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Botanical Name |
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Ferula foetida Regel. |
English
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Food of the Gods, Devil's Dung. |
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Apiaceae |
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General Info
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A coarse umbelliferous plant growing up to 7 feet high, large fleshy root covered with bristly fibres. Stem 6 to 10 feet, numerous stem leaves with wide sheathing petioles; flowers pale greeny yellow, fruit oval, flat thin, foliaceous, reddish brown with pronounced vittae. |
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Antispasmodic, carminative, expectorant, laxative, sedative (gum resin) |
Pharmacology
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In the treatment of hysteria, some nervous conditions, bronchitis, asthma and whooping cough |
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