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From: steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Herbal Speed
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Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 16:21:20 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  3 16:21:20 1985
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	The herbal stimulant tablets that are proliforating at
health food stores are really a kind of speed.

	The principle ingredient is "Ma Huang"
Ma Huang is a variety of the genus "Ephedria".
These plants containe "ephedrin", a chemical that
is closely related to dexidrine.  Ephedrin is used in
Western medicine (and Chinese) for treatment of asthma.

	Some I have seen are "Express", and "Chi Power."

	Ephedirn is probably the "soma" of ancient times.

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