One of the great medicines of all time, ephedra (Ephedra sinica) has been in use for as long as 5,000 years. Known as Ma Huang in traditional Chinese Medicine, ephedra is native to Central Asia.

The Food and Drug Administration is moving to ban the weight-loss supplement ephedra, saying a comprehensive review has shown it’s too dangerous to remain on the market. The action, announced ...

I would nominate the species Ephedra as another candidate for the world’s oldest recreational drug. Pollen of Ephedra altissima was discovered in a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal burial at the ...

But Ephedrine, the key chemical in ephedra, is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration as an ingredient in many over-the-counter decongestants and cold remedies.

While it’s likely that the drug did help her lose weight — ephedra does, like caffeine, decrease hunger pangs — it was immensely dangerous to dose an obese person, whose cardiovascular ...

But in the face of more than 16,000 reports of adverse reactions to ephedra -- including 155 deaths -- the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared that the pills posed "an unreasonable risk of ...

Ephedra – the “miracle” diet supplement that helped millions lose weight, but also caused scores of deaths – was officially banned across the nation yesterday. The move came… ...

Health Dangers of Herbal Drug Ephedra A Senate committee today takes up again the controversy over the popular weight-loss and energy products made from the chemical Ephedra. The products have ...

However the drug arrived, in recent years meth use has seen an explosion in popularity in Afghanistan in part thanks to the lowered production costs of using the ephedra plant.

"There are a number of, quote-unquote, 'ephedra substitutes' on the market now where even less is known about potential side effects," Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Mark McClellan ...

Bottles of the popular herb ephedra should bear warning labels that the pills can cause heart attacks, strokes or even kill, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The FDA proposed the ...