Talk:Asafoetida

message: The main spelling, "asafoetida", has "about 68,900" hits on Google. The alternative spelling, "asafetida", has "about 19,600". Isn't that enough so that the alternative spelling should be mentioned in the article?
Sure, fire away. Bbpen 18:31, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old discussions 

message: A recent edit changed "Brahmin caste" to "trader caste." I don't know much about Indian culture, but this sounds fishy (or smells hinge2402:E280:3D64:172:2543:8C6F:8996:3C44 (talk) 10:05, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is ok. Trader casts use them a lot. Also proved by the section below, which is not only a product of Brahmins but also a productof Trader(s) (Baniya). (It is my understanding that Brahmins are a lot like puritans).--18jahremädchen 00:15, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which caste? 

message: Hare Krishna cuisine does not use onions or garlic, for which they substitute asafoetida. I used to eat regularly at the Govinda's restaurant in Brisbane, Australia, and often wondered how they got that delicious onion /garlic flavour that you burp up for hours afterwards! I now use asa. powder in all my Indian curries & dahls when I make them. --MichaelGG 03:28, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Mind you, it acts as contraceptive! :) On a serious note, eat garlic, it is lot better. Hing is used only in very small amounts in Indian cuisines.--18jahremädchen 00:15, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Try it out at your local Hare Krishna restaurant!! 

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message: The list of "medical" usages should contain, as a minimum, references to the sources of the information.
I think it should also contain mention of and references to peer-reviewed scientific research on the purported properties and uses.  It would be foolish to medicate yourself or your children based on a wikipedia page, but people do more foolish things that that every day.  There should be an effort to find peer-reviewed scientific research articles on the "medical" uses, and if there isn't any, then the article should say that there isn't any.
It's not that I think traditional medicines and non-western approaches have no value. Many plants contain powerful chemicals with pharmacological effects.  We need reliable information about their effects on both healthy and sick people, possible side effects, interactions with other drugs or medicinal herbs, etc.
This section uses a lot of passive construction: "it is said that...", "it is also reported..."  Who said it?  Who reported it?  Give us some basis by which we can evaluate the information.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Social Norm (talk • contribs) 00:02, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Medical applications??? 

message: Please include a section on negative effects of asafoetida
details can be found here. 
Opiate Antagonist properties may be considered a negative aspect in some circumstances, for opiate dependent individuals.--175.38.161.131 (talk) 17:01, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  negative effects of Asafoetida 

message: OneMadScientist and their puppets routinely edit this article.  All such edits should be checked against references cited for accuracy and original research.--I am One of Many (talk) 17:50, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
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message: Most of this article seems to be about the plant Ferula assa-foetida. However, the article title and the current introduction hints that it is about a latex coming from several species of Ferula. It makes little sense. If there is a need for two different articles, it can be split up, but it should be clear what the article is about. --Mlewan (talk) 08:11, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intro and title make no sense 

message: I need help with my essential oil wikiproject please. Wikipedia:WikiProject Essential Oils Ilikeguys21 (talk) 13:08, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikiproject 

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message: * Mair, Victor, "Asafoetida: Satanically stinky spice", Language Log December 10, 2023
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Keahapana (talk) 21:10, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  FYI 

message: in the History section there's a statement that asafetida (called 'hing' in India) is mentioned in Bhagavata Purana. That's not correct. Hing is mentioned in the lengthy purport to the indicated verse, in the commentary by Swami Bhaktivedanta (the founder of the so-called 'Hare Krishna movement'). There he quotes other puranic sources about - between so many other rules and prohibitions - not offering worship after eating hing. The Bhagavatam text doesn't mention it at all. 
Ref: Srimad Bhagavatam, BBT edition, Canto 7, Ch.5, vs.23-24, purport) 151.37.183.136 (talk) 14:24, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  incorrect reference to Bhagavata Purana, please put it right