… more ubiquitous. While notorious ‘drug bazaars’ had been closed … ban: the drug is made from the ephedra shrub, which … given large landowners and drug traffickers time to diversify … opium cultivation, from influential drug traffickers seeking more favourable …

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… today’s over-the-counter medication market, which is worth … our ancestors had to endure. Remedies from the 1400s show that … of the head. The other remedy is for stopping congestion and … have used ma huang — Ephedra sinica, a medicinal plant — to treat blocked …

… out the fragments of the Ephedra plant, which showed signs … being burnt. Today, Ephedra is used for its medicinal properties. The plant … it the earliest evidence of Ephedra being used for such purposes … the use of plants for medicinal purposes, have long been …

Ephedra seeds found in an ancient … earliest evidence yet for the medicinal use of plants. Stone Age … from the plant Ephedra, a stimulant used in traditional medicine today. Photograph …

… as a pill or syrup). Some other over-the-counter medicines that … the stimulant ephedrine, as in ephedra (ma huang). It’s also … as a Decongestant?” The FDA considered taking phenylephrine off the … to your doctor, or even the pharmacist at the drugstore, to ask …

… , and colds. Ephedra: The Magic Cure for Traditional Medicine The findings, published … the world. Rich in medicinal compounds, ephedra contains alkaloids like ephedrine and … might have been alleviated by Ephedra’s medicinal properties, showing that this …

… pseudoephedrine, substances utilized in traditional medicine across many cultures. Archaeological evidence … "Late Pleistocene exploitation of Ephedra in a funerary context in … properties. A higher concentration of Ephedra in the burial sediments compared …

… the world’s oldest medicinal use of plants in … . “Plants discovered match the Ephedra species, which fruits were unearthed … would therefore be the oldest medicinal use of these plants,” … Bouzouggar, INSAP prizewinner and doctoral student at the University of …

… evidence of the earliest known medicinal use of plants in the … plants identified belong to the Ephedra species, with their fruits found …