The purpose of the present 6 month study was to provide objective assessment of safety and efficacy for weight-loss of a herbal dietary supplement containing Ma Huang herbal ephedra and Kola nut ...

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 ...

1,2 The primary active ingredients of Ma Huang (ephedra), are ephedrine alkaloids, sympathomimetic agents. Recently, herbal mixtures of Ma Huang, in combination with Guarana, a source of caffeine ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Let’s try to understand this herb a little. Ephedra sinica, also known as ma huang, is the plant most commonly used as a source of ephedra products. Ma huang has been used for thousands of years ...

"It stops me from feeling like I have someone sitting on my chest," said Walters, now a licensed acupuncturist who prescribes ma huang, also known by its Latin name, ephedra, in her practice on ...

Acupuncturists, herbalists and other practitioners of Oriental medicine routinely dispense teas, pills and powders containing ma huang, the type of ephedra grown in China, to treat colds ...

a stimulant that can cause the same harmful side effects as ephedra, or ma huang, the Chinese name for ephedra. As the Daily News reported last week, Bitter Orange contains the stimulant ...