{"id":515,"date":"2023-04-23T17:43:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T17:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/?page_id=515"},"modified":"2023-05-03T00:03:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T00:03:10","slug":"plant-13","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/the-gardens\/medicinal-garden\/plant-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Lobelia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) is a short-lived perennial and a member of the bellflower family (Campanulaceae). The plant is sometimes called Indian Tobacco and contains compounds similar to nicotine.<\/p>\n<p>Blue lobelia is used by the Iroquois, Cherokee, Haudenosaunee, and Meskwaki. The Iroquois valued the roots with other plants to make tea for treating venereal disease, otherwise known as a sexually transmitted disease. Within the Cherokee tribe, blue lobelias are used for a wide range of purposes. They are headache alleviating, a de-wormer, a treatment for rheumatism, able to reduce fever, and a cure for syphilis. The smashed plant would fight bewitchment and, when gargled, help with coughs within the Haudenosaunee tribe. The usage of blue lobelia for the Meskwaki is not for physical ailments but for social and emotional problems such as couple quarrels and love conflicts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-626\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl4-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl4-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl4-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-628\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl1.jpe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-629\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl1-225x300.jpe\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl1-225x300.jpe 225w, https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl1.jpe 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-627\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl3-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl3-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.berry.edu\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/bl3.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) is a short-lived perennial and a member of the bellflower family (Campanulaceae). The plant is sometimes called Indian Tobacco and contains compounds similar to nicotine. 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