Lobelia Inflata (Indian tobacco, Asthma weed, Bladderpot, Gagroot, Puke weed)
Health Benefits
- It has powerful antioxidant properties that fight free radicals.
- Support healthy lungs. It relieves pneumonia, bronchitis and asthma. It relieves symptoms such as whooping cough, wheezing, uncontrollable coughing and chest tightness. It relaxes your airways, stimulates breathing and clears mucous from your lungs. The phytochemicals in Lobelia thin mucous to make it easier to couch up.
- Protect against mood disorders, including depression. The compound lobeline assists in blocking receptors in the brain that play a role in the development of developing depression.
- Assist in managing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
- Treatment of drug abuse. It can interact with brain receptors that are responsible for the release of neurotransmitters that make drugs addictive. Lobeline has a similar effect on the body as nicotine, which may be a helpful tool in quitting smoking.