Obesity. Taking ephedra by mouth seems to somewhat help with weight loss, short-term. But it's not clear if it helps long-term. Also, using it for this purpose has been linked with serious side ...

In May 2020, Chinese authorities raided the clandestine ephedrine extraction laboratory in Shaanxi Province, located in the northwest part of China, and reported the seizure of 7 tons of ephedra ...

Although chemically derived ephedrine is used in pharmaceutical medications, dietary supplement manufacturers are required by law to use the crude herb. Typically, an extraction is made to bring out ...

An international group of researchers led by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have uncovered the earliest evidence of Ephedra use from the charred remains of the plant in a 15,000-year ...

Ephedra, an ancient medicinal plant, was used in funerary rituals and possibly for therapeutic purposes by prehistoric ...

Drug labs in Afghanistan are now producing meth from a plant commonly found in the wild Dr Mansfield said drug traffickers previously used to extract ephedrine from more expensive imported ...