… 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 …

… 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 …

… , 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 …

… in 19 placebo-controlled trials. By the late 1990s … revealed evidence of ephedra, which the medical examiner said contributed … leading seller of ephedra, assured the FDA that the company … with noradrenaline-releasing drugs like ephedra is the accompanying …

… alkaloids are used for the treatment of conditions such as asthma … synthetic Ephedra-type alkaloids, potentially leading to novel drug candidates with broader pharmaceutical … of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and LifeSciences, Xiamen University, Fujian …

… Pajhwok): Security forces destroyed 234 drug factories, seized thousands kilograms of … opium, 8,077 kilograms ephedra and destroyed 234 drug factories”. About 87 … drug sellers said cultivation, production and trafficking of narcotics, especially ephedra …

… -narcotics department officials discovered an ephedra processing factory and seized 920kg … the plant used in making drugs in central Uruzgan province . . . You …

… role in the FDA ban on ephedra, receiving the 2004 … which includes 27 clinical trials involving 1581 men and … on developing novel medicines for the treatment of metabolic diseases, … funding from government grants, pharmaceutical company partnerships, or other …