INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: A WEI (E WEI) - 阿魏 - ASAFOETIDA (RESINA FERULAE)

Pharmaceutical Latin: Asafoetida
Chinese Asafoetida
Resina Ferulae
Common English: Asafoetida Resin
Ferula
Devil's Dung
Devil's Herb
Hing
Narthex

CATEGORY

Herbs that Promote Digestion

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Acrid
Bitter
Warm
Spleen
Stomach
(Kidney)
(Liver)
0.5-1.5g
Powder/pills: 1-1.5g
Tincture: 0.25-1ml

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Regulates Qi, invigorates the Blood (disperses abdominal distention due to constipation) and purges meat due to overeating

Abdominal swelling blood stasis syndrome refer, lump in the belly

Cold pain in the Heart and abdomen, distention and pain in the chest and abdomen

Clears Heat

Fever, dysentery, enteritis, malaria

Kills parasites

Intestinal parasites, roundworms

Resolves and expels Cold Phlegm

Chronic bronchitis, croup, pertussis

Regulates the uterus

Amenorrhea, spasmodic dysmenorrhea

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Spleen and Stomach Deficiency
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

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