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Author: kyle sagaas Author Ranking Blue | Posted: 26-05-2008 | Comments: 0 | Views: 2 | Rating:  (50) Article Popularity - Green (?) Got a Question? Ask.
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Ephedra dates back as old as the erstwhile Chinese empires and emperors. It was discovered as an herbal cure for common skin allergies and asthma. They are using it as a topical treatment for wounds and skin rashes.

But how truly do you know ephedra? Maybe you are familiar with ephedra merely as a known diet pill or diet supplement that expedites weight loss and nothing more? Wrong. Your ephedra drug has actually contributed to human civilization more than as a mere aesthetic drug you’ve come to know by now.

Here are a few things you should know by now about ephedra:

1. Ephedra was traditionally used as an organic cure for common colds.
2. It quickly releases fatty acids that aids in faster weight loss.
3. Ephedra is actually a medicinal herb called ephedraceae.
4. The mormon tea consists mainly of ephedra.
5. EAC simply means ephedra, aspirin and caffeine.
6. Ma Huang is the Chinese name for ephedra.
7. Ephedra has been widely used by Chinese for more than five hundred centuries.
8. Ephedra is rich in alkaloids, from which it obtains most of its fat burning qualities.
9. It has ephedrine as an active ingredient which I known to be an active appetite suppressant.
10. Medical doctors prescribe ephedra to asthma sufferers to ease out breathing.

Ephedra is a medicinal plant, scientifically known as Ephedraceae. It is considered as one of the oldest Chinese medicines. Ma Huang as it is fondly called by Chinese likes to grow in sandy or rocky deserts. It was used by the Mormons who arrived in Utah. The native tribe members introduced them to Ephedra and this was widely used as a substitute for coffee and tea. From then on, the mormon tea was born.

Did you know that there are two type's of Ephedra? The Ma Huang and the one used in Mormon tea. Ephedra is believed to have many natural healing properties. First, it relaxes the air passages promoting healthier breathing and help treat asthma. Also, tt can even help fight the common cold by promoting perspiration.

Most popularly, ephedera has also been attributed to promote weight-loss. The alkaloids in ephedra have been linked to its fat burning qualities, hence the fast weight loss when compared to other diet pills. Alkaloids are a group of nitrogen-containing bases that greatly aids in burning body fat easily leading to quicker losing of pounds.

The Eac stack or the eac stack of ephedra, aspirin and caffeine has been used by many body builders and atheletes to help promote weight loss over a period of time. Despite FDA’s ban on the wonder drug, that did not stop millions of people worldwide from taking the magic diet pill as they say. What is important is you take ephedra as a diet regime after thorough examination with your physician to forestall any possible risk that may be brought about by the adverse side effects or contraindications of the drugs to your body. That way, you are assured that your body can fully take in ephedra as a diet pill or supplement without posing any major health risk on your part.

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