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The remarkably effective Nicocure® patch utilizes the extracts from Lobelia inflata in order to help people quit smoking. Lobelia is, so far, the most widely-accepted medicinal plant used to address the smoking addiction.
People cannot quit smoking not because of a lack of intention, but because of the inability to deal with intoxication, addiction, and withdrawal symptoms. Some of them resort to nicotine gums in which the smoking is avoided but the nicotine addiction continues. The good news is that there is now an effective way to quit smoking along with stopping the nicotine addiction. The product is called the Nicocure® patch, and this utilizes natural ingredients, the extracts of Lobelia inflata. The Lobelia inflata is commonly known as Indian tobacco and it is abundantly cultivated in the Eastern parts of the United States. This medicinal plant can also be grown in other areas. The alkaloids found in the Lobelia extract are called piperidine alkaloids, which components are primarily lobeline, lobelanidine, lobelanine, and minor amounts of norlobelanine (also called isolobelanine), lelobanidine, lovinine, isolobinine, lobinanidine and other Chelidonic acid. But how does the Lobelia help to effectively quit smoking? There are two major reasons: · The Lobelia inflata has lobeline, an alkaloid. It is an expectorant that can clear the passages of the lungs. Once the lungs are clean, the taste of cigarette and smoke becomes disagreeable. The smoker who is trying to quit will have the same irritated reaction of non-smokers to the smell of smoke . The smell of smoke will make him or her dizzy or nauseous. This is why the lobeline is known as a smoking deterrent and a stimulant. · The Lobelia inflata has isolobelanine, another alkaloid. It is known as a relaxant. That is, it makes the central and autonomic nervous system loosen up and ease the tension. This effect is useful for treating people with asthma and bronchitis. And it is also effective for calming the nerves of people who suffer withdrawal symptoms when they quit smoking. Together with lobeline, the isolobelanine help people effectively stop nicotine addiction. The Lobelia extract has been found to be useful in treating other illnesses. It has been recommended for people with spasmodic asthma, whooping cough, spasmodic croup, membranous croup, infantile convulsions, hysterical convulsions, diphtheria, tonsillitis, and pneumonia. The Lobelia-rich Nicocure® patch is convenient to use. One patch can be placed in a part of the body which is relatively free of hair, such as the inner arm. This patch stays for twenty-four hours, and then replaced by another. Of course, the next patch must be placed in a different position to allow the skin to “breathe”. While a person is trying to quit smoking, he must help clean his body by drinking lots of water. If he feels a craving for tobacco or cigarette smoke, he may turn to eating citrus fruits. This craving gradually decreases and eventually disappears.
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