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Where Hingu (asafoetida) is used

हींग (हिंगु)

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Herb

Hingu (asafoetida)

हिङ्गु · हिंगु · रामठ · बाह्लीक · हींग · हिंगु · हिंग

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Recorded uses

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Formulations containing it

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Bharangyadi powderColic-destroying enemaEnema mixture (unnamed)Fumigation for fever caused by spirits (unnamed)Ghee that destroys vata-type stoneGrahamayaghna ghee and oilHead paste for vata in the head (unnamed)Hingvadi powderKalyana lavana (Kalyana salt)Karnarogantaka gheeKatutrikadi powderKsharagada (alkali antidote)Kshayaroganashaka curdMedicated smoke wick against kapha (unnamed)Milk cooked with rock salt, asafoetida, pepper, ativisha, ajamoda and dry ginger (unnamed)Mustard and snake-slough fumigation for the Kinnara grahaNasya oil for vata in the head (unnamed)Oil against valmikapada

Remedies using it

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Black salt, asafoetida and ginger in palasha-ash waterCardamom and asafoetida in milk with ghee and jaggeryEar-filling with rock salt, asafoetida and ginger juice in oilHorse gram soup with trikatu, asafoetida and vidanga for wormsLukewarm milk with alkali, asafoetida and dry gingerTrikatu, asafoetida, ajamoda and rock salt for vata heart diseaseTrikatu, rock salt and asafoetida in warm sour fruit juice

Procedures using it

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Graded water and diet to rekindle the digestive firePurification (shodhana) of mercury

Conditions mentioned with it

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Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Abdominal distension with retention (anaha)Abdominal lump (gulma)AshthilaBreathlessness and asthma (shvasa)Consumption (rajayakshma)Cough (kasa)Diarrhoea (atisara)Ear disorders (karnaroga)Elephantiasis (shlipada)Fever (jvara)Graha and bhuta afflictionsGrahani disorder (malabsorption)Haemorrhoids (arsha)Head disorders (shiroroga)Heart disorders (hridroga)Indigestion (ajirna)Kapha disordersKinnara graha

Organs and systems mentioned

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AbdomenAnus and rectumBlood and circulationBones, joints and cartilageBrain and nervous systemChestEarsEyesHeadHeart and cardiovascular systemIntestines and colonKidneys and urinary systemLiver and hepatobiliary systemLungs and respiratory systemNoseReproductive organsSkinSpleen

Other ingredients used together

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Count of shared preparations.

Rock salt (saindhava)×19Trikatu (three pungents)×16Shunthi (dry ginger)×10Sesame oil (tila taila)×9Black salt (sauvarchala)×8Devadaru (Himalayan cedar)×8Jiraka (cumin)×8Ghee (ghrita)×8Vacha (sweet flag)×8Maricha (black pepper)×7Karanja (Indian beech)×7Vidanga (false black pepper)×6Ela (cardamom)×6Chitraka (white leadwort)×6Milk (ksheera)×6Shigru (drumstick)×6Palasha (flame of the forest)×6Vida salt (vida lavana)×5

Topics of the text that discuss it

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Colic-destroying enemaKatutrikadi powderPlant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)Plant glossary, उ 2–10, ऊ 1, ए 1–2 and ऐ 1 (उग्रगन्ध to ऐरावती)Plant glossary, क entries 13–27 (कन्या to कर्कारु)Plant glossary, क entries 83–95 (केसर to कांजीरक)Plant glossary, र section, entries 1–18 (रक्तचन्दन to रंभा)Plant glossary, ह section, entries 1–15 (हट to हिंताल)Three powders beginning with asafoetida

Plant glossary entries

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उग्रगन्धकरवीकेसरपिण्याकरामठहिंगु

Every page that names it

Named 35 times on 34 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.