1) Banned supplement 2) Banned supplement ingredient 3) Bush 4) Dietary supplement 5) FDA-banned herbal supplement 6) FDA-banned supplement 7) Joint fir 8) Medicinal plant 9) Nearly leafless desert plant 10) Shrub 11) Withdrawn drug
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1) Mahuang
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Ephedra is a medicinal preparation from the plant Ephedra sinica. Known in Chinese as ma huang (麻黃; pinyin: má huáng, which literally translates into English as `Yellow Hemp`), it has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for 5,000 years.{Verify credibility|date=April 2013|reason=This grand claim should be sourced to the history litera.....
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[genus] Ephedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in its family, Ephedraceae, and order, Ephedrales. The various species of Ephedra are widespread in many lands, native to southwestern North America, southern Europe, northern Africa, and southwest and central Asia, northern China, and western South America. In temperate climat...
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the only genus of the family Ephedraceae, an evolutionally early group of low, straggling, or climbing gymnospermous desert shrubs and the only ... [5 related articles]
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A shrub native to China and India. The stems and roots are used in traditional medicine as a diuretic and for asthma, bronchitis, and cough. It has also been promoted as a decongestant, a weight loss aid, and as a supplement to increase energy. Ephedra may cause high blood pressure, increased heart rate, or death if used with certain drugs, and may...
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Ephedra equisetina (family Gnetaceae). Ma Huang; the plant source for the alkaloid ephedrine. Indigenous to China and India, it is 0.75 to over 1% ephedrine; also contains some pseudoephedrine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ē-fed′ră Definitions: 1. Ephedra equisetina (family Gnetaceae). Ma huang; the plant source for the alkaloid ephedrine. Indigenous to China and India, it is 0.7% to over 1% ephedrine; also contains some pseudoephedrine.
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Ephedra: A medicinal herb, known scientifically as Ephedra sinica and Ephedra equisetina, also known as mahuang and herbal ecstasy. Ephedra comes from the dried rhizome and root of the plant. The main active ingredients in ephedra are ephedrine and pseudoephedrine which account for the medicinal properties of the herb. Both ephedrine and pseudoephe...
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Ephedra (Ephedra vulgaris), also known as Ephedrine, Epitonin and Ma Huang, is an Asiatic plant of the order Gnetaceae found on sandy seashores in temperate climates of both hemispheres in China, Siberia and Japan. The plant has stamens and pistils on separate flowers, the staminate flowers occurring in catkins and a membranous perianth, pistillate...
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n] - jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds
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noun jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds
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any of various plants of the genus Ephedra, growing in dry regions and having branching stems with dry scalelike leaves.
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