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 ...

Morocco’s National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage has revealed a significant finding that will deepen our comprehension of ancient medical practices and provide insight into the history of ...

On Feb. 16, pitcher Steve Bechler of the Baltimore Orioles collapsed while running sprints at the team’s spring-training camp in Florida. He died a few hours later. Subsequent investigation linked the ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. Muhammad Rehman Shirzad squints against the late afternoon sun as he scrambles up the side of a steep ravine in the district of Surobi on the eastern edge ...

In a year like this the boys are strutting their stuff when it comes to our native ephedra. It's because this is a dioecious species, meaning "two houses". Male flowers are held on some plants, female ...

The Food and Drug Administration (search) has announced a new rule that in 60 days will ban the manufacture and sale of ephedra (search), an herbal dietary supplement that has been sold as a ...

Looking for an energy boost during his overnight shifts at a local grocery store, Robert Maltman tried a dietary supplement with ephedra. He didn't like it. "I felt very uncomfortable. I felt edgy, ...

The grave of a young man in Morocco is providing astonishing insights into human culture 15,000 years ago. Buried alongside this individual were a range of symbolic objects, including a plant that has ...