It is the primary source of the medicinal preparation ephedra, also known by its Chinese name ma huang. It has been proposed as a candidate for the legendary soma of the Rigveda.
Ephedra (US-specific page on ephedrine-containing dietary supplements, observed (negative) health effects of these, and corresponding regulatory actions toward them)
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ephedra, sinica, also, known, chinese, ephedra, huang, species, ephedra, native, mongolia, russia, buryatiya, chita, primorye, northeastern, china, gansu, hebei, heilongjiang, jilin, liaoning, mongol, ningxia, shaanxi, shanxi, chinese, ephedra, huang, 草麻黄, con. Ephedra sinica also known as Chinese ephedra or Ma Huang is a species of Ephedra native to Mongolia Russia Buryatiya Chita Primorye and northeastern China Gansu Hebei Heilongjiang Jilin Liaoning Nei Mongol Ningxia Shaanxi Shanxi 2 3 Chinese ephedra Cao Ma Huang 草麻黄 Ephedra sinica Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Gymnospermae Division Gnetophyta Class Gnetopsida Order Ephedrales Family Ephedraceae Genus Ephedra Species E sinica Binomial name Ephedra sinicaStapf Synonyms 2 Ephedra flava F P Sm Ephedra ma huang Tang S Liu Contents 1 Uses 1 1 Medicinal 2 See also 3 ReferencesUses editMedicinal edit Main article Ephedra medicine It is the primary source of the medicinal preparation ephedra also known by its Chinese name ma huang It has been proposed as a candidate for the legendary soma of the Rigveda See also editChinese medicine Ephedra the genus of plants Ephedra US specific page on ephedrine containing dietary supplements observed negative health effects of these and corresponding regulatory actions toward them List of herbs with known adverse effectsReferences edit Bell A amp Bachman S 2011 Ephedra sinica The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011 e T201702A9168958 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2011 2 RLTS T201702A9168958 en Downloaded on 05 September 2018 a b World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Royal Botanic Gardens Kew apps kew org Retrieved 2016 07 07 Ephedra sinica in Flora of China efloras org www efloras org Retrieved 2016 07 07 nbsp This gymnosperm related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ephedra sinica amp oldid 1211906940, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
