Lobelia leaves for the leaves of Lobelia, more wrinkled and curled, some broken, the complete leaf spreading was elliptic lanceolate or ovoid lanceolate, 2 ~ 5cm long, 0.5 ~ 2cm wide, light green or gray-green, apex obtuse, with a small awn tip, the base is obtuse rounded or cuneate, the edge of the finely toothed, often revolutions, both sides are glabrous, veins in the lower surface of the protruding; petiole is thin, about 4mm long. It has a slight odor and a mild taste.

Alias tea leaf flower, Ze lacquer hemp, wild tea leaves, red root grass, wild hemp. Pictures of Lobelia Leaf (1)SourceThe leaves of Lobelia ApocynumvenetumL., family Oleaceae.

HarvestingHarvested in summer, remove impurities, dry.

Taste and attributionSweet, bitter, cool. Attributed to the liver meridian.

Functions and IndicationsPlacing the liver and tranquilizing the mind, clearing heat and inducing diuresis. Used for liver-yang vertigo, palpitation and insomnia, swelling and urination; hypertension, neurasthenia, nephritis and swelling.

Treatment of hypertension

Daily with rooibos leaves 1 to 2 money, boiling water as tea; or morning and evening timed decoction. *** treatment of 596 cases, including 169 cases of single use of rooibos leaves; with other antihypertensive drugs unstable effect and switch to rooibos, or antihypertensive drugs and rooibos with the same, the blood pressure dropped to a certain extent and then consolidated with rooibos counted 427 cases. The results of the disappearance of symptoms or significant reduction of 254 cases, the reduction of 212 cases; of which the blood pressure fell to 140/90 mm Hg or less 143 people, systolic or diastolic blood pressure fell by more than 20 mm Hg 268 people. The effective rate was 88.59%. The longer the medication is taken, the higher the efficacy, more than half a year up to 93.3%; but the efficacy of rosmarinus officinalis has no obvious relationship with the duration of the disease. Headache, dizziness, brain swelling, insomnia and swelling have better relief This drug is more suitable for patients with stage I and II; or as an adjuvant for the treatment of hypertension, to improve the symptoms of better efficacy.

Side effects: more for intestinal ringing, diarrhea; occasional stomach pain, bad appetite, dry mouth, bitter mouth; individual occurrence of asthma or liver pain.