... ban nearly wiped out deaths, poisonings from ephedra

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A 13-year tally ... in 2004.

"The number of poisonings resulting in major effects or deaths has decreased by more than ... supplements."

Ephedra, also known as ma huang, was the chief ingredient in many weight-loss ...

... with chronic heart failure.
Li X, Zhang J, Huang J, Ma A, Yang J, Li W, Wu Z, Yao C, Zhang Y, Yao W, Zhang B, Gao R; J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Sep 17;62(12):1065-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.05.035 ... gov When safety concerns forced the removal of ephedra from the market, other botanicals, including ...

Ephedra: A beneficial and controversial herb

One of the great medicines of all time, ephedra (Ephedra sinica) has been in use for as long as 5,000 years. Known as Ma Huang in traditional Chinese Medicine, ephedra is native to Central Asia. The evergreen shrub has been used in traditional medicine to ...

... eases breathing in COPD

A Chinese herbal paste may help to reduce winter exacerbations of chronic ... study. Xiao Chuan (XCP), which contains Ma Huang (Ephedra vulgaris) Xi Xin (Asarum heterothropoides) and Shi Chang Pu (Acorus gramineus), has been used to prevent and treat breathing difficulties in ...

Chinese herb mix may shorten flu fever

(Reuters Health) - In mild cases of H1N1 influenza, a ... rural China.
But one of the key ingredients is ephedra, or ma huang, which is banned from use in dietary supplements in the U.S. and Canada. Those bans came after ephedra in weight-loss and body-building ...

... orange and bitter orange extract are safe in normal use as foods and ingredients in dietary ... 2004 after FDA banned the controversial herb ephedra (Ephedra sinica), also known in Chinese as ma huang. Because bitter orange contains the a chemical known as p-synephrine, many writers and ...

... clear the European Union was going to have a major impact on herbal regulation in the UK and EU ... medicine, as several Chinese herbs such as Huang Lian (Coptis Chinensis) contain this alkaloid ... permitted powerful herbs like Ma Huang (Ephedra Sinica) to be used by herbalists. But the 1968 ...