Health Benefits of Asafoetida
Article Sources
- 1. Amalraj, Augustine, and Sreeraj Gopi. 'Biological Activities and Medicinal Properties of Asafoetida: A Review.' Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Elsevier, 20 Dec. 2016, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506628/
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9. Antimicrobial
There are many types of tiny bacteria, fungi and other living cells in the world that can make people sick, and no one medicine can combat all of them. But asafoetida has long been used as a folk remedy against some types of fungi and bacteria.
Research into asafoetida suggests that it may be effective against many types of microbes, including E. coli and some particularly severe strains of staph infection. Asafoetida could prove in the future to be a helpful alternative to other antibiotics.1Amalraj, Augustine, and Sreeraj Gopi. ‘Biological Activities and Medicinal Properties of Asafoetida: A Review.’ Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Elsevier, 20 Dec. 2016, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506628/
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