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Ephedra
is the dried herbaceous stem of Ephedra sinica Stapf,
Ephedra intermedia Schrenk et C. A. Mey. or Ephedra
equisetina Bge. (Fam. Ephedraceae).
Action:
To induce perspiration for dispelling cold,
to relieve asthma, and to cause diuresis.
Herba Ephedrae (processed with honey): To moisten the lung
and relieve cough.
Indications:
Common cold with wind-cold syndrome (marked by chilliness
and mild fever, headache,
stuffed and running nose, general aching, but no sweating);
edema in acute nephritis; bronchial asthma.
Herba Ephedrae (processed with honey) : Cough in common cold
at later staer stage when chilliness hes been absent.
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