ASA

ASA or ASSA, in the Materia Medica, a name given to two very different substances, called asa-dulcis and asa-fatida.

Asa Dulcis is the same with BENZON.

Asa-Fatida is the concrete juice of an umbelliferous plant growing in several parts of Asia. See FERULA, BOTANY and MATERIA MEDICA INDEX.