Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amsania	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
budshur	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
cao ma huang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chewa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chinese ephedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chinese joint-fir	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese jointfir	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
desert tea	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
efedra	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ephdrae herba	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
ephedra	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) 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 herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ephedra radix	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ephedra root	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
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)
ephedrae radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
ephedrakraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
ephédra	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
hemp yellow	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
herba ephedra	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
herba ephedrae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
herbal ecstasy	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
horsetail	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
hum	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
huma	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
joint fir	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
khama	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kinesisk efedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ma hoàng	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ma huang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ma huang gen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ma hwang	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ma wang	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ma-huang	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
mahuang	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
mahuanggen	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
mao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
mao-kon	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
maoh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
maou	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
meerträubel	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
mu huang	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
mu-tsei-ma-huang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
máhuáng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
môc tac ma hoàng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
phok	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
radix et rhizoma ephedrae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
raisin de mer	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
san-ma-huang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
shrubby	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sima-mao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
soma	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
song tuê ma hoàng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
trung aa hoàng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
tsao-ma-huang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
tutgantha	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
uva marina	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
éphédra	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
マオウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
草麻黃	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
麻黃	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
麻黄	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
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)
flowering stem		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
stem	stem	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Aerial parts		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Stem		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
herbaceous stem	dried herbaceous stem	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
terrestrial stem		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
stem	dried stem	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
stem, root, rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
herb, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Stems		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Twig		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
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, Fruit (Fruit, Seed)		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)
herbaceous stem		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
terrestrial stem		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ephedra flava F.P.Sm. Contr. Mat. Med. China: 93 (1871), not validly publ.
Ephedra ma-huang Tang S.Liu Chin. J. Bot. 7(5): 257 (1927), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ephedra sinica	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Ephedra sinica Stapf	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) 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. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) 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 sinica Stapf.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Ephedra synica Stapf.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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