Desert tea

OFFICIAL NAMES Ephedra, Ephedra sinica STREET NAMES Mahuang, ma huang, desert tea, Mormon tea, American ephedra, European ephedra, Pakistani ephedra, ephedrine, ephedrine alkaloids, pseudoephedrine DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS Not scheduled, dietary supplement... 

Ephedra has also been called Brigham tea, desert tea, herbal fen-phen, joint fir, Mexican tea. Mormon tea, natural ecstasy, popotillo, sea grape, squaw tea, teamster tea, and yellow horse. The active component, ephedrine, was isolated in the 19th century and was... 

Related Species Ephedra distacha (European ephedra) E. trifurca or E. viriditis (desert tea) E. nevadensis E. americana (American ephedra) E. gerardiana (Pakistani ephedra)... 

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Ironically, coffee does need relatively acidic soil, with pH between 5 and 6. Conifers and shmbs such as azaleas and rhododendrons thrive on soils with this acidity, as do tea, potatoes, rice, and rye. The vast majority of crop plants, including most vegetables, need soils just on the acidic side of neutral, pH between 6 and 7. Only a few crops—barley, sugar beets, cotton, and sugarcane—like soils on the mildly basic side, between pH 7 and 8, and only desert plants can cope with soils whose pH is greater than 8. 

Ephedra. Ephedras are leafless bushes that grow in deserts throughout the world. They are related to pine trees and bear tiny cones. Several species contain the drug ephedrine, a stimulant and a remedy for asthma. American ephedra, found throughout the western United States, is known as Mormon tea because early... 

Baccharis sarothroides A. Gray ( Desert broom ) a tea made by boiling the twigs is taken as a remedy for colds. The same tea is rubbed on muscles for relief [8],... 

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