Lobelia inflata
Remedy of nausea and vomiting with extreme prostration. Intense nausea not relieved by vomiting. Asthma with oppression and nausea. Gastric symptoms accompany most complaints. Sensation of a lump in the pit of the stomach.
Source
Prepared from the whole fresh plant of Lobelia inflata (Campanulaceae) at the beginning of flowering.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Extreme nausea that is NOT relieved by vomiting — the keynote. Profuse salivation with nausea. Asthma with nausea and vomiting, worse from exertion. Sensation of lump or weight in pit of stomach. Gastric symptoms accompany nearly all complaints. Dyspnoea from constriction in mid-chest. Faintness and weakness with nausea.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Anxiety in pit of stomach. Fear of death from the nausea. Depressed. Sensitive to tobacco smoke.
General Symptoms
Nausea accompanies almost every complaint. Worse from tobacco, slightest motion, cold, afternoon. Better from warmth, rapid walking, eating a little, evening. Profuse salivation.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Headache with nausea. Vertigo. Gastric headache.
Mouth
Profuse salivation with nausea. Acrid taste. Burning in throat.
Stomach
Extreme nausea not relieved by vomiting. Faint, sinking, gone feeling in pit of stomach. Heartburn. Profuse salivation. Vomiting with prostration and cold sweat. Acidity.
Respiratory
Asthma — oppressive dyspnoea with nausea. Constriction of chest. Sensation as if chest would not expand. Spasmodic asthma. Cough with vomiting. Worse from exertion, tobacco smoke.
Chest
Oppression in mid-chest. Constriction. Prickling sensation all over chest.
Back
Pain in sacrum. Cannot bear tightest touch over lower dorsal and lumbar spine.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth, rapid walking, eating a little, evening, fresh air
Worse From
Tobacco, slightest motion, cold, afternoon, suppressed discharges, deep inspiration
Constitutional Type
Not strongly constitutional. Used primarily for asthma with nausea, and nausea/vomiting syndromes. Tobacco-sensitive individuals.
Clinical Indications
Asthma with nausea, morning sickness with prostration, seasickness, nausea not relieved by vomiting, tobacco sensitivity, emphysema
Comparative Materia Medica
Ipecacuanha also has persistent nausea but with a clean tongue and more dyspnoea; Lobelia's nausea is more prostrating and gastric. Tabacum has nausea with cold sweat and deadly pallor. Antimonium tartaricum has nausea with rattling chest.
Safety Information
Ipecacuanha, Tabacum. Tobacco intensifies symptoms.
Lobelia contains lobeline, which in large doses causes nausea, vomiting, respiratory depression, convulsions. Potentially fatal. Historically used as an emetic. Use potentised forms.
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