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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Lobelia inflata (Campanulaceae)

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Common name(s)
Frengiotu; Indian Tobacco; Lobelia; Lobelya

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Antidote Elsewhere *
Antismoking US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Asthma Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Bronchitis Elsewhere *
Cancer US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Breast) US(IN) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Convulsion US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Emetic Elsewhere *
Emetic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emetic US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Emetic US(Appalachia) *
Expectorant US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Expectorant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Eye US(Appalachia) *
Fatality US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Fumitory Mongolia Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Fumitory US(Appalachia) *
Medicine US(Appalachia) *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.