amenorrhea, angina pectoris, asthma, cardialgia, cough, croup, deafness, debility, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea,
dyspepsia, emphysema, faintness, gallstones, gastralgia, hemorrhoidal discharge, hay asthma, heart
(affections of), hysteria, meningeal headaches, Millar’s asthma, morning sickness (of drunkards, of
pregnancy), morphia habit, palpitation, pleurisy, psoriasis, rigid as seborrhea, shoulders (pain in), tea
(effects of), urethra (stricture of), vagina (serious discharge from), vomiting (of pregnancy), wens,
whooping cough.
RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE: The Russians pronounce lobelia the same as do the Americans. Lobelia is popular
as both a commercial and industrial cultivation in central Russia—Krasnodar, Voronezh, Moscow, and
Byelorussia. The use of folk medicine is not indicated in the available literature. Clinically: The whole
plant is used for many critical conditions. The all-important adrenal glands are aroused by stimulating
adrenalin into the blood stream; it is not accumulative and can be used repeatedly. Respiratory area is
soon relieved of symptoms of asthma and spasmodic conditions. Is useful in cases where first aid is
needed when shocked by electricity, sun- and heatstroke, to force vomiting when poisoned by narcotics,
food, or medicine, in carbon monoxide poisoning, and in infections (Atlas, Moscow, 1962).