Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ephedra equisetina Bunge [Ephedraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

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 Pharmacop., 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ephedra herb	Other	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
ephedra stem	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
ephedrae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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	Pharmacop. 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)
kodati-mao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (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	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
herbaceous stem		British Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
stem		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
stem	dried herbaceous stem	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
stem	dried herbaceous stem	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
stem	stem	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Stem, Leaf, Flower, Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
stem		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
terrestrial stem		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
stem	Dried herbaceous stem	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
stems, inflorescence, fruits		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
terrestrial stem		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 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).
Ephedra subalpina Al.Lehm. Beitr. Kenntn. Russ. Reiches 17: 140 (1852).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ephedra equisetina	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2004)
Ephedra equisetina A.Bunge	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Ephedra equisetina Bge.	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ephedra equisetina Bhe.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Ephedra equisetina Bunge	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 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 Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 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 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) 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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