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 ...

One of the great medicines of all time, ephedra (Ephedra sinica) has been in use for as long as 5,000 years. Known as Ma Huang in traditional Chinese Medicine, ephedra is native to Central Asia. The ...

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