Origin 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 useLippe
Desponding -sobbing like a child. Apprehension of death and difficulty of breathing.
By regionLippe
Head Vertigo with nausea. Headache with slight giddiness.
Stomach And Abdomen [15] Frequent flatulent eructations with flow of water in the mouth. Frequent gulping up of a burning, sour fluid. …
Women During menstruation violent pain in the sacrum. Respiratory Organs. Sensation of a foreign body in the throat, impeding the breathing and swallowing. …
Extremities Upper. Rheumatic feeling in the right shoulder-joint. Rheumatic pain in the right elbow-joint. Lower. Inflammatory rheumatism in the right knee.
Fever Pulse weak and small. [45] Intermittent fever. …
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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