Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Plant · Lobeliaceae (Campanulaceae (subfamily Lobelioideae)) · Simple
Habitat Fields and roadsides from Canada to Southern U.S.A
ClarkePreparation Tincture of fresh plant when in flower and seed. Trituration of dried leaves.
Sources 13 entries across 11 books: Boericke, Clarke, Hering, Allen, Lippe …
Dose Boericke
30X, Ø
Tincture, to thirtieth potency. Locally the tincture is antidotal to Poison-oak. Often the Acetum Lobelia acts better than any other preparation. Lobelia hypodermically acts clinically almost precisely as the antitoxin of diphtheria does upon the infection and renders the system stronger to resist future infections (F. Ellingwood)
Reason for useCowperthwaite
Acts upon the cerebro-spinal system, especially on the pneumogastric nerve, producing a depressed, relaxed condition of the system, causing oppression of the chest, and impeded respiration and deglutition, together with epigastric oppression, nausea, and vomiting. Characteristic symptoms.
▲ Worse From cold, especially cold washing
▼ Better Toward evening
By regionCowperthwaite
Mind (Lobelia inflata) Great mental depression. (Ign., Lyc., Puls.) Fear of death, with difficulty of respiration. (Ars.)
Head (Lobelia inflata) Vertigo, with nausea. (Alum., Ant. crud.) Dull, heavy pain passing around the forehead from one temple to the other. …
Stomach (Lobelia inflata) Loss of appetite, with acrid, burning taste in the mouth. …
Books*
Antidoted by Ipecacuanha 3, Matthiola Graeca, Mercurius Corrosivus
Complementary —
Follows well —
Compare Arsenicum Album, Tabacum, Veratrum Album +17
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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