Ephedra

Ma Huang

麻黄

Ephedrae Herba; Herba Ephedrae

Ephedra

Pungent; Slightly Bitter; Warm

Lung; Bladder

Herbaceous twigs

Pungent-Warm Exterior-Releasing Medicinal

辛温解表药

To induce perspiration for dispelling cold, to relieve asthma, and to cause diuresis.

Wind-cold exterior repletion syndrome, headache without sweating, headache and generalized pain, cough, fever, fever and aversion to wind, absence of sweating, congesting lung, non-diffusion of lung qi, cough and asthma, bronchial asthma, wind water edema, nasal congestion, allergic rhinitis, inhibited urination, wind-damp impediment pain, muscle numbness, wind papule itching, yin flat abscess and phlegm node.

1. its effects on cardiovascular system are similar to epinephrine in many aspects, but persist seven to ten times longer. the myocardial contractility and cardiac output are augmented and cardiac, cerebral and muscular blood flows are increased.2. its br

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