Lobelia

Has anyone tried Lobelia supplements for UC?

I had a bad day on Monday and I had some nicotine. The next day I noticed a slight improvement in my BM. I quick nicotine a little over a year ago and shortly afterwards I was diagnosed with UC. Well, it has been a year and I haven't had a formed BM. For the past three months I've had consistent blood in my BM and I'm scheduled for my second colonoscopy on Monday. I'm not going back to nicotine, but I may try lobelia. The lobelia plant is used for calming nerves and intestinal spasms.

Any thought out there?

There has been some studies on nicotene and UC. In fact I THINK some GI's actually proscribe nicotene patches as a form of treatment. I use smokeless tobacco so I imagine I am getting all the nicotene my body can tolerate. LOL. was attempting to cut back/quit when my first flare hit. Kind of afraid to try again right now as I am just coming out of my first flare.