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

Ephedra. Artemisia. Yerba santa. Opium poppy. A lot of well-known drugs start with roots in the ground. The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas is leading an effort to make curative plants even ...

Today, Ephedra is used for its medicinal properties. The plant has limited nutritional value, so it seems likely that the people who buried this young man 15,000 years ago were consuming it for ...

Females need more water than males for their prolonged nuturing of developing seeds in the dry summer heat. Ephedra is browsed by pronghorn antelope, mule deer, elk, buffalo and horses. Male sheep and ...

Journal of Plant Research (2017). [4] Whole fossil plants of Ephedra and their implications on the morphology, ecology and evolution of Ephedraceae (Gnetales). Science Bulletin (2010).

Though ephedra is the cheapest short-term option, the large amounts needed, unreliable harvests and the intensive labor involved make it unlikely that the plant can be relied on alone as a source.

Afghan meth from Ephedra plant emerging as the drug of choice The plant, harvested in at least eight provinces in Afghanistan, has emerged as a cheaper option, catalysing illegal meth production ...