HERBAL MONOGRAPHS
LINDEN FLOWER
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Limffifi- eatharticum
See Mountain Flax
Linum usitatissimum
See Flax
Liquidambar orientalis
See Sto rax
Liriodendron tulipifera
See Tulip Tree
Lithospermum erytrorhizon
See Purple Gromwell
(Ying Zicao)
Lobaria pulmonaria
See Lungmoss
Lobelia
Lobelia inflata
DESCRIPTION
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal parts are the fresh and dried
herb and the seeds.
Flower and Fruit: The flowers are on long pedicles in the
leaf axils. They are pale violet-blue and lightly tinged with
pale yellow. The fruit consists of an ovoid or flattened
bilocular capsule containing numerous small, brown and
reticulate seeds. —
Leaves, Stem and Root: The plant is an erect annual or
biennial herb 30 to 60 cm high. The stem is pubescent,
angular, branching near the top. It contains an acrid latex.
The leaves are pale green or yellowish, the lower ones are
petiolate, the upper ones are sessile. They are alternate,
ovate-lanceolate, 3 to 8 cm long, with a dentate margin and a
finely pubescent lamina.
Characteristics: After chewing the leaves^the taste is similar
to tobacco. The taste 'is' acrid, the odor faintly irritant.
Habitat: The plant is indigenous to the regions in the north
of U.S., Canada and Kamchatka. It is cultivated elsewhere.
Production: Lobelia is the aerial part of Lobelia inflata.
Other Names: Indian Tobacco, Pukeweed, Asthma Weed,
Gagroot, Vomitwort, Bladderpod, Eyebright, Emetic Herb,
Emetic Weed, Wild Tobacco and Vomitroot
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Piperidine alkaloids (6%): chief alkaloids L-lobeline (alpha-
lobeline); companion alkaloids including among others
lobelanine, lobelanidine, norlobelanine, and isolobinine
EFFECTS
The main active principle is lobelin. The drug has a
stimulating effect on the respiratory center but it is broken
down too quickly in the body to be used as a respiratory
analeptic.
