About Chinese herb – herba ephedrae(Ma Huang)
December 16th, 2009
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Herbal Ephedrae. Ce Dun woodAlias Lonza, dog bone, inferior phase, humble salt. Ephedra is the dried herbaceous stem of Ephedra sinica Stapf, Ephedra intermedia Schrenk et C. A. May. or Ephedra equisetina Bge. (Fam. Ephedraceae).Pungent and slightly bitter; warm in nature; and is distributed to the Lung and Urinary Bladder Channels. Main Active Ingredient: total alkaloids, ephedrine (C10H15NO).
