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Lobelia Lobelia inflata

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Common Names
Lobelia , Indian-Tobacco. Pukeweed. Asthma Weed.
Botanical Name
Lobelia inflata
Family
CAMPANULACEAE Bellflower Family
Lobelia Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses: Asthma * Brain/Memory/Focus * Bronchitis * Cough * Sore Throat/Laryngitis * Stop Smoking *
Properties: Diaphoretic* Expectorant* Breath* Stimulant* Nervine*
Parts Used: Ariel parts,Flowers, seeds
Constituents:alkaloids (lobeline, iso-lobinine, lobelanidine, lobinaline), a bitter glycoside (lobelacrin), a pungent volatile oil (labelianin), resin, gum, fats, chelidonic acid.


Lobelia can help nicotine withdrawal

Lobelia acts as a relaxant in the presence of pain, and is useful in bronchitis and asthma as an expectorant and stimulant of the respiratory system. 1The herb contains an alkaloid, lobeline, that shares many properties with nicotine,which may be helpful in treating tobacco withdrawal symptoms. A decoction can also be applied externally to minor skin irritations, and to treat sprains, and bruising. 2

Side Effects:
Because of its similarity to nicotine, lobelia may be dangerous to susceptible populations, including children, pregnant women, and individuals with cardiac disease. Excessive use will cause nausea and vomiting. Not recommended for use by pregnant women. It is best administered by a practitioner qualified in its use Mountain Rose Herbs
How to Use: Lobelia
Preparation Methods :Smoking, teas, decoctions, ointments

remedyRemedies using : Lobelia Asthma tincture* Eclectic Emetic* Lobelia and Cayenne Liniment* Lobelia for smoking* Lobelia Tea* Vinegar of Lobelia*


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Lobelia inflata Origin- USA Lobelia is best used as a tea or in smoking blends.
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referencesLobelia Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Lobeia for :Coughs
Coughs Lobelia stimulates the nervous system and speeds respiration. It also helps break up mucus and facilitates coughing.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Lobeia for :Asthma
Asthma Native Americans smoked the leaves of lobelia, known to colonists as Indian Tobacco, to ease asthma.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Lobelia for :Stop Smoking
Stop Smoking The lobeline in Lobelia , commonly known as Indian tobacco, acts much like nicotine although it is less potent the herb can help fool the body into thinking it has nicotine in the system.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Lobelia for :Expectorant bronchitis
Expectorant bronchitis Some authorities attach great value to lobelia as an expectorant in bronchitis, others as a valuable counterirritant when combined with other ingredients in ointment form. It is sometimes given in convulsive and inflammatory disorders such as epilepsy, tetanus, diphtheria and tonsillitis. There is also difference of opinion with regard to its narcotic properties. Where relaxation of the system is required, as, for instance, to subdue spasm, Lobelia is invaluable. Relaxation can be counteracted by the stimulating and tonic infusion of capsicum.

Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Volume 2 (1931)

Lobeia for :Coughs
Coughs Lobelia stimulates the nervous system and speeds respiration. It also helps break up mucus and facilitates coughing.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Lobeia for :Asthma
Asthma Native Americans smoked the leaves of lobelia, known to colonists as Indian Tobacco, to ease asthma.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Lobelia for :Stop Smoking
Stop Smoking The lobeline in Lobelia , commonly known as Indian tobacco, acts much like nicotine although it is less potent the herb can help fool the body into thinking it has nicotine in the system.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Lobelia for :Expectorant bronchitis
Expectorant bronchitis Some authorities attach great value to lobelia as an expectorant in bronchitis, others as a valuable counterirritant when combined with other ingredients in ointment form. It is sometimes given in convulsive and inflammatory disorders such as epilepsy, tetanus, diphtheria and tonsillitis. There is also difference of opinion with regard to its narcotic properties. Where relaxation of the system is required, as, for instance, to subdue spasm, Lobelia is invaluable. Relaxation can be counteracted by the stimulating and tonic infusion of capsicum.

Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Volume 2 (1931)

Plant Description

Whole plant,1879,Millspaugh, Charles F.[99]
Whole plant,1879,Millspaugh, Charles F.[99]

Indian Tobacco is common in dry open fields from Hudson's Bay westward to Saskatchewan and southward to Georgia and the Mississippi, where it flowers from July to October. This well-known milky, acrid, biennial or annual herb, varies greatly in its growth, generally, however, its height is from 8 inches to 2 feet.leaves sessile, veiny, acute, and irregularly or obtusely toothed flowers small, inconspicuous, irregular. Corolla marcescent, about two lines long, pale blue externally, somewhat violet within ; lobes 5, the two upper lanceolate, erect, the three lower ovate, acute, and projecting.

History and Traditions
historyThe name Indian Tobacco might have arisen either from the peculiar tobacco-like sensation imparted to the tongue and stomach on chewing the leaves, or from the fact that the American Indians often smoked the dried leaves to produce the effect of the drug. Samuel Thomson claims to have discovered the virtues of the plant, though without doubt his first ideas of its emetic property were gathered from the Indians. He went so far as to claim it curative in all disorders, giving it with such a reckless hand that he fatally poisoned one of his patients, a certain Ezra Lovett, for which he was arrested on the charge of murder, escaping punishment because said Lovett was foolish enough to take the prescription of a man who claimed to carry such potent drugs as "well-my-gristle" and "ram-cats." American Medical Plants, Millspaugh, C.1802[99])
Folklore, Myths and Legends
References:
  1. www.ars-grin.gov
  2. Mabey, Richard ,32

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