ASAF@TIDA. dl 
favourable action of Asafwtida. Hysteria and hypochondria. 
Globus hysterica. Ascites and anasarca, arising from dis- 
organization of the abdominal organs. Chronic rheumatism 
and gout. Obesity. Swelling of the glands. Scrofulous affec- 
tions and rachitis. Venereal mercurial ulcers of the bones. 
Hydrargyrosis. Rheumatic gastric fever, with menstrual 
colic. Amblyopia amaurotica. Ophthalmia scrofulosa. Ozcena 
scrofulosa. Otorrheea scrofulosa, with discharge of bloody 
serum, having a putrid smell. Otorrhcea and deafness, from 
the abuse of mercury. (Hsophagitis. Diaphragmitis. 
Chronic gastritis. Bilious and gastric conditions, particularly 
when the latter has arisen from eating too much fat. Weak- 
ness of digestion in hypochondriacal persons. Chronic affections 
of the liver. Pulsations of the abdomen. Obstruction and 
hardness of abdomen. Colic. Flatulent colic. Spasm of the 
bladder. Catamenia too scanty and too early, with labour-like 
pains. Asthmatic sufferings from exertion of any kind. Palpi- 
tation of the heart, particularly when arising from physical 
exertions, or the sudden suppression of some habitual discharge, 
or other secretions, and when accompanied with violent con- 
gestion of the lungs. 
Cuaracreristic Pxrcurrarities.—Intermittent, pulsative, 
or oppressive darting ; also, tearing pains from within outwards, 
transformed into different kinds of pains, or relieved by touch- 
ing the parts, and sometimes accompanied by feeling of numb- 
ness; pains in the planes of the flexor muscles; the pains 
come on when sitting; they abate during a walk in the open air. 
Professor Jorg (Wibmer, Wirk d’ Arzneim., ii. Gifte, bd. ii. 
336) and his pupils (males and females) endeavoured to elucidate 
the effects of this medicine by experiments on themselves. 
Doses of Asafcetida, not exceeding a scruple, caused uneasiness 
and pain in the stomach, increased secretion of the gastro-_ 
intestinal membrane, and alvine evacuations. The pulse was 
increased in frequency; the animal heat augmented; the 
respiration quickened, and the excretion from the bronchial 
