mahuang


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Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine

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John's wort sertraline (Zoloft) (Hypericum perforatum) * mahuang (Ephedra) Barbiturates: * The following enhance the phenobarbital (Barbita, Luminal, effects of medication, Solfoton) causing sleepiness and lethargy: * valerian (Valeriana officinalis) * St.
Hydroxycut is the brand name of a "performance enhancer" that contains ephedra (also called MaHuang) as one of its main ingredients.
On 23 August officials at Perth's international airport seized 14 tablets of MaHuang, a Chinese herb, which was declared by a passenger who did not have a prescription, and about 160 tablets of a similar substance were also seized at Brisbane Airport on 24 August.
Other ingredients, such as citrimax and mahuang, says Kundrat, are deemed unsafe by some groups, yet they find their way into sports products because athletes are always looking for an edge.
Ephedra (Ephedra sinicia): The Chinese species of ephedra, commonly called mahuang, has been used to treat various inflammatory disorders for more than 5,000 years.
MahuangFuzi Xixin decoction (MFXD) is an extract of a classical Chinese traditional formula consisting of Ephedrae (Mahuang in Chinese, dried herbaceous stems of Ephedra sinica Stapf), Radix Aconiti Lateralis (Fuzi in Chinese, dried lateral roots of Aconitum carmichaelii Debx), and Asarum (Xixin in Chinese, dried roots and rhizomes of Asarum sieboldii Miq.) at a dry weight ratio of 2: 3: 1; MFXD is used to treat common cold, migraine, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and AR [20,21].