52 FLORA HOM(@OPATHICA. 
membranes increased. A very constant effect was headache 
and giddiness. The urino-genital organs appeared to be espe- 
cially affected, and the catamenia appeared before the usual 
period. , 
A reference to the history of this plant will demonstrate how 
constantly it has been given for diseases, the symptoms of which 
it will produce when taken in over-large doses. 
MM. Trousseau and Pidoux (Traité de Thérap., pp. 12, 18) 
state that they felt no inconvenience from taking Asafcetida; the 
only effect it produced was altering the odour of the secretions, 
which was worse than the Asafwtida itself; and the perspiration 
of Asiatics who use Asaftetida daily, becomes extremely impreg- 
nated. Aristophanes (Equites, act ii. se. 4) alludes to this 
circumstance. 
In experiments made on animals, it was found that the odour 
of Asafcetida was discoverable in the veins of the stomach, the 
stomach itself, and the small intestines, but not in the arterial 
blood or the lymph. Hence it is concluded that the odorous 
principle of the gum-resin is but very slowly absorbed by the 
venous system. 
ANTIDOTES (to homeopathic doses ).—China, Pulsatilla,— 
Electricity. 
