Kashmiri chili is a good source of various antioxidants which control and convert the active free radicals in the blood. Therefore, including this spice in the daily diet can meet your body's requirement for antioxidants resulting in anti-aging and optimal health.
Asafoetida is a plant native to the deserts of Iran, Kashmir, Tajkistan, Chinese contolled kashmir (Aksai Chin), and mountains of Afghanistan. It has a strong sulfurous smell and a bitter taste. It is usually available as a coarse yellow powder.
Devil's dung is another name for asafoetida, a substance derived from the dried latex of the roots of Ferula species. Asafoetida is also known as stinking gum, asant, food of the gods, hing, and giant fennel.
Asafoetida is traditionally used for the treatment of different diseases, such as whooping cough, asthma, ulcer, epilepsy, stomachache, flatulence, bronchitis, prostate troubles,intestinal parasites, antispasmodic, weak digestion and influenza.
Ferula communis,
also known as giant fennel, is a flowering plant in
the carrot family. It's related to the common fennel
(Foeniculum vulgare).
Ferula communis is
a tall, herbaceous perennial plant that can grow up to 4.5 meters (15 feet)
tall. It's drought-tolerant and prefers full sun. It has dense roots
and a cylindrical peduncle that's green, striated, and has slimy exudate.
Ferula communis
has yellow flowers. It's native to the Mediterranean region. Its
stems grow to about 3 meters (10 feet) high and are used for tinder.
Ferula communis
has various pharmaceutical properties due to the different contents of
bioactive compounds extracted mainly from its roots, as well as its leaves and
rhizome.
It’s native to Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kashmir,Tajikistan, China and Kazakhstan and is a bit smaller
than some other species. It only grows to about three feet tall.
Ferula grows best in a cold, arid, sunny climate. While it’s a
fussy plant, in the right climate, it will hunker down and stubbornly grow (and
spread) without any interference from us.
But when the weather takes a turn that these plants don’t like,
they go dormant. That’s why they grow so slowly.
It’s an ongoing cycle of dormancy, resurgence, dormancy, and
resurgence. But if you can manage the environment as best you can, you can
speed things up.
Asafetida
needs full sun, but it doesn’t like heat. Don’t be tempted to grow it in
partial shade to keep it cool. It actually needs full sun.
In the wild, you’ll find most species growing in sandy or loamy
soil in full sun.
The quickest way to get rid of asafetida is to
plant it somewhere with heavy, poorly-draining soil. Your soil should have a pH
around 6.5 to 7.5.
Remember, your ferula won’t die, it will just
go dormant in adverse conditions. That means it will stop growing, or it might
even die back temporarily. The more often the plant goes dormant, the longer it
takes to mature.
The Jammu and Kashmir Medicinal Plants Introduction Centre -JKMPIC, is a pioneer institution in pvt. sector to start cultivation of important indigenous medicinal plants and introduce many from other parts of the world. A preliminary study on cultivation of medicinal plants in Jammu and Kashmir was from this institution.
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