Ephedra Sinica 15 Seeds, Ma-Huang Medicinal Mormon Tea, Herb

Ephedra SinicaAlso known as: Ma-Huang, Mormon TeaAn evergreen perennial shrub, native to the steppes of Northern China where it is considered to be one of the 50 most fundamental herbs. Growing only up to 12"-16" tall. It doesn't have leaves, instead it only produces rigid, narrow, blue-green branches making an ever-widening mat. It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen from Aug to September. The flowers are dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required) The plant is not self-fertile.It has high concentrations of the various Ephedrine alkaloids and it has them in the naturally balanced state. It's a whole herb, and can be used in the form of the dried "stems" as a tea. The tea is used as a bronchial dilator--very helpful for asthmatics, and like coffee, gently stimulating to the central nervous system. It's not dangerous when used at a reasonable dos