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Written by Sarah Cain Monday, 01 February 2010 15:50

	Indian Tobacco

This article is yet another demonstration of how powerful the propaganda machine has been, how truly safe and effective natural cures are suppressed, and how the public gets blamed for poisoning itself by the same people who are willfully poisoning us.

Whenever we discover a naturally occurring substance with astounding benefits, it always seems to be accompanied by F.D.A. regulations that ban its medicinal use throughout the medical industry, which creates an undeserved stigma surrounding it.  This is the case with Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata L).  While some readers will be initially surprised by our endorsement of any herb that is to be smoked, our Fire Safe Cigarettes and The Genocide Against Smokers article explains that smoking truly natural substances is not necessarily harmful.  Take for instance, the chemical tubes that we call 'cigarettes' are harmful specifically because of the additives, the glues, and the papers that are used ― not the tobaccos themselves.  They need not be toxic anymore than our foods, water, or medicines need to be toxic, but of course, all of them are.  We also wrote about smoking salvia divinorum in the article, Salvia Divinorum: Herbally Curing Addiction and Depression.

Both the seeds and the dried leaves of Indian tobacco contain alkaloids which yield its effects.  Indian tobacco is mostly used for its beneficial effects upon the lungs, although it is also believed to boost the overall immune system.  It has the unusual property of being a stimulant to the respiratory system, whilst being a general relaxant for the rest of the body.  It has been found to be very helpful for asthmatics, with some asthma sufferers substituting it for their inhalers.  Of course, such a plant is a huge threat to the F.D.A.'s pharmaceutical industry, which sells inhalers and steroids to asthmatics perpetually, throughout their lives.  This plant is also a threat to the pharmaceutical industry that uses additional drugs to 'treat' the diseases caused by the aforementioned inhalers and steroids.  It's quite a racket; but from what we have seen, it is business as usual.

Indian tobacco has been traditionally used to effectively suppress common colds, bronchitis, and pneumonia.  The smoke from Indian tobacco soothes coughing, reduces phlegm, and kills infections in the lungs.  Indian tobacco thins mucus, which increases recovery time, and allows infections to be less symptomatic.  When people use the tobacco for this purpose, it is often combined with the herb mullein.  Mullein was once used to soothe the coughing associated with tuberculosis, and to cure it.  Mullein has no 'flavor', and is a very light smoke.  Most people feel like they are breathing pure air when smoking mullein.  It therefore makes a good base to mix Indian tobacco with.

Indian tobacco has been used by many people who were trying to quit smoking, but it was banned in such products in 1993 by the F.D.A., which claimed that Indian tobacco was ineffective.  Of course, the F.D.A. did not actually fund any studies to test its effectiveness at all; and furthermore, it should never be the job of governmental regulators to limit natural options, or to bolster pharmaceutical profits at the expense of our health.

One of its constituents, isolobelanine, helps to relax people whenever they are experiencing stimulant withdrawal symptoms, and this includes nicotine withdrawal.  It also contains lobeline, an alkaloid which helps to clean the lungs.  When a person's lungs are clean, smoking becomes disagreeable, causing the smoker to become dizzy or nauseous, like they were when they first began smoking.  This will generally aid someone who is trying to quit smoking, by serving as a deterrent.  Studies have shown inconsistent results regarding the effectiveness of Indian tobacco, but these studies are often illegitimate, because they frequently use orally consumed extracts.  This is the sort of data shopping that the F.D.A. uses to get the results that it wants, so we have come to call these shenanigans F.D.A. science.

Researchers have been studying the effects of Indian tobacco on amphetamine addictions.  Lobeline counteracts excessive dopamine, which appears in people suffering from methamphetamine addiction.  Similarly, some people have successfully used it to treat their alcoholism.  Studies on rats have shown that one of the active constituents in Indian tobacco actually improves the memory of rats, even 24 hours after its usage.

Indian tobacco has traditionally been smoked.  In recent times, people have begun swallowing the dried leaves, and making herbal teas from it.  The newer methods of consumption are unwise, even though they are ironically intended to make it safer.  Using it orally is misguided.  For those who decide to use Indian tobacco medicinally, we strongly recommend smoking it via a pipe, instead of consuming it orally.  This is because dosage is extremely important, and people have a tendency to over use it with oral dosages.  Large amounts will induce vomiting, so just use a pinch, and add more if needed.  Dizziness is an early symptom that too much has been used.

Do not use Indian tobacco alongside pharmaceuticals, because it has a tendency to interact with other drugs.  It especially intensifies the effects of medications that are given to control blood pressure, and it restricts the action of drugs given to control diabetes.  It increases the loss of potassium from the body if it is taken alongside diuretics or corticosteroids.  Aspirin and NSAIDs may increase the risk of overdose reactions to Lobelia (nausea/vomiting/etc).

 

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