joint fir

Chinese and Herbal medicine
A shrub, the stem of which contains ephedrine, which is a bronchodilator, diaphoretic, diuretic and vasoconstrictor; it is used to treat asthma, bronchitis, fever, fluid retention, hypotension, paraesthesias, to stimulate the central nervous system and to suppress the appetite.

Toxic effects
Ephedra should not be used in patients with cardiac or thyroid disease, diabetes or hypertension.

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References in periodicals archive

Stuppner, "Simultaneous determination of Ephedra sinica and Citrus aurantium var.

Preliminary Phytochemical Screening, Quantitative Analysis of Alkaloids, and Antioxidant Activity of Crude Plant Extracts from Ephedra intermedia Indigenous to Balochistan

Steam distillation-solid-phase microextraction for the detection of Ephedra sinica in herbal preparations.

Chemical composition of various Ephedra species

A primary study on endophytic fungi isolated from a medicinal plant Ephedra sinica Stapf.

Vincamine-producing endophytic fungus isolated from vinca minor

Ma Huang, commonly known as Ephedra (Ephedra sinica), contains the alkaloid ephedrine, which is an adrenalin-like stimulant that provides quick relief for allergies, asthma and other respiratory problems.

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