Asaf, Asafoetida
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Asaf in brief
- Asaf is native Iranian medicine for bloating and inflammation of the abdomen, abdominal colic with flatulence and feeling of mass in the intestines
- Asaf is hysteric remedy with a focus on the GI tract, esp the esophagus, and secondarily the stomach and intestines
- Apparently, he is strong, but he does not tolerate the slightest stress and is extremely sensitive.
- Very sensitive and hypochondriac (Valer)
Esophageal spasm
- Globus hystericus: Feeling of Spasm/ Tightness/ Pressure in the throat. (Ign, Spong, Cact)
- Esophageal and gastric spasm
- Peristalsis as opposed to esophagus leading to shortness of breath.
Acid reflux
- Acidic and explosive regurgitation
- Sudden hysterical abdominal bloating with upward pressure.
- Burp / Food raises, smells like garlic and its mouth tastes greasy.
- Feeling of a lump in the stomach that rises to the throat because of reversal of esophageal peristaltic movements.
- Accompanied by severe bloating (Cocc)
- She feels her stomach pushing up.
- As if everything has been eaten, wants to come back to his mouth
THROAT - SWALLOW, constant disposition to - lump in throat, from (Lac-c, Lach)
THROAT - REVERSED peristaltic action of esophagus ferr-i
THROAT - LUMP; sensation of a - Esophagus - stomach; rising from : Con
THROAT - LUMP; sensation of a - rising sensation - Brain; to : Phys, Plb
Hysteria
- Hysteria caused by suppression of discharge
MIND - HYSTERIA - discharges; after suppression of Lach.
- Hysteria (spastic laughter) and subsequent headache, hysteric anger.
- Flushing and heat in the stomach which extends upward
STOMACH - HEAT, flushes of - extending to – upwards
GENERALS - HEAT - flushes of - extending to – upwards (Glon, Sep)
- Intestinal problems with
MIND - HYSTERIA - intestinal complaints; with
Remedy cycles
Asaf plays a role in three important links:
Important points
- Restlessness causing staring in night sleep
- Bad-tempered, quarrelsome and excited.
- Changeable/ Rhythmic/ Unstable/ Capricious mood (Laughing and crying alternate)
- Sexual insanity: Feminine high sexual excitement.
- Fear of dying after eating (probably due to esophageal spasm)