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 useHale
Botanical Desckiptiom.— This plant is generally known aa wild oc Indian Tobaeco, and is aa annual or biennial indigenous plaut, more com- monly the latter, with a flbrous, yellowish white root, and an erect, angular, Tery liairy «i«»,' in the full-sized plant, much branched, and from six inches to three feet in heiglit. Tlie leave* are alternate, scattered, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, serrate, veiny, hairy. The flowert are small, numerouB, pale-blue, on short peduncles, each originating from the axil of a small leaf. The ealyx consisia of five sutiuHte segments. The corolla is tubular, small, slil on the upper aide and ventrlcose at the base; the limbs bilabiate; tube prismatic ; segments spreading and acute, two upper ones lanceolate, two lower ones oval; antliera united into an oblong, curved body, purple; filamenU white; atj/le filiform; ttigma curved, Iwo-lobed, and enclosed by the anthers; capsule, two celled, ovoid, inflated, sWated, t«n -angled and crowned, with the persistent calyx. Seeds, numerous, small, oblong, brown. Officinal Pbepabations. — Tincture of the whole plant or seeds; triturations of the seeds; dilutions. Anai/xides. — Aivnile, Euphorbia, Ipeeaeuart/ta, Laeheeia (?) Squilla, Tabacum, Tartar ematieus, Yeratrum atbuw,, Yeratrwm. viride. Sensorium. Great dejection with exhaustion, and sobbing. " Fear of death, with difficulty of respiration. * Great mental depression. dbyGooglc LOBELIA INFLATA. 423 In sen Bib ill ty and loss of consciousness.
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Head Vertigo, with nauaea; pain in the head and trembling; agita- tion of body. * Pressive pain in the occiput, with dull heavy pain around forehead, from one temple to the other. …
Eyes Pressing pain in the eyeballs, with intense itching. Intense smarting of the inside of the lids. …
Chest * Tightness of the chest, with laborious breatl:ing and a sense of oppression causing a deep breath to be taken. * Deep inspiration relieves thepressive pain in the epigastrium. * Short and slow inspiration, with desire to cough, " Chronic dyspepsia, with sensation of a lump in the pit of the throat and oppression of the chest. ° Paroxysmal asthma, with pain in the chest. …
Back Burning and cutting in the lower part of the spine. Rheumatic pains between the scapula. Painfulness of nape of the neck and dorsal region. …
Skin Eruptions between the fingers, on the dorsa of the hands and on the fore arms of small vesicles, with tingling itching. {Teste) Prickling itching of the skin all over the body.
Sleep sleep, witli anxious and sad dreams. LYCopus vmaiNicns. …
Stomach ° Constipation for six or seven days, stools dry and clog-like, *Diarrh(ea — (in phthisis,) with griping and rnmbling. …
Female " Menses last from half an hour to six hours, inter- mitting for ten or twelve days. "Puffing of the parts on and around the pubes and vulva, dilated condition of the vagina. ° Vagina very hot, os uteri engorged and swollen. " When the heart's action was tumultuous the puffing (cedema) of the pubis was gone, " Menorrhagia and metrorrhagia, ifale. — Sharp darting pains through left testicle (epididymis); passing to right testicle; leaving dull achings (1). …
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. homeopathylibrary.com/remedy/lobelia-inflata