Lobelia

(lo - be’ - le - ah) [from de Lobel, a French botanist]. The leaves and tops of L. in flat a, of the order Lobeliacese. It contains a liquid alkaloid, lobelin; an acid, lobelic acid; an acrid body, lobelacrin; and a crystalline substance, in flat in. Lobelia is expectorant, antispasmodic, and emetic, and has been used in asthma, whooping-cough, and other bronchial affections. L., Ext., Fl. Dose TT\j-v (0.065-0.32). L., Tinct. Dose rr^x-xxx (0.65-2.0). L., Tinct., / ch459.xhtml e 371