Ephedra and a bottle of Ephedrine that says it is 25 mg Ephedrine HCI?
Ephedra is the common name of a plant. The “bottle of ephedra” is probably ephedra tea containing 375mg of plant parts. Ephedrine is the trivial name of a chemical compound, an alkaloid. Ephedrine HCl is the hydrochloric acid salt of ephedrine. Now forget the last two sentences — because any references to “ephedrine”, an easily oxidized, fishy-smelling free base with a melting point of 79 degrees Celsius actually refer to ephedrine HCl, a nice, happy stable salt which acts as a bronchodilator and central nervous system stimulant and melts at over 200 degrees Celcius.
