Ephedra seeds found in an ancient burial pit may be the earliest evidence yet for the medicinal use of plants.

An international group of researchers led by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have uncovered the earliest ...

Morocco’s National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage has revealed a significant finding that will deepen our ...

4. Ephedra sinica (Sudafed, meth) The ephedra plant, primarily grown in Asia, has a number of medicinal properties and has been used "primarily to treat asthma, bronchitis and hay fever" for ...

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The boom is the result of a discovery by drug traffickers that a plant commonly found growing wild in parts of Afghanistan, ephedra, can be used to create the key component of meth: ephedrine.

there are huge mounds of the plant on sale, on a scale not previously seen before. Previously, the Taliban were understood to charge tax on ephedra. But recently, they have announced a ban on its ...

The identified herbs, especially the "Ephedra" plant, are the foundation of this research. The researchers examined Ephedra's occurrence and potential applications during the Late Pleistocene by ...