discharge, Hay asthma, Heart( affections of), Hysteria, Meningeal headaches, Miller’ s asthma, Morning sickness( of drunkards; of pregnancy), Morphia habit, Palpitation, Pleurisy, Psoriasis, Rigid as Seborrhoea, Shoulders( pain in), Tea( effects of), Urethra( stricture of), Vagina( serious discharge from), Vomiting( of pregnancy), Wens, Whooping cough. Russian Experience: The Russians pronounce Lobelia the same as do the Americans. Lobelia is popular as both a commercial and industrial cultivation in Central Russia— Krasnodar, Voronezh, Moscow and Bello-Russia. The use as Folk Medicine is not indicated in our available literature. Clinically: The whole plant is used for many critical conditions. The all-important adrenal glands are aroused by stimulating adrenalin into the blood stream; it is not accumulative and can be used repeatedly. Respiratory trouble is soon relieved of symptoms of asthma and spasmodic conditions. Is useful in cases where first aid is needed when shocked by electricity, sun and heat stroke, to force vomiting when poisoned by narcotics, food or medicine, in carbon monoxide poisoning and in infections( Atlas, Moscow, 1962). Industrial: Agro-Technics have worked out some of the puzzling details of Lobelia in commercial planting. Lobelia is native to the Great Lakes region of North America and due to this fact several nurserymen in Windsor, Canada, failed to grow it successfully. Some interesting facts from Russia may inspire the second attempt. First of all the seeds are so small they must be mixed with fine sand, 1 – 50, and then planted for fifty to sixty days in the greenhouse( around April). For one flat, 1,500 – 2,000 seeds are needed. Much care should be taken when watering, as the fine mixture and small seeds can be washed away; they can also be burned out if threatened by too much heat or too much sun, etc. In Russia, June is the time for transplanting the small plants; keep in mind that the feeding area for each plant must be 8 x 24 in. Seedlings must be 3 – 4 in. high with five to six well-developed leaves. Lobelia requires care, as does any garden plant and the soil must be cultivated and softened, weeded and fertilized, if necessary, organic preferred. When the green seeds start to form in a mass, this is the time for harvesting. Proper drying is essential and should be done as soon as cut, temperature should be 50 – 60 ° F. From 1 acre 1,000 – 2,000 lb. of dry Lobelia is marketed.
LUNGWORT Pulmonaria officinalis, L.( N. O.: Pulmonaceae)
Common Names: Spotted Lungwort, Maple Lungwort, Jerusalem Cowslip, Spotted Comfrey. Features: Lungwort, any of several plants used as folk remedies for lung disease. One is a widely distributed Lichen( Lobaria pulmonaria), that grows usually on tree trunks. Others are hairy perennials that belong to the genus pulmonaria of the borge family( Boraginaceae) and have pink, blue, purple or white flowers, sometimes grown as ornamentals in northern latitudes. This particular perennial species( P. officinalis) is a smooth plant with a stem about 1 ft. high. The flowers are blue, five-angled corolla, funnel-shaped, with stigma, flowering in May. They are without any particular odour. Medicinal Part: The leaves. Solvent: Water. Bodily Influence: Demulcent, Mucilaginous, Pectoral.
Uses: Its virtues seem to be entirely expended upon the lungs and it is certainly an efficaciously reliable agent for all morbid conditions of these organs, especially when there is bleeding from the lung structure and functions. Also valuable as a treatment for coughs, asthma, colds, bronchial and catarrhal affections. Seems to seal the weakened tissue and take away inflammation. Dose: The infusion of 2 oz. in 1 pint of boiling water is taken in frequent doses of a wineglassful.