into it then sieve the solution(water+hing powder) properly to remove the impurities.

5) Collect solution into a glass.

6) Hing water is ready to drink.

E)Doses

CHURNA :- 125-500 gm

F)Indications

1)Hingu Churna :- Constipation, Anorexia, Nausea, Worm infestation, Gas, Gout

2)Hing water :- Indigestion, Constipation,

3)Hingu + Madhu :- Paralysis, facial paralysis, Mental disorders, Nervine tonic, 

G)Contra-indications

1) Breast feeding women

2) Pregnancy

3) Young children

4) Pitta prakriti person

H)Evil effects

1) Diarrhoea

2) Gas

3) Acidity

4) Headache

5) Swelling in mouth

I )Formulations

1) Hingvastaka churna

2) Raja pravartini vati

3) Chitrakadi vati

4) Sankha vati

5) Hingukarpur vati

Be Healthy Be safe, so make right choice for oneself.

                                                         -AYUR REALM