- Ascites or edema, with
Trigonella
foenum-graecum- Hu lu ba.
- Floating edema, with
Alisma plantago-
Ze xie and
Polyporus umbellatus- Zhu
ling.
- Poisonous snakebites, with
Scutellaria
baicalensis- Huang qin,
Coptis chinensis-
Huang lian,
Lonicera japonica- Jin yin
hua and
Chrysanthemum indicum- Ye
ju hua.
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Press 1986 Seattle Washington ISBN 0-939616-15-7
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Wren Revised by Elizabeth M. Williamson and Fred J Evans. First published in
Great Britain in 1988 and reprinted in 1989 and 1994 by the C. W. Daniel Company
Limited. 1 Church Path, Saffron Walden Essex. Published 1988 Printed and bound
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Lobeline, lobelanine, lobelanidine, isolobelanine,
lobelinin, polyfructosan, flavones, saponins.[1]
Lobelia chinensis is a safe herb.[1]
The oral LD50 for mice is 75g/kg.[1]
References
[1] Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica- Dan Bensky and Andrew Gamble- Eastland
Press 1986 Seattle Washington ISBN 0-939616-15-7