When the wildly popular drug combo phen-fen was pulled from the market in 1997, people were forced to look elsewhere for weight-loss help. Many turned to a then-mysterious Chinese herb known as ma ...

Ephedra, also known as ma huang, is widely used to lose weight or boost energy. It can be purchased for a few dollars under popular brand names such as Metabolife and generates more than $1 ...

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.

Ma huang has not traditionally been used to boost energy or for weight loss -- nor should it be, many herbalists say. Like caffeine, ma huang can ultimately leave you drained.

Ephedra compounds are derived from the ma huang shrub native to China. Even small doses of these extracts noticeably stimulate the central nervous system, researchers say, and heighten alertness.

Ephedra (ma huang) is an ephedra alkaloid botanical (primarily ephedrine and pseudoephedrine) with sympathomimetic activity. Ephedra can have a substantial effect on the cardiovascular and central ...

Dietary supplements that contain ephedra alkaloids (sometimes called ma huang) are widely promoted and used in the United States as a means of losing weight and increasing energy. In the light of r ...

Also called "Ma huang", ephedra is banned by the Olympics committee, the NFL and the NCAA. The U.S. military has recorded injuries and deaths in troops that took ephedra.

Even the Food and Drug Administration got involved by completing a study Feb. 28 and sending out warnings to sellers or manufacturers of the product that claim it enhances athletic ability. Clearly, ...

The content of ephedra alkaloids in herbal dietary supplements containing ephedra (ma huang) was studied. The ephedra alkaloid content of 20 ephedra-containing supplements was determined by high ...

In reaction to last week’s article on the banning of over-the-counter sales of diet pills containing ephedrine or nor-pseudo-epinephrine, many readers have been asking how safe other readily available ...