“Ashwagandha may also support better sleep. Although research is still limited, some small studies have found it could be ...

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a condition where the force of blood against your artery walls is ...

Ephedra is promoted to enhance athletic performance, weight loss, and sexual drive, and cause euphoria. Much of ephedra's immense popularity can be attributed to the alkaloids' amphetamine-like ...

Cardiologists and dietitians agree there are specific supplements you shouldn’t take if you have high blood pressure, especially bitter orange, licorice root, caffeine, yohimbine and ephedra.

How long have humans used plants as drugs? A Moroccan cave holds clues. Ephedra seeds found in an ancient burial pit may be the earliest evidence yet for the medicinal use of plants.

Ephedra-type alkaloids, a class of naturally occurring compounds derived from plants in the genus Ephedra, have long held interest in the pharmaceutical industry due to their stimulant and airway ...

I would nominate the species Ephedra as another candidate for the world’s oldest recreational drug. Pollen of Ephedra altissima was discovered in a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal burial at the ...

Phytochemicals, traditional uses, biological effects, and possible molecular mechanisms of ephedra alata Xia & He Publishing Inc.

The government is building a case that could lead to banning ephedra, a herbal stimulant used to lose weight and boost athletic performance that has been linked to scores of deaths, the head of ...

Berberine is a natural compound that's been used in Chinese and Indian medicine for thousands of years. But it doesn't lead to stunning weight loss.

As spring swells and climbs through the canyons of the Colorado Plateau, green ephedra, also called Mormon tea, Ephedra viridis, produces arrangements at its branch nodes, and they produce tiny yellow ...