Lobelia Herb and Its applications,effects and cautions.

Applications and Properties:

Applications:

Diuretic effect.
Nervous system effect.
Central system inhibition.
Respiratory exciting role.
Cardiovascular system.
Choleretic effect.
Anti-snake venom effect.

Properties:

All the traits 15-35 cm long, often tangles into corporations. Root small lateral fine fibrous roots. Slender cylindrical stem, 1-2 mm in diameter, surface yellow brown or yellow, a small vertical profile. Slender stems, branches, green ash, section obvious. leaf crossing,no stem, leaves and more wrinkled, green, brown, flattening after a narrow leaves lanceolate or long small, single-born axil; Corolla with a base, the upper 5 bifida, biased side.Smells special and abnormal digoxin. To leaf color green, yellow root, preferably.
Dosage:Decoction 15-19-30 g, or juiced. Topical: modest, chopped, or juiced.

Safety and Toxicity:

Lobelia Herb decoction mice iv LD50 value is 6.10 +- 0.26g (raw herb)/kg. Respiratory excited, manic phenomena such as anxiety before death, followed by a convulsion, generally died within five minutes. Lobelia Herb decoction LD50 for rats ig value is 95.1 +- 13.1 g (raw herb) / kg. Rats daily ip decoction 0.1,0.3 and 1.0 g(raw herb)/kg for 3 minutes, body weight, urine and urinary protein inspection found no abnormalities.