Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ephedra equisetina Bunge [Ephedraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese ephedra	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chinese jointfir	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ephdrae herba	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
ephedra	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ephedra herb	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
ephedra stem	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
ephedrae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ephedrakraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
herba ephedra	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
herba ephedrae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
herbal ecstasy	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
khvoynik khvoshchevoy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
kizilcha	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
kyrk muunday chekende	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
ma huang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
mahuang	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
mongolian ephedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mu zei ma huang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
somalatha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
zogoza	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
マオウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
木賊麻黃	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
麻黃	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
麻黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
麻黄根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem	dried herbaceous stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
herbaceous stem		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
stem	stem	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Aerial parts		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
herbaceous stem	dried herbaceous stem	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
terrestrial stem		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
stem		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
stem	dried herbaceous stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
stem	dried herbaceous stem	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
stem	stem	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
Stem, Leaf, Flower, Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
stem		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
terrestrial stem		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
stem	Dried herbaceous stem	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
stems, inflorescence, fruits		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
terrestrial stem		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ephedra shennungiana Tang J. Amer. Pharm. Assoc. 17: 339 (1928).
Ephedra equisetina var. monoica Y.Yang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 38: 385 (2000).
Ephedra nebrodensis subsp. equisetina (Bunge) Breistr. ex Greuter & Burdet Willdenowia 13: 278 (1983 publ. 1984).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ephedra equisetina	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
Ephedra equisetina A.Bunge	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Ephedra equisetina Bge.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ephedra equisetina Bhe.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Ephedra equisetina Bunge	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ephedra shennungiana Tang	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)

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