Asafoetida Essential Oil
* Scientific Name: Ferula assa-foetida
* Part of Plant Used: Gum
* Extraction Method: water and steam distillation method
* Essential oil’s color: Pale yellow
* Main Components: Sulfur compounds, α, β- pinenes
* Therapeutic Properties:
- Anticonvulsant
- Emmenagogue
- Anti-parasitic (Pinworm, ascaris)
- Treatment of respiratory diseases with neurological origin, laryngismus
- Treatment of gastrointestinal diseases
- Treatment of asthma
- Treatment of constipation in elderly