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Hingwastak powder is an ayurvedic preparation general gastric disorders. As the name suggest it contains eight ingredients.

Benefits of Hingvastak Powder

• Improves digestion power
• Indigestion
• Khatti Dakar
• Bloating
• belching
• Intestinal gas
• Anorexia etc.

Ingredients:

• Sauth (Dry ginger) – 1 teaspoon
• Black pepper – 1 teaspoon
• Long pepper (pippali) – 1 teaspoon
• Ajwain (carom seeds) – 1 teaspoon
• Sendha Namak – 1 teaspoon
• safed jeera (cumin seeds) – 1 teaspoon
• Kala Namak (Rock salt) – 1 teaspoon
• Hing (Pure asafetida) – 1 teaspoon

Preparation:

1. Grind all above ingredients and mix them well.
2. Store this powder in an air tight container.

How to Use:

Hingvashtak churna (powder) is mixed with a little ghee (clarified butter) and taken with the first bolus of food, two times a day.

Precautions

Since it contains salt, people with high BP, and kidney related diseases should take care.