Lobelia (Lobelia inflata), Cut and Sifted, Wildcrafted

INDIA. Lobelia (Lobelia inflata), Cut and Sifted, Wildcrafted Common names: Indian Tobacco, Asthma Weed, Fool’s Bane, Bladderpod, Pukeweed, Nasaram, Kichak, Lalvansh, Subasob, Vanshpatra, Balyongyong, Pan Pien Lien, Vibhishan, DevnalLobelia inflata is an herb native to eastern areas of North America from Alabama up to southeastern Canada, and as far west as Kansas. It’s a flowering annual or biennial plant that grows up to 40 inches tall in dry open places, fields, and open woodlands.Lobelia was traditionally used by native tribes including the Cherokee, Iroquois, Crow, and Penobscot for breathing problems, including asthma, TB, and croup; as an emetic; applied locally for sore muscles, stings, and abcesses; smoked or infused to cure tobacco or whiskey habits; and for ceremonial medicine or divination. Like many other herbs, Lobelia was adopted by European settlers and widely used by physicians in the US and Britain, notably Samuel Thomson, who made it a key element of his therapeutic