American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy

Emulsion Asafetidae, Emulsion of Asafoetida. Dose, two ounces.
Pilulae Asafoetidae. Pills of Asafoetida. Dose, one to four pills.
Tinctura Asafoetidae, Tincture of Asafoetida. Dose, one to two
drams.
Therapy—This agent is a mildly stimulating nerve sedative. Its soothing
influence upon the brain is of no mean order. This is especially observed
in hysterical conditions, in hystero-epilepsy and in hypochondriasis. It
arrests hysterical paroxysms and produces quiet and rest with a pleasant
sense of exhilaration. It relieves the flatulence of hysteria also. In
nervousness, especially that of weakened and exhausted conditions, and
of children, it is soothing, and often wards off spasms.
In spasmodic conditions of the stomach and bowels with tympanites, in
the absence of active inflammation it is a remedy long used. In
accumulations of gas in the stomach or bowels it has been used to, the
best advantage.
In spasmodic bronchial affections, in whooping cough, and in asthma it
was a favorite with the older doctors. In the bronchial catarrhs of the aged
and infants it has been given with advantage, especially if nervous
depression was present. A three-grain pill was the celebrated “Keeley
cure” for la grippe, and those who have used the remedy in epidemic
influenza are usually enthusiastic in its praise.
SUMBUL. Ferula sumbul.
Synonyms—Sumbulus moschatus. Musk root. Jatamansi.
CONSTITUIENTS—
It contains an aromatic resin, a volatile oil and angelic acid.
PREPARATIONS—
Fluid extract, dose ten to sixty minims.
Tincture, dose one to thirty minims.
Therapy—This remedy is a pure, stimulating nerve tonic. It seems to
invigorate the nutritive functions of the system. It has been
recommended during the progress of low fevers, where the nervous
system is greatly debilitated, as in typhus, typhoid and typhopneumonia.
Wherever the nervous system has received the effect of a
protracted prostrating disease, it can be given with advantage. Murawieff
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