Lobelia inflata
Lobelia can be combined with other herbs like Blue Vervain, Black Cohosh, Blue Cohosh, and Skullcap to make an antispasmodic formula that has the ability to relieve pain, heal nerves, and relieve spasms in the body, from abdominal spasms to bronchial spasms. Anything that has a pulsing, spasmodic quality to it can be relieved by the use of Lobelia combined with these other herbs including dental pain, ear pain, stomach pain, or pleurisy.
Lobelia inflata also works in the following medicinal contexts:
- As a sedative (when it is taken orally)
- As a stimulant (when it is injected–which should only be done under the guidance of a professional who works with this herb as an injectable substance).
- Bronchitis
- Apnea
- Whooping Cough
- Allergies
- Spasmodic cough
- Diphtheria
- Tonsillitis
- Congestion
- Hypotension / Low Blood Pressure (Lobelia works to increase blood pressure)
- Heat Stroke
- Spasms
- Convulsions - (especially when combined with capsicum)
- Epilepsy - (especially when combined with capsicum)
- Eclampsia - (especially when used in combination with capsicum)
- Tetanus
Lobelia inflata is an extremely valuable herbal remedy for lung disease when it’s used in the right context. It can be given orally, or it can be injected by a qualified professional who has access to the proper tools for injection. Given orally, Lobelia acts as a sedative but when it is injected, it acts as a stimulant. It has been used to bring patients back from the brink of death when their bodies begin to get cold as the autonomic nervous system begins to shut down. There are a number of health practitioners who believe that most disease is caused by dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system and Lobelia inflata has the rare ability to either stimulate or sedate the autonomic nervous systems depending on whether it is taken internally or whether it is given as an injection.
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Resources:
No Author (n.d.) Nauseating Expectorants and Respiratory Sedatives. Retrieved May 4, 2022 from https://www.swsbm.com/Ellingwoods/Group_3.pdf
