Product Review

Lobelia - 450 mg (100 capsules, ZIN: 512458): Lobelia is still included in preparations for the symptomatic support of asthma, bronchitis and pertussis. An isolated ingredient, lobeline, is used in oral anti-smoking preparations to lessen the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal. Extracts were once injected as resuscitation product for asphyxia and apnoea in babies but is no longer used because of undesirable side effects. North Indians used the plant as a tobacco substitute (hence the common name) and as an emetic. - Lobelia - Lobelia inflata L. - Family: Campanulaceae. - Other Names: Indian tobacco; asthma weed; lobélie enflée (French); Aufgeblasene Lobelie, Indianertabak (German); lobelia (Italian). - Description: Indian tobacco is a small, much-branched annual herb of up to 0.5 m in height, with soft, stalkless leaves and small, pale blue flowers borne amongst leafy bracts along the branch tips. The calyx of the flower is characteristically s - Take 1 capsule, 3 tim