Ephedra, Ma Huang 麻黄 Ma Huang (TCM)Som Kalapna, Masania, Narom, Soma Kalpa (Unani)Mtshe ldum  མཚེ་ལྡུམ  (Tibetan) Ephedra spp.Alpini, P., De plantis exoticis libri duo, 1629 E. distachyaCamerarius, J., Hortus medicus et philosophicus, 1588 E. pachycladaTransactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd series: Botany, (1887) Above: Ephedra growing wild near Urumqi, Xinjiang, ChinaRight: fresh Wild Ephedra (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Ephedra spp. E. sinica (China-Official) E. intermedia (China-Official, central Asia) E. equisetina (China-Official) E. przewalskii (Japan) E. vulgaris (Central Asia to Europe) E. gerardiana (Central Asia to Europe) E. pachyclada (Central Asia to Europe) In Tibetan Medicine, E. sinica, E. intermedia and E. saxatilis are used Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, slightly BitterSome TCM sources said it is Sweet and Neutral Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: Clears Wind-Cold, Clears the Exterior: wind-cold cold and flu with chills, fever, headache, lack of sweatingacute and chronic Fever (Tibetan Medicine)used in medicinal baths in Tibet“It induced perspiration to disperse pathogenic factors from the skin”. (Shen Nong Ben Cao) Opens the Lungs, Stops Cough and Wheezing: Cough and Wheezing from wind-coldcan be used for Wheezing and Asthma from any cause depending on the medicines it is combined with Clears…

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