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 ...

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 ...

Q: What's the difference between ephedra (ma huang) and ephedrine? A: Ephedra refers to the whole branchlet, which is used traditionally. It is typically made as a tea by cooking in water. Ephedrine ...

The boom is the result of a discovery by drug traffickers that a plant commonly found growing wild in parts of Afghanistan, ephedra, can be used to create the key component of meth: ephedrine.

Department of Neurology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Long Island Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA A right-handed African-American man with no ...

Shaanxi, China - September 2020: Chinese authorities recently announced the seizure of a clandestine laboratory used for extracting ephedrine from ephedra plant material. Ephedra plants are a natural ...

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Become an RHS Member today and save 25% on your first year The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a ...