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Insomnia (1; CRC; PED; WAM); Jaundice (f; CEB; MAD); Laryngosis (1; FEL; PED); Measles
(f; CEB); Meningosis (f; CRC); Morning Sickness (f; CRC); Morphinism (f; CRC); Mucososis (1;
WAM); Myososis (f; PED); Narcosis (f; CRC); Nausea (f; CRC); Nephrosis (f; CRC); Nervousness
(1; CRC; MAD; PED; WAM); Neuralgia (f; CRC; FEL; MAD); Neurasthenia (f; MAD); Nicotinism
(1; CAN; CRC; PHR); Ophthalmia (f; CRC); Pain (1; CRC; DEM); Palpitation (f; CRC); Periostosis
(f; CRC); Peritonosis (f; CRC); Pertussis (1; APA; CRC; HHB; PED); Phrenosis (f; CRC); Phthisis
(f; DEM); Pleurisy (f; CRC); Pneumonia (f; CRC; FEL; MAD); Poison Ivy (f; APA; CRC; PED);
Psoriasis (f; CRC); Pulmonosis (f; MAD); Respirosis (1; CRC; WAM); Rheumatism (f; FEL; PED);
Ringworm (f; APA); Seborrhea (f; CRC); Shock (f; HHB); Shoulder (f; CRC); Smoking (1; PH2;
PNC); Sore (f; DEM; PNC); Sore Throat (1; FAD; FEL); Spasm (f; CRC; FEL); Sprain (f; APA);
Sting (f; DEM; FEL); Stomatosis (f; HHB); Tetanus (f; CEB; CRC; FEL); Tonsilosis (f; CRC);
Tuberculosis (f; CEB); Typhoid (f; DEM); Urethrosis (f; CRC); Vaginosis (f; CRC); VD (f; DEM);
Vertigo (f; MAD); Virus (f; APA); Wart (f; HHB; JLH); Water Retention (1; FNF; MAD; PED);
Wen (f; CRC). Not covered by Commission E (KOM).
Dosages (Lobelia) — 100 mg leaf as expectorant (AHP); 2–6 tsp fresh leaf (PED); 1–3 g dry leaf
(PED); 2 g dry leaf:10 ml alcohol/10 ml water (PED); 0.2–0.6 g herb, or in tea, 3 ×/day (CAN);
50–600 mg herb/day (HHB); maximum dose 100 mg dry herb up to 3 ×/day (MAD); 4–10 drops
herb 3 ×/day with water or juice (NH); 0.2–0.6 ml liquid herb extract (1:1 in 50% ethanol) 3 ×/day
(CAN); 0.6–2.0 ml herb tincture (BPC) (CAN); 1–4 ml lobelia tincture (1:10 in dilute acetic acid)
(CAN); 10–20 drops (0.5–1 g) leaf tincture, up to several ×/day (MAD).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Lobelia) — Class 2b, 2d. May cause nausea
and vomiting. Cardioactive (AHP; WAM). APA gives it their negative 5 rating, “definite health
hazard to using this substance internally, even in recommended amounts.” I’d consider the risks of
smoking versus the risk of lobeline and might opt for the lobeline, perhaps first trying transdermal
lobelia plants taped to my arm. I’m not even keen on transdermal nicotine, but I find it perhaps
healthier than smoking, and it doesn’t affect my neighbors with second-hand smoke. The alkaloid
lobeline can cause cough, diarrhea, dizziness, nausea, tremors, and vomiting (CAN). Overdose may
cause coma, convulsions, diaphoresis, hypotension, hypothermia, tachycardia, and even fatality.
Because of lobeline and its toxicity, its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided (CAN;
WAM). 0.6–1 g leaf is toxic, 4 g fatal (PHR; PH2).“Health hazards not known with proper
therapeutic dosages” (PH2) (but PH2 designates no specific quantified dosage! JAD).LOGWOOD (Haematoxylum campechianum L.) ++Activities (Logwood) — Antibacterial (1; WOI); Antiinflammatory (f; PH2); Antimelanic (f; PH2);
Antiseptic (1; PH2; WOI); Astringent (1; EFS; PH2; WOI); Depurative (f; JFM); Hemostat (1;
EFS); Tonic (f; JFM; WOI).
Indications (Logwood) — Atony (f; WOI); Bacteria (1; WOI); Bleeding (1; EFS; JFM; PH2);
Cancer (f; WOI); Diarrhea (f; JFM; PH2); Dysentery (f; JFM); Gangrene (f; WOI); Infection (1;
PH2; WOI); Inflammation (f; PH2); Leukorrhea (f; WOI); Mycobacteria (1; WOI).
Dosages (Logwood) — Doses equivalent to 1 g drug (HHB; PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Logwood) — Not covered (AHP). “Hazards
and/or side effects not recorded for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Internal hematoxylin in
animals may induce anuria, coma, hyperthermia, vomiting, and possibly death (PH2).LONGLEAF PINE (Pinus palustris Miller) ++Synonyms: P. australis F. Michx., P. longifolia Salisb.