View photos of the medicinal plant, Nicotiana attenuata (Coyote tobacco), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest.

All tobacco species are poisonous internally. Limited external use is relatively safe.

View photos of the medicinal plant Nicotiana glauca (Tree tobacco), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest.

Nicotiana is for external use only.

A passage from Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest:

Tobacco’s primary use is as a topical analgesic. External preparations are useful in relieving pain and sensitivity from contusions, sprains, and other sport–accident type injuries. Soaking in a bath made with Tobacco tea is limiting to joint soreness, aches, and pains from a hard day’s work. Topical preparations are also well applied to muscular spasm be it from overwork or injury. All three species profiled either have substantial amounts of nicotine (N. attenuata), nornicotine (N. trigonophylla), or anabasine (N. glauca). Tobacco’s alkaloid content has a well–documented inhibitory activity on body–brain pain transmission.

View photos of the medicinal plant Nicotiana obtusifolia (Desert tobacco), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest.

Nicotiana is for external use only.