{"id":505,"date":"2012-10-28T20:53:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T20:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=505"},"modified":"2012-10-28T21:01:08","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T21:01:08","slug":"ma-huang-ephedra-sinica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=505","title":{"rendered":"Ma Huang ~ Ephedra sinica"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Ma Huang<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Ephedra sinica<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Ephedraceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: stems<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: China<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: ephedra alkaloids (ephedrine, pseudoephedrine)<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: warming, drying<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: alpha and beta adrenergic agonist, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, antitussive, diaphoretic, expectorant, sympathomimetic, stimulant, decongestant,<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: bronchodilator, mild smooth muscle relaxant<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>Main <em>medicinal uses<\/em>: allergies, bronchitis, asthma, URIs<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: common cold, hay fever, acute low blood pressure<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: nasal drops, tablets, elixirs; powdered stems: 1-4 g qd; 1:4 tincture: 10-60 gtt qd-qid; decoction: 1 Tbsp\/cup water<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: anorexia nervosa; diabetes; enlarged prostate gland; glaucoma; heart disease; hypertension; hyperthyroidism; insomnia; pregnancy; Raynaud&#8217;s disease; stomach ulcers; weak, aged, or debilitated patients; interacts with a number of drugs and other herbs<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: CNS stimulation, nausea, tachycardia, tremors, urinary retention<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span>; http:\/\/www.natmedpro.com\/nmpx\/Ephedra.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ma Huang Latin name: Ephedra sinica Family: Ephedraceae Part used: stems Habitat: China Main constituents: ephedra alkaloids (ephedrine, pseudoephedrine) Energetics: warming, drying Main herbal actions: alpha and beta adrenergic agonist, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, antitussive, diaphoretic, expectorant, sympathomimetic, stimulant, decongestant, Minor herbal actions: bronchodilator, mild smooth muscle relaxant Main medicinal uses: allergies, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,34,70,104,3,129,95,38,71,20,32,119,128,19,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alpha-and-beta-adrenergic-agonist","category-anti-inflammatory","category-antispasmodic","category-antitussive","category-chinese-herbs","category-decongestant","category-diaphoretic","category-drying","category-expectorant","category-health-conditions","category-properties","category-stimulant","category-sympathomimetic","category-the-way-of-chinese-herbs","category-warming","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}