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Any of various plants of the Ephedra genus, especially Ephedra sinica, used in traditional Chinese medicine.

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ma huang

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ma huang

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Any of various plants of the Ephedra genus, especially Ephedra sinica, used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Japanese Meaning

エフェドラ属の植物、特にEphedra sinicaを指し、伝統中国医学で用いられる薬用植物

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Traditional healers often brew ma huang into a tea to relieve nasal congestion and asthma symptoms.

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伝統的な療法の施術者はしばしば麻黄を煎じてお茶にし、鼻づまりや喘息の症状を和らげます。

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Any of various plants of the Ephedra genus, especially Ephedra sinica, used in traditional Chinese medicine.

The active ingredients of ma huang had already been identified by the end of the nineteenth century by Japanese and German scientists, who named them ephedrine and pseudoephedrine.

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