Are You Adding Hing To Your Food?

Hing ( Asafoetida) is a spice with a unique flavour. This is dried resin native to India, Iran, and Afghanistan. It is the dried gum exuded from the rhizome or root of Ferula. You may not like its odour but it is very good for your digestion and appetite. Just a pinch of this amazing spice sauteed in ghee and added to your curry can do wonders in enhancing the flavor and the taste. From ancient times hing has been widely used in Indian cooking and ayurvedic medicines for digestion issues due to its therapeutic benefits.

Know About Hing

Hot potency
It has Sharp, light, oily, dry and penetrating qualities.
Effect on doshas: best suited for balancing Kapha and Vata Dosha but may aggravate pitta dosha
Hing is rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene and niacin
Action on the body: aphrodisiac, analgesic, anthelmintic, anti-spasmodic, anti-tumour, anti-parasitic, bronchodilator, cardiac tonic, carminative, cardiac tonic, digestive, expectorant, induces ovulation, improves vision, vermifuge, and stimulant.

Benefits Of Adding Hing

For digestion:

Aids digestion
Cures colic
Reduces bloating and flatulence
Stimulates Agni (digestive fire)
Digest ama (undigested toxins)
Balances Vata aggravation in the digestive tract
Eases regular bowel movement
It improves nutrient absorption from food

For menstrual issues and fertility:

The stimulating and qualities of it clear Kapha blockages in circulation (vyana vayu) and has a warming effect on the uterus to stimulate menstruation
It also eases menstrual spasms (dysmenorrhea) and is boon for painful menses
Hing also treats impotence, low libido, and support ovulation and fertility by balancing Kapha

Hing in parasites/ viruses /intestinal worms

Due to hot potency and stimulating qualities

it balances the gut flora affected by candida overgrowth.
It reduces intestinal worms and parasites.
Hing has anti-viral properties.

Hing and respiration

Hing is used to removing congestion heal respiratory tissues hence cure dry coughs, bronchitis, asthma, and whooping cough.

Hing and Nervous system

Vata dosha aggravation is treated using hing helping positively in conditions like epilepsy, paralysis, sciatica, hysteria, mood swings and depression. It also strengthens the nervous system.

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