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| Departments » Herbal Medicine » Materia Medica » Lobelia inflata |
Note - the monographs are provided for informational purposes only, and are not to be used for self-medication.
Lobelia inflata (Lobelia)
| Botanic Name | Lobelia inflata |
| Common Name | Lobelia, Indian Tobacco, Pukeweed, Asthma Weed, Gagroot, Vomitwort, Bladderpod, Eyebright (Grieve) |
| Family | Lobeliaceae |
| Parts Used | Aerial parts |
| Habitat | Fields and cultivated ground in eastern North America (Mills) |
| Constituents | Alkaloids (lobeline,
lobelidine, lobelanine, isolobelanine) (Hoffmann)
Bitter glycoside (lobelacrin) (Mills) Pungent volatile oil (lobelianin) (Mills) Resin(Mills) Gum(Mills) |
| Actions | Stimulating
expectorant(Mills) (Mills)(due to lobeline) (Hoffmann)
Anti-spasmodic (Hoffmann) Anti-asthmatic (Hoffmann) Emetic, in large doses (Mills) Respiratory relaxant (due to isolobelanine) (Hoffmann) Bronchodilator (Pengelly) |
| Applications | Bronchitic
asthma (Hoffmann)
Bronchitis (Hoffmann) Spasmodic and membranous croup (Mills)(Mills) Pertussis Pleurisy Hepatitis Hepatic congestion (Mills)(Mills) Muscle spasms and rheumatic joints, locally(Mills) |
| Body Systems | Respiratory, Hepatic, Musculoskeletal, GIT |
| Dosage | Dried herb:
0.2-0.6g, or by infusion or decoction tds (BHP)
Liq. Ext: 1:1 in 50% alcohol, 0.2-0.6mL tds (BHP) Tincture: 1:8 in 60% alcohol, 0.6-2mL tds (BHP) |
| Combinations | With Capsicum, Grindelia, Drosera, Symplocarpus, Euphorbia and Ephedra in asthma (BHP) |
| C/I Cautions | Nervous
prostration, shock and paralysis. Use only briefly in weak, feeble
conditions with loss of vitality (Mills)(Mills)
Lobelia inflata is a Schedule 2 herb, for pharmacy dispensing only (at 2 July, 1995) |
| BHP S/I | Spasmodic asthma with secondary bronchitis |