Lobelia
Lobelia inflata
Campanulaceae (Bellflower Family)
Medicinal Minute with Ginger Webb
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NJA note from Ginger:
Lobelia is specific for bronchial spasms and asthma, using small doses of 5-10 drops at a time of fresh plant tincture (tinctured 1:2). It opens up the airways, allowing you to take a deep breath. I find it safe in small doses and a very reliable medicine. The tincture is also excellent topically for calming muscle spasms and turning tight muscles "into buttah".
Ginger Webb, Community Herbalist, Botanist, Teacher & Mentor
Ginger Webb has been practicing herbalism for nearly 30 years, as a community herbalist, clinical herbalist, herbal medicine maker, wild plant lover, botanist, and teacher. She has trained scores of people to be herbalists through her programs at Sacred Journey School of Herbalism.
Her mission is to keep alive the craft of herbalism through modeling the age-old wisdom of being in right relationship with the plants, and she teaches her students to be stewards of the Earth and the plants first, and to make medicine only when the plants wholeheartedly provide consent.
