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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = &#039;&#039;Ephedra&#039;&#039;<br /> | image = Ephedra sinica.jpg<br /> | image_width = 240px<br /> | image_caption = &#039;&#039;Ephedra sinica&#039;&#039;<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Gnetophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Gnetophyta|Gnetopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Ephedrales]]<br /> | familia = [[Ephedraceae]]<br /> | genus = [[Ephedra (genus)|Ephedra]]<br /> | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<br /> | species = &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;E. sinica&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | binomial = &#039;&#039;Ephedra sinica&#039;&#039;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Ephedra sinica&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; is a member of the [[ephedraceae]] family, native to [[China]]. It is also known as &quot;Chinese Ephedra&quot;, &#039;&#039;Ma Huang&#039;&#039;, and &quot;ephedra&quot;.<br /> <br /> ==Ethnomedical uses==<br /> <br /> *Dried [[aerial]] parts are used to treat [[asthma]], allergic [[rhinitis]], upper respiratory infection, colds, and as a general [[stimulant]].<br /> <br /> ==Legality==<br /> <br /> As of April 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;, 2006, the FDA&#039;s decision to ban nutritional/diet supplements from containing the plant or extracts thereof of &#039;&#039;ephedra&#039;&#039; was upheld by the [[Tenth Circuit]] courts. <br /> <br /> U.S. federal congress is currently discussing the scheduling of pseudoephedrine into [[Schedule V]]. Jan 2005. The bill created in Congress is S 103, Jan 24, 2005.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ephedra/NS_patient-ephedra<br /> *http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/ephedra/february2004/<br /> *http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/DDIL/ephedrine.html<br /> *http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/50/32/50-32-229.htm<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> *[[Ephedrine]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Gnetophyta]]</div>

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