According to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, the dosage of ephedra is 2~10 grams, and the usage is mostly for internal use in decoction or in pills.
Ephedra is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, it is warm, taste slightly bitter, pungent, the efficacy is sweating to relieve the epidermis, diuresis, swelling, lungs and asthma, the role is used to treat cold and flu of the wind-cold syndrome, but also can be used for chest congestion, cough, wind and water (sudden head, face and limbs edema) edema and so on.
Ephedra is also divided into raw ephedra and honey-roasted ephedra raw ephedra sweating diuretic effect is stronger, the role of cough is weaker, honey-roasted ephedra moistening the lungs to stop coughing effect is strong, sweating strength is weaker, so if sweating diuretic, the application of raw ephedra, if the cough and asthma, can be applied to honey-roasted ephedra.
Adverse reactions are not clear, and it is forbidden to take it for those who are weak in body (sweating involuntarily during the day, and sweating is aggravated by a little movement), night sweating (sweating abnormally after going to sleep, and sweating stops after waking up) and those who suffer from wheezing.
According to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, its safe dosage is 2~10 grams. The use of this drug is mainly for internal consumption, which can be taken by decocting soup and into pills and proteins.
Ephedra should be used in clinical application by consulting with a local physician for guidance and application by a professional doctor.