The Ancient Roots of Ephedra
Friday, January 13th, 2006Herbal ephedra, which is also known as Ma huang, Chinese ephedra
and epitonin, is the world’s oldest medicine. The Chinese
discovered ephedra in the form of the Ma Huang plant more than
5,000 years ago and it is the basis of Traditional Chinese
Medicine.
A 1999 UC Berkeley study tells us that the Chinese took
sun-dried stems from this ancient […]