Lobelia in Herbal Medicine: Properties of Lobelia

Scientific name

Lobelia inflata

Family

Campanulaceae

Origin

North America

Synonyms

Parts Used

Drug given by the leaves

Chemical constituents

• Alkaloids (lobelia, lobelanina, lobelanidina, norlobelanina, lelobanidina);
• Chelidonic acid;
• Glycosides.

Lobelia in Herbal Medicine: Properties of Lobelia

Lobelia and its extracts were used as respiratory analeptics and bronchodilators in the therapy of bronchial asthma, in respiratory paralysis from poisoning and in whooping cough; today it is scarcely used because it is a medicinal plant with a very low therapeutic index.