In obstetrical cases, Lobelia relaxes muscular rigidity and readily overcomes rigis os during parturition and also relaxes the perineal tissues protecting the parts against lacerations.
*Our experience with Lobelia does not bear out this conclusion. Improper use of any drug may produce undesirable symptoms.
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In loss of appetite and slow digestion this agent is of great value. It is best given in small doses and may be combined with other indicated agents. It is decidedly valuable in the atonic types of indigestion and dyspepsia associated with sick headache due to gastric disturbances; in such cases it is best given in small, frequent doses. In chronic respiratory disorders it increases or decreases the secretions according to the dosage. In dry, barking or hacking coughs where mucous rales are heard and there is difficulty in raising the sputum, Lobelia is most valuable, and is equally serviceable in chronic coughs if combined with other indicated agents. It is of great service in the coughs of measles where sluggish circulation is present and eruptions are slow to appear or fail to fully develop. In scarlet fever and measles, Lobelia causes determination of the blood to the skin and promotes tardy eruptions and helps to reestablish when dangerous retrocession occurs for some reason. In whooping cough where secretions of a stringy character have a strangling effect on the sufferer it should be given in small, frequent doses. Lobelia is an invaluable agent in all stages of la grippe and epidemic influenza; is a vital stimulant; regulates imperfect circulation and controls cough and expectoration.
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