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Ephedra reduces appetite and stimulates fat metabolism, making it very effective as weight-loss supplement. The active compound in Ephedra (Ma Huang) is ephedrine. Ephedrine increases the metabolic rate, so that your body burns fats and sugar more efficiently. By mobilizing stored fat and carbohydrate reserves, ephedrine reduces your appetite.
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roses that cure wounds when their icaros are sung.
Under the rainbow of the Sachamama is Canessa, the great tamer of snakes and
jungle animals. She is accompanied by her princesses Uzela and Vedina, who
attack with their magic nets. At the riverside you can find the tuyuyos the jabiru
stork, Jabiru mycteria], sorcerer birds that hatch their chicks at the top of the
lupuna Ceibasp.]. These animals are not food for ordinary people, but for the
witch doctor. If ordinary people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails. They
only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
mama, etc. Next we see the paiche machaco, a fish like the paiche Arapaima
gigans], but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos [black water wolves] are in the foreground.
These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui laughing falcon,
Herpetotheres cachinnans] preparing to eat a snake. The icaro of this animal is
good for stunning a snake and defeating it, leaving its bite with-out effect. On the
house grows the huancahui-sacha plant unidentified], good as an emetic and a
purgative.
In the centre, a little to the right, you can see a Yakumama throwing her magnet
upward. The murayas a type of shaman] use her to descend all the way to the
deepest part of the river. Then she changes into a beautiful submarine. Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth. This is the
Yakumama that becomes a steamboat in order to walk on the water of rivers and
lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro. At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house.
If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there. people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left o roses that cure wounds when their icaros are sung.
Under the rainbow of the Sachamama is Canessa, the great tamer of snakes and
jungle animals.
She is accompanied by her princesses Uzela and Vedina, who
attack with their magic nets. At the riverside you can find the tuyuyos the jabiru
stork, Jabiru mycteria], sorcerer birds that hatch their chicks at the top of the
lupuna Ceibasp.]. These animals are not food for ordinary people, but for the
witch doctor. If ordinary people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails. They
only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
mama, etc. Next we see the paiche machaco, a fish like the paiche Arapaima
gigans], but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos black water wolves] are in the foreground. These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui laughing falcon,
Herpetotheres cachinnans] preparing to eat a snake. The icaro of this animal is
good for stunning a snake and defeating it, leaving its bite with-out effect. On the
house grows the huancahui-sacha plant unidentified], good as an emetic and a
purgative.
In the centre, a little to the right, you can see a Yakumama throwing her magnet
upward.
The murayas a type of shaman] use her to descend all the way to the
deepest part of the river. Then she changes into a beautiful submarine. Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth. This is the
Yakumama that becomes a steamboat in order to walk on the water of rivers and
lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro. At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house. If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there. people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left o roses that cure wounds when their icaros are sung.
Under the rainbow of the Sachamama is Canessa, the great tamer of snakes and
jungle animals. She is accompanied by her princesses Uzela and Vedina, who
attack with their magic nets. At the riverside you can find the tuyuyos [the jabiru
stork, Jabiru mycteria, sorcerer birds that hatch their chicks at the top of the
lupuna [Ceibasp.. These animals are not food for ordinary people, but for the
witch doctor. If ordinary people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34.
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit, who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails. They
only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
mama, etc. Next we see the paiche machaco, a fish like the paiche Arapaima
gigans, but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos black water wolves are in the foreground. These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui [laughing falcon,
Herpetotheres cachinnans preparing to eat a snake. The icaro of this animal is
good for stunning a snake and defeating it, leaving its bite with-out effect. On the
house grows the huancahui-sacha plant unidentified, good as an emetic and a
purgative.
In the centre, a little to the right, you can see a Yakumama throwing her magnet
upward. The murayas a type of shaman use her to descend all the way to the
deepest part of the river. Then she changes into a beautiful submarine. Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth. This is the
Yakumama that becomes a steamboat in order to walk on the water of rivers and
lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro. At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house. If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there. people eat them, the birds make us Garcinia Cambogia thin like they are see
Vision 34.
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit, who always comes
out late at night in silent places.
Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left o roses that cure wounds when their icaros are sung.
Under the rainbow of the Sachamama is Canessa, the great tamer of snakes and
jungle animals. She is accompanied by her princesses Uzela and Vedina, who
attack with their magic nets. At the riverside you can find the tuyuyos the jabiru
stork, Jabiru mycteria, sorcerer birds that hatch their chicks at the top of the
lupuna Ceibasp.. These animals are not food for ordinary people, but for the
witch doctor. If ordinary people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34.
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit, who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of Ephedra Is Is the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails. They
only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
mama, etc. Next we see the paiche machaco, a fish like the paiche Arapaima
gigans, but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos black water wolves are in the foreground. These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui laughing falcon,
Herpetotheres cachinnans preparing to eat a snake. The icaro of this animal is
good for stunning a snake and defeating it, leaving its bite with-out effect. On the
house grows the huancahui-sacha plant unidentified, good as an emetic and a
purgative.
In the centre, a little to the right, you can see a Yakumama throwing her magnet
upward.
The murayas a type of shaman use her to descend all the way to the
deepest part of the river. Then she changes into a beautiful submarine. Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth. This is the
Yakumama that becomes a steamboat in order to walk on the water of rivers and
lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro. At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house. If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there. people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34.
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit, who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
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Ephedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in the family Ephedraceae and order Ephedrales.
These plants occur in dry climates over a wide area mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, across southern Europe, north Africa, southwest and central Asia, southwestern North America, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, in South America south to Patagonia. They are also called Joint-pine, Jointfir, or Mormon-tea.
The Chinese name is 麻黄, ma huang, which means "yellow hemp". Ephedra is also sometimes called sea grape (from the French raisin de mer), although that is also a common name for Coccoloba uvifera.
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Species
The following list of species is from the Gymnosperm Database page for Ephedra.
Ephedra alata Decne
Ephedra altissima Desf.
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A.Meyer - Clapweed, Erect Ephedra
Ephedra aspera Engelm.
ex S.Wats. - Boundary Ephedra, Pitamoreal
Ephedra californica S.Wats. - California Ephedra, California Jointfir
Ephedra coryi E.L.Reed - Cory's Ephedra
Ephedra cutleri Peebles - Navajo Ephedra, Cutler's Ephedra, Cutler Mormon-tea, Cutler's Jointfir
Ephedra distachya L. - Joint-pine, Jointfir
Ephedra distachya subsp.
helvetica (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra equisetina Bunge - Ma huang
Ephedra fasciculata A.Nels. - Arizona Ephedra, Arizona Jointfir, Desert Mormon-tea
Ephedra fedtschenkoae Pauls.
Ephedra fragilis Desf.
Ephedra fragilis subsp. campylopoda (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra frustillata Miers - Patagonian Ephedra
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton - Death Valley Ephedra, Death Valley Jointfir
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex C.
A.
Meyer - Gerard's Jointfir, Shan Ling Ma Huang
Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex C.A.Meyer
Ephedra lepidosperma C.
Y.
Cheng
Ephedra likiangensis Florin
Ephedra macedonica Kos.
Ephedra major Host
Ephedra major subsp. procera Fischer & C.
A.
Meyer
Ephedra minuta Florin
Ephedra monosperma C.A.Meyer
Ephedra viridis in western NevadaEphedra nevadensis S.Wats. - Nevada Ephedra, Nevada Jointfir, Nevada Mormon-tea
Ephedra pedunculata Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Vine Ephedra, Vine Jointfir
Ephedra przewalskii Stapf
Ephedra przewalskii var. kaschgarica (B.Fedtsch. & Bobr.
) C.
Y.
Cheng
Ephedra regeliana Florin - Xi Zi Ma Huang
Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle ex Florin
Ephedra sinica Stapf - Ma Huang, Chinese ephedra
Ephedra torreyana S.Wats. - Torrey's Ephedra, Torrey's Jointfir, Torrey's Mormon-tea, Cañutillo
Ephedra trifurca Torrey ex S.Wats. - Longleaf Ephedra, Longleaf Jointfir, Longleaf Mormon-tea, Popotilla, Teposote
Ephedra viridis Coville - Green Ephedra, Green Mormon-tea
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Uses and health concerns
Ephedra distachyaThese plants have traditionally been used by indigenous people for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a likely candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion. The alkaloids ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are the active constituents of the plant. Some species in the Ephedra genus have zero alEphedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in the family Ephedraceae and order Ephedrales. These plants occur in dry climates over a wide area mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, across southern Europe, north Africa, southwest and central Asia, southwestern North America, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, in South America south to Patagonia. They are also called Joint-pine, Jointfir, or Mormon-tea. The Chinese name is 麻黄, ma huang, which means "yellow hemp". Ephedra is also sometimes called sea grape (from the French raisin de mer), although that is also a common name for Coccoloba uvifera.
edit]
Species
The following list of species is from the Gymnosperm Database page for Ephedra.
Ephedra alata Decne
Ephedra altissima Desf.
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A.Meyer - Clapweed, Erect Ephedra
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S.Wats. ephedra 356
metabolife - Boundary Ephedra, Pitamoreal
Ephedra californica S.Wats. - California Ephedra, California Jointfir
Ephedra coryi E.L.Reed - Cory's Ephedra
Ephedra cutleri Peebles - Navajo Ephedra, Cutler's Ephedra, Cutler Mormon-tea, Cutler's Jointfir
Ephedra distachya L. - Joint-pine, Jointfir
Ephedra distachya subsp. helvetica (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra equisetina Bunge - Ma huang
Ephedra fasciculata A.Nels. - Arizona Ephedra, Arizona Jointfir, Desert Mormon-tea
Ephedra fedtschenkoae Pauls.
Ephedra fragilis Desf.
Ephedra fragilis subsp. campylopoda (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra frustillata Miers - Patagonian Ephedra
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton - Death Valley Ephedra, Death Valley Jointfir
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex C.A.Meyer - Gerard's Jointfir, Shan Ling Ma Huang
Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex C.A.Meyer
Ephedra lepidosperma C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra likiangensis Florin
Ephedra macedonica Kos.
Ephedra major Host
Ephedra major subsp. procera Fischer & C.A.Meyer
Ephedra minuta Florin
Ephedra monosperma C.A.Meyer
Ephedra viridis in western NevadaEphedra nevadensis S.Wats. - Nevada Ephedra, Nevada Jointfir, Nevada Mormon-tea
Ephedra pedunculata Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Vine Ephedra, Vine Jointfir
Ephedra przewalskii Stapf
Ephedra przewalskii var. kaschgarica (B.Fedtsch. & Bobr.) C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra regeliana ephedra 356
metabolife Florin - Xi Zi Ma Huang
Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle ex Florin
Ephedra sinica Stapf - Ma Huang, Chinese ephedra 356
metabolife ephedra
Ephedra torreyana S.
Wats.
- Torrey's Ephedra, Torrey's Jointfir, Torrey's Mormon-tea, Cañutillo
Ephedra trifurca Torrey ex S.Wats. - Longleaf Ephedra, Longleaf Jointfir, Longleaf Mormon-tea, Popotilla, Teposote
Ephedra viridis Coville - Green Ephedra, Green Mormon-tea
edit]
Uses and health concerns
Ephedra distachyaThese plants have traditionally been used by indigenous
Over 5000 years ago ephedra (under the name Ma huang) has been used in Chinese medicine to treat several disorders. Amongst others asthma and bronchitis were to be treated properly with ephedra. Ephedra comes from a plant that has a few powerful active compounds, of which ephedrine is the most useful.
More information on the chemical connections en the extraction of the active substances is to be read in chemistry.
Over the last few years ephedra has gained much more attention for its side-effects: an increased metabolism, plus the thermeogenic and fat burning qualities that come along with that. This gives the body stimulation and provides energy. Thanks to these qualities ephedra now has a status of weight-loss supplement, smartdrug and sports supplement. A status that has recently become controversial because of the ban on ephedra products in the United States and the Netherlands. Read about the why, when and how in legal?.
The menu parts all contain articles, which were placed in the original English version. Besides we have some users experiences, a users guide, Frequently Asked Questions, links and a forum.
* News *
October 3 , 2005 - Ephedra-free diet pills not risk-free
In a scramble to develop new replacement weight-loss aids, drug manufacturers produced drugs containing extracts of bitter orange.
This supplement has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for digestive problems. Studies are finding these new ephedra-free diet pills carry some side effects that are similar to ephedra products.
This botanical contains a compound similar to ephedra, called synephrine. Both of these compounds stimulate the central nervous system and are thought to increase the metabolism. Also both raise blood pressure and heart rate, according to research on Advantra Z and Xenadrine EFX at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Christine Haller, lead author of the University of California, San Francisco study, points out that little research has been done to determine whether or not these new ephedra-free diet pills are safe or effective. She says the main concern about these new diet pills is the risk they pose to people with elevated blood pressure and conditions like diabetes: two medical conditions which are common in overweight and obese individuals.
“This does indicate that people should use caution when using these ephedra-free diet drugs]” Haller says.
In 1927, the U.S. medical community began to use ephedrine, which is the
active ingredient in ma haung, to open bronchial passages in patients with
asthma. As the supplies of
Ephedra vulgaris
began to dwindle, pharmaceutical
companies began to search for a synthetic alternative. Amphetamine was first
synthesized in 1887, but because there was very little interest in it, the substance
went unnoticed until it became the alternative to ephedrine (Feldman
et al., 1997).
By the 1930s, all the major effects of amphetamine were known.
While researOver 5000 years ago ephedra (under the name Ma huang) has been used in Chinese medicine to treat several disorders. Amongst others asthma and bronchitis were to be treated properly with ephedra. Ephedra comes from a plant that has a few powerful active compounds, of which ephedrine is the most useful. More information on the chemical connections en the extraction of the active substances is to be read in chemistry.
Over the last few years ephedra has gained much more attention for its side-effects: an increased metabolism, plus the thermeogenic and fat burning qualities that come along with that. This gives the body stimulation and provides energy.
Thanks to these qualities ephedra now has a status of weight-loss supplement, smartdrug and sports supplement. A status that has recently become controversial because of the ban on ephedra products in the United States and the Netherlands.
Read about the why, when and how in legal?.
The menu parts all contain articles, which were placed in the original English version. Besides we have some users experiences, a users guide, Frequently Asked Questions, links and a forum.
* News *
October 3 , 2005 - Ephedra-free diet pills not risk-free
In a scramble to develop new replacement weight-loss aids, drug manufacturers produced drugs containing extracts of bitter orange. This supplement has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for digestive problems. Studies are finding these new ephedra-free diet pills carry some side effects that are similar to ephedra products.
This botanical contains a compound similar to ephedra, called synephrine. Both of these compounds stimulate the central nervous system and are thought to increase the metabolism. Also both raise blood pressure and heart rate, according to research on Advantra Z and Xenadrine EFX at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Christine Haller, lead author of the University of California, San Francisco study, points out that little research has been done to determine whether or not these new ephedra-free diet pills are
ephedra pill safe or effective. She says the main concern about these new diet pills is the risk they pose to people with elevated blood pressure and conditions like diabetes: two medical conditions which are common in overweight and obese individuals.
“This does indicate that people should use caution when using these ephedra-free diet drugs]” Haller says.
In 1927, the U.S. medical community began to use ephedrine, which is the
active ingredient in ma haung, to open bronchial passages in patients with
asthma. As the supplies of
Ephedra vulgaris
began to dwindle, pharmaceutical
companies began to search for a synthetic alternative. Amphetamine was first
synthesized in 1887, but because there was very little interest in it, the substance
went unnoticed until it became the alternative to ephedrine (Feldman
et al., 1997). By the 1930s, all the major effects of amphetamine were known.
While researOver 5000 years ago ephedra (under the name Ma huang) has been used in Chinese medicine to treat several disorders. Amongst others asthma and bronchitis were to be treated properly with ephedra. Ephedra comes from a plant that has a few powerful active compounds, of which ephedrine is the most useful. More information on the chemical connections en the extraction of the active substances is to be read in chemistry.
Over the last few years ephedra has gained much more attention for its side-effects: an increased metabolism, plus the thermeogenic and fat burning qualities that come along with that. This gives the body stimulation and provides energy. Thanks to these qualities ephedra now has a status of weight-loss supplement, smartdrug and sports supplement. A status that has recently become controversial because of the ban on ephedra products in the United States and the Netherlands. Read about the why, when and how in legal?.
The menu parts all contain articles, which were placed in the original English version. Besides we have some users experiences, a users guide, Frequently Asked Questions, links and a forum.
* News *
October 3 , 2005 - Ephedra-free diet pills not risk-free
In a scramble to develop new replacement weight-loss aids, drug manufacturers produced drugs containing extracts of bitter orange. This supplement has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for digestive problems. Studies are finding these new ephedra-free diet pills carry some side effects that are similar to ephedra products.
This botanical contains a compound similar to ephedra, called synephrine. Both of these compounds stimulate the central nervous system and are thought to increase the metabolism. Also both raise blood pressure and heart rate, according to research on Advantra Z and Xenadrine EFX at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Christine Haller,
ng and running about,
produce a wind that accompanies this snake. Four flying objects always accompany
the sylphs as guardians wherever they go.
VISION 15
THE SACHAMAMA
This picture shows the Sachamama hypnotising a deer in order to swallow it up.
Trees and weeds grow on the Sachamama. This big snake is hard to find, but it can
be seen.On the left side is a small pond from which it drinks. On the right there are
all kinds of animal and even human bones which it has vomited up during its life
time. It expels the meat through its rectum, the bones it vomits.
This big snake rarely moves, remaining perhaps hundreds of years in the same
place. One can even accidentally climb on top of it without realising one is on
this dangerous animal. If a person passes by its head, the Sachamama magnetises
him immediately and swallows him, because it possesses a very powerful magnet,
and no living being that crosses its path can escape.
When a person has noticed the presence of the Sachamama, he must leave swiftly
so as not to be crushed by a tree or struck by lightning, because the Sachamarna
produces a strong wind with lightning and lots of rain, capable of knocking down
trees. When the Sachamama moves to another place, it throws down the trees on its
back and makes a sort of path by knocking down other trees as well.
VISION 16
THE SESSION OF THE CHULLACHAKI
This is a vision of the Supay-chacra or garden of the Chullachaki. In the middle we
see a tree called caimitillo Duroja hirsuta].
The two trees beside it are called
Supay-caspi and the lowest ones, Supay-anallosacha. You can see that they have
circles at the base of the leaves.
Here you can see a Chullachaki a forest spirit] dressed in royal gowns, reading a
parchment. The others, the shapshicos or sacharunas, listen to the reading of the
decree on the care of wild animals, because they are the ones who have this
responsibility. All of them are dressed in brilliant-colored royal clothes which make
the nearby leaves shine bright, just as perfectly as light bulbs. It's like a
Bacchanalian feast to which all wild animals are invited so they together with their
masters will entertain all the rest, setting up a circus show with dances, music with
euphoric rhythm, and entrancing singing.
There you can hear the most complex
sounds and lullabies of the purity of the forest, of the intricate web of the vegetal
esoteric world. Within vegetalismo there is so much knowledge that could benefit
man. Perhaps some day the hidden secret of longevity will be known, because it is
certain that this is to be found within the plants of the forest.
These animals are called through a telepathic vibration in which the instinct of the
psychic cord m~' the animals come to the meeting. You can see otorongo, the
manco-puma, the lluhuichio-puma, huasca [monkey], the squirrel, the cashacushillo
i cupine], the sachavaca tapir], the deer, the armas Priodontes
maximus], the maids [Agouti paca], ng and running about,
produce a wind that accompanies this snake. Four flying objects always accompany
the sylphs as guardians wherever they go.
VISION 15
THE SACHAMAMA
This picture shows the Sachamama hypnotising a deer in order to swallow it up.
Trees and weeds grow on the Sachamama. This big snake is hard to find, but it can
be seen.On the left side is a small pond from which it drinks. On the right there are
all kinds of animal and even human bones which it has vomited up during its life
time. It expels the meat through its rectum, the bones it vomits.
This big snake rarely moves, remaining perhaps hundreds of years in the same
place. One can even accidentally climb on top of it without realising one is on
this dangerous animal. If a person passes by its head, the Sachamama magnetises
him immediately and swallows him, because it possesses a very powerful magnet,
and no living being that crosses its path can escape.
When a person has noticed the presence of the Sachamama, he must leave swiftly
so as not to be crushed by a tree or struck by lightning, because the Sachamarna
produces a strong wind with lightning and lots of rain, capable of knocking down
trees.
When the Sachamama moves to another place, it throws down the trees on its
back and makes a sort of path by knocking down other trees as well.
VISION 16
THE SESSION OF THE CHULLACHAKI
This is a vision of the Supay-chacra or garden of the Chullachaki.
In the middle we
see a tree called caimitillo Duroja hirsuta]. The two trees beside it are called
Supay-caspi and the lowest ones, Supay-anallosacha. You can see that they have
circles at the base of the leaves.
Here you can see a Chullachaki a forest spirit] dressed in royal gowns, reading a
parchment. The others, the shapshicos or sacharunas, listen to the reading of the
decree on the care of wild animals, because they are the ones who have this
responsibility. All of them are dressed in brilliant-colored royal clothes which make
the nearby leaves shine bright, just as perfectly as light bulbs. It's like a
Bacchanalian feast to which all wild animals are invited so they together with their
masters will entertain all the rest, setting up a circus show with dances, music with
euphoric rhythm, and entrancing singing. There you can hear the most complex
sounds and lullabies of the purity of the forest, of the intricate web of the vegetal
esoteric world. Within vegetalismo there is so much knowledge that could benefit
man. Perhaps some day the hidden secret of longevity will be known, because it is
certain that this is to be found within the plants of the forest.
These animals are called through a telepathic vibration in which the instinct of the
psychic cord m~' the animals come to the meeting. You can see otorongo, the
manco-puma, the lluhuichio-puma, huasca monkey], the squirrel, the cashacushillo
i cupine], the sachavaca tapir], the deer, the armas Priodontes
maximus], the maids Agouti paca], ng and running about,
produce a wind that accompanies this snake. Four flying objects always accompany
the sylphs as guardians wherever they go.
VISION 15
THE SACHAMAMA
This picture shows the Sachamama hypnotising a deer in order to swallow it up.
Trees and weeds grow on the Sachamama. This big snake is hard to find, but it can
be seen.On the left side is a small pond from which it drinks. On the right there are
all kinds of animal and even human bones which it has vomited up during its life
time. It expels the meat through its rectum, the bones it vomits.
This big snake rarely moves, remaining perhaps hundreds of years in the same
place. One can even accidentally climb on top of it without realising one is on
this dangerous animal. If a person passes by its head, the Sachamama magnetises
him immediately and swallows him, because it possesses a very Diet Pill powerful magnet,
and no living being that crosses its path can escape.
When a person has noticed the presence of the Sachamama, he must leave swiftly
so as not to be crushed by a tree or struck by lightning, because the Sachamarna
produces a strong wind with lightning and lots of rain, capable of knocking down
trees. When the Sachamama moves to another place, it throws down the trees on its
back and makes a sort of path by knocking down other trees as well.
VISION 16
THE SESSION OF THE CHULLACHAKI
This is a vision of the Supay-chacra or garden of the Chullachaki. In the middle we
see a tree called caimitillo [Duroja hirsuta. The two trees beside it are called
Supay-caspi and the lowest ones, Supay-anallosacha. You can see that they have
circles at the base of the leaves.
Here you can see a Chullachaki a forest spirit dressed in royal gowns, reading a
parchment.
The others, the shapshicos or sacharunas, listen to the reading of the
decree on the care of wild animals, because they are the ones who have this
responsibility. All of them are dressed in brilliant-colored royal clothes which make
the nearby leaves shine bright, just as perfectly as light bulbs.
It's like a
Bacchanalian feast to which all wild animals are invited so they together with their
masters will entertain all the rest, setting up a circus show with dances, music with
euphoric rhythm, and entrancing singing. There you can hear the most complex
sounds and lullabies of the purity of the forest, of the intricate web of the vegetal
esoteric world. Within vegetalismo there is so much knowledge that could benefit
man.
Perhaps some day the hidden secret of longevity will be known, because it is
certain that this is to be found within ban
ephedra the plants of the forest.
These animals are called through a telepathic vibration in which the instinct of the
psychic cord m~' the animals come to the meeting. You can see otorongo, the
manco-puma, the lluhuichio-puma, huasca monkey, the squirrel, the cashacushillo
i cupine, the sachavaca tapir, the deer, the armas Priodontes
maximus, the maids [Agouti paca, ng and running about,
produce a wind that accompanies this snake.
Four flying objects always accompany
the sylphs as guardians wherever they go.
VISION 15
THE SACHAMAMA
This picture shows the Sachamama hypnotising a deer in order to swallow it up.
Trees and weeds grow on the Sachamama. This big snake is hard to find, but it can
be seen.
On the left side is a small pond from which it drinks. On the right there are
all kinds of animal and even human bones which it has vomited up during its life
time. It expels the meat through its rectum, the bones it vomits.
This big snake rarely moves, remaining perhaps hundreds of years in the same
place. One can even accidentally climb on top of it without realising one is on
this dangerous animal. If a person passes by its head, the Sachamama magnetises
him immediately and swallows him, because it possesses a very powerful magnet,
and no living being that crosses its path can escape.
When a person has noticed the presence of the Sachamama, he must leave swiftly
so as not to be crushed by a tree or struck by lightning, because the Sachamarna
produces a strong wind with lightning and lots of rain, capable of knocking down
trees. When the Sachamama moves to another place, it throws down the trees on its
back and makes a sort of path by knocking down other trees as well.
VISION 16
THE SESSION OF THE CHULLACHAKI
This is a vision of the Supay-chacra or garden of the Chullachaki. In the middle we
see a tree called caimitillo Duroja hirsuta. The two trees beside it are called
Supay-caspi and the lowest ones, Supay-anallosacha. You can see that they have
circles at the base of the leaves.
Here you can see a Chullachaki a forest spirit dressed in royal gowns, reading Diet Pill a
parchment.
The others, the shapshicos or sacharunas, listen to the reading of the
decree on the care of wild animals, because they are the ones who have this
responsibility. All of them are dressed in brilliant-colored royal clothes which make
the nearby leaves shine bright, just as perfectly as light bulbs. It's like a
Bacchanalian feast to which all wild animals are invited so they together with their
masters will entertain all the rest, setting up a circus show with dances, music with
euphoric rhythm, and entrancing singing. There you can hear the most complex
sounds and lullabies of the purity of the forest, of the intricate web of the vegetal
esoteric world. Within vegetalismo there is so much knowledge that could benefit
man.
Perhaps some day the hidden secret of longevity will be known, because it is
certain that this is to be found within the plants of the forest.
These animals are called through a telepathic vibration in which the instinct of the
psychic cord m~' the animals come to the meeting. You can see otorongo, the
manco-puma, the lluhuichio-puma, huasca monkey, the squirrel, the cashacushillo
i cupine, the sachavaca tapir, the deer, the armas Priodontes
maximus, the maids Agouti paca, Ephedra as weight loss supplement
Ephedra reduces appetite and stimulates fat metabolism, making it very effective as weight-loss supplement. The active compound in Ephedra (Ma Huang) is ephedrine. Ephedrine increases the metabolic rate, so that your body burns fats and sugar more efficiently. By mobilizing stored fat and carbohydrate reserves, ephedrine reduces your appetite.
The best way to keep unwanted weight off remains reducing your food intake and increasing your daily physical activity. While ephedra is no wonder drug, it can be a valuable aid in helping you get though your chosen diet and exercise regimen.
Please read the articles below for more information.
Controlled Burn: How Ephedrine-based Fat-burners Work And How You Can Use Them Properly
What's new when using ephedra to lose weight.
Herbal Ephedrine Shows Promise
Research has proven Buy Ephedra Diet Pill the fatburning qualities of ephedra herb.
Ask The Herbalist: Is ephedra (Ma Huang) Safe And Effective?
Some tips about losing weight with ephedra.
Ephedra, What Is This Herb? -Weight Loss Aid
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ching the effects, it was discovered that amphetamines could
awaken dogs that were under anesthesia. This discovery led to the use of
amphetamines, in pill form, to treat narcolepsy (Feldman et al., 1997).
Amphetamines were also rumored to have been used in Japan, Britain, Germany,
and the U.S. during World War II (Brecher 1972; Lovett, 1994; Feldman
et al., 1997). U.S. and Japanese army personnel are said to have used amphetamines
to stay awake and alert while assigned to especially long periods on
duty (Feldman et al., 1997). Because of the use of amphetamines by Japanese
soldiers, Japan “suffered a serious methamphetamine problem during early
postwar years” (Suwaki, 1991).
Amphetamine use became so common that college students in the 1950s
and 1960s used amphetamines to stay awake all night to study for exams.
Long-haul truckers named their routes after how much amphetamine was
needed to make the trip. To get halfway across the U.S., truckers used “St.
Louie,” and for a transcontinental truck run, “West Coast turnabouts” were
used (Feldman et al., 1997).
In the 1960s, California users of amphetamine began using speedballs,
which are a combination of amphetamine and heroin taken intravenously.
Physicians of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco tried to warn
the public of the dangers of amphetamines by coining the term “speed kills.”
Dr. D. Smith of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic said:
In the 1970s the Haight-Ashbury area, of San Francisco,
turned into one of the most violent areas of the city. It
was a direct result of the amphetamine epidemic. In
addition, we saw a great deal of amphetamine psychosis,
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2003
by CRC Press LLC
from high doses of amphetamine producing paranoia,
auditory, and visual hallucinations. We started getting
a feel that the medical and the psychiatric system did
not know how to handle drug epidemics. For example,
I was also running the alcohol and drug abuse-screening
unit at San Francisco General Hospital where with the
diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia you treat with
long-term psychotropic medication. With amphetamine
psychosis you detoxify them and use a short-term
course of psychotropic medication and get them into
recove
The technology of ancient wine making (open fermentation in crocks
or vats) would only produce a six-percent alcohol content. This would be
quickly reduced to acetic acid (vinegar). Ancient wine was produced
exactly the same as modern vinegar. So, a stable vinegar solution was
probably the basis of ancient wine. Vinegar is, however, not intoxicating.
One explanation is that vinegar was used as a vehicle for carrying other
drugs. Dried drug plants such as poppy (opium), datura, henbane, etc.
being extracted with the vinegar. (With the possible exception of opium
and ephedra, none of these other plants would really be pleasant in their
effects.) Vinegar would then preserve these drugs in solution. This would
allow bottling, transport and u Over 5000 years ago ephedra (under the name Ma huang) has been used in Chinese medicine to treat several disorders. Amongst others asthma and bronchitis were to be treated properly with ephedra. Ephedra comes from a plant that has a few powerful active compounds, of which ephedrine is the most useful. More information on the chemical connections en the extraction of the active substances is to be read in chemistry.
Over the last few years ephedra has gained much more attention for its side-effects: an increased metabolism, plus the thermeogenic and fat burning qualities that come along with that. This gives the body stimulation and provides energy. Thanks to these qualities ephedra now has a status of weight-loss supplement, smartdrug and sports supplement. A status that has recently become controversial because of the ban on ephedra products in the United States and the Netherlands. Read about the why, when and how in legal?.
The menu parts all contain articles, which were placed in the original English version. Besides we have some users experiences, a users guide, Frequently Asked Questions, links and a forum.
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October 3 , 2005 - Ephedra-free diet pills not risk-free
In a scramble to develop new replacement weight-loss aids, drug manufacturers produced drugs containing extracts of bitter orange. This supplement has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for digestive problems. Studies are finding these new ephedra-free diet pills carry some side effects that are similar to ephedra products.
This botanical contains a compound similar to ephedra, called synephrine. Both of these compounds stimulate the central nervous system and are thought to increase the metabolism. Also both raise blood pressure and heart rate, according to research on Advantra Z and Xenadrine EFX at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Christine Haller, lead author of the University of California, San Francisco study, points out that little research has been done to determine whether or not these new ephedra-free diet pills are safe or effective. She says the main concern about these new diet pills is the risk they pose to people with elevated blood pressure and conditions like diabetes: two medical conditions which are common in overweight and obese individuals.
“This does indicate that people should use caution when using these ephedra-free diet drugs]” Haller says.
In 1927, the U.S. medical community began to use ephedrine, which is the
active ingredient in ma haung, to open bronchial passages in patients with
asthma. As the supplies of
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began to dwindle, pharmaceutical
companies began to search for a synthetic alternative. Amphetamine was first
synthesized in 1887, but because there was very little interest in it, the substance
went unnoticed until it became the alternative to ephedrine (Feldman
et al., 1997). By the 1930s, all the major effects of amphetamine were known.
While resear roses that cure wounds when their icaros are sung.
Under the rainbow of the Sachamama is Canessa, the great tamer of snakes and
jungle animals. She is accompanied by her princesses Uzela and Vedina, who
attack with their magic nets. At the riverside you can find the tuyuyos the jabiru
stork, Jabiru mycteria], sorcerer birds that hatch their chicks at the top of the
lupuna Ceibasp.]. These animals are not food for ordinary people, but for the
witch doctor. If ordinary people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails. They
only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
mama, etc. Next we see the paiche machaco, a fish like the paiche Arapaima
gigans], but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos black water wolves] are in the foreground. These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui laughing falcon,
Herpetotheres cachinnans] preparing to eat a snake. The icaro of this animal is
good for stunning a snake and defeating it, leaving its bite with-out effect. On the
house grows the huancahui-sacha plant unidentified], good as an emetic and a
purgative.
In the centre, a little to the right, you can see a Yakumama throwing her magnet
upward. The murayas a type of shaman] use her to descend all the way to the
deepest part of the river. Then she changes into a beautiful submarine. Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth. This is the
Yakumama that becomes a steamboat in order to walk on the water of rivers and
lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro. At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house. If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there. people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left o
Ephedra as weight loss supplement Ephedra reduces
drine stimulates the release of norepinephrine, which stimulates the release of adenosine and the synthesis of prostaglandins by the activated tissue. Adenosine and prostaglandins both inhibit the effect of norepinephrine. Caffeine Ephedra In opposes the effect of adenosine and so increases norepinephrine release. Aspirin inhibits the synthesis of prostaglandins and so enhances the effect of norepinephrine.1
Side Effects
What users may not understand or take seriously when they seek the performance enhancing benefits of the supplement are the adverse effects it can produce. Ephedrine raises heat production and body temperature and may increase the athlete’s risk of developing a heat injury during exercise in warm weather. In addition to increased heat production, other effects may include dizziness, headache, gastrointestinal distress, irregular heartbeat, and heart palpitations to heart attack, stroke, seizures, psychosis and even death.
These side effects can vary among individuals and occasions and don't always depend on how much is consumed. Also, combining caffeine (from coffee, Guarana, mate, or any other source) with ephedrine-containing products (such as those mentioned earlier) greatly increases the risks.2,3
If the knowledge of these adverse effects isn’t enough to deter users, the International Olympic Committee, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Football League (NFL) are hoping some of their recent policies banning the drug—and suspending players for doping—will be.
Research Findings
Still, are these organizations’ concerns about ephedrine really valid? In December of 2000, a study commissioned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set out to answer that question by examining the adverse cardiovascular and central nervous system events associated with dietary supplements containing ephedra alkaloids.
In the study, records from 140 ephedra users who experienced complications (heart attack, stroke, seizure and death) between 1997 and 1999 were reviewed. These users were Garcinia Cambogia young and healthy—and some had only been taking ephedrine for a few days. 2
The researchers found that:
One-third of the patients’ complications were definitely or probably caused by ephedrine use.
Another third of the problems were possibly caused by ephedrine.
In one-fifth of the cases there was not enough information to determine the cause.
While these results illustrate the risks associated with ephedrine, the results of research illustrate its effectiveness.
According to research:
A combination of ephedrine and caffeine (0.8 to 1.0 mg of ephedrine per kg and 4 to 5 mg of caffeine per kg consumed 1½ hours before exercise) may improve both anaerobic and high-intensity aerobic performance.
4,5
Combining ephedrine and caffeine (20 mg ephedrine and 200 mg caffeine, consumed three times per day) with a low calorie diet (1,000 calories) may also help to promote weight loss in obese individuals. 6,7
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The best way to keep unwanted weight off remains reducing your food intake and increasing your daily physical activity. While ephedra is no wonder drug, it can be a valuable aid in helping you get though your chosen diet and exercise regimen.
Please read the articles below for more information.
Controlled Burn: How Ephedrine-based Fat-burners Work And How You Can Use Them Properly
What's new when using ephedra to lose weight.
Herbal Ephedrine Shows Promise
Research has proven the fatburning qualities of ephedra herb.
Ask The Herbalist: Is ephedra (Ma Huang) Safe And Effective?
Some tips about losing weight with ephedra.
Ephedra, What Is This Herb? -Weight Loss Aid
Extended article on losing weight with ephedra, and effective combinations with other substances.
Ephedra as a 'smart' drug and energizer Ephedra or Ma Huang contains the active compound ephedrine. Ephedrine stimulates the central nervous system and provides energy and increases alertness. A higher dose ephedra gives a nice tingling sensation over the head but also on the rest of your body. Ephedra acts a bit like XTC, only milder in its action and less speedy. Ephedra does give the same emphatic feeling as XTC does. Ephedra and sex The emphatic feelings and the energy makes ephedra suitable as love enhancer. Although some people claim they get to nervous and restless. So you should test this for yourself. How to use Ephedra The best way to take ephedra is in a capsule, but you can also make tea of the ephedra (ma huang) herb. After a certain point taking a higher dose ephedra does not intensify the trip, only taking cafein or guarana might help then. A single dose Ephedra is effective for 6 to10 hours. 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To get halfway across the U.S., truckers used “St. Louie,” and for a transcontinental truck run, “West Coast turnabouts” were used (Feldman et al., 1997). In the 1960s, California users of amphetamine began using speedballs, which are a combination of amphetamine and heroin taken intravenously. Physicians of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco tried to warn the public of the dangers of amphetamines by coining the term “speed kills.” Dr. D. Smith of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic said: In the 1970s the Haight-Ashbury area, of San Francisco, turned into one of the most violent areas of the city. It was a direct result of the amphetamine epidemic. In addition, we saw a great deal of amphetamine psychosis, © 2003 by CRC Press LLC from high doses of amphetamine producing paranoia, auditory, and visual hallucinations. We started getting a feel that the medical and the psychiatric system did not know how to handle drug epidemics. For example, I was also running the alcohol and drug abuse-screening unit at San Francisco General Hospital where with the diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia you treat with long-term psychotropic medication. With amphetamine psychosis you detoxify them and use a short-term course of psychotropic medication and get them into recove The technology of ancient wine making (open fermentation in crocks or vats) would only produce a six-percent alcohol content. This would be quickly reduced to acetic acid (vinegar). Ancient wine was produced exactly the same as modern vinegar. So, a stable vinegar solution was probably the basis of ancient wine. Vinegar is, however, not intoxicating. One explanation is that vinegar was used as a vehicle for carrying other drugs. Dried drug plants such as poppy (opium), datura, henbane, etc. being extracted with the vinegar. (With the possible exception of opium and ephedra, none of these other plants would really be pleasant in their effects.) 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Ask The Herbalist: Is ephedra (Ma Huang) Safe And Effective? Some tips about losing weight with ephedra. Ephedra, What Is This Herb? -Weight Loss Aid Extended article on losing weight with ephedra, and effective combinations with other substances. Negative Diet Diet
Ephedra as a 'smart' drug and energizer
Ephedra or Ma Huang contains the active compound ephedrine. Ephedrine stimulates the central nervous system and provides energy and increases alertness. A higher dose ephedra gives a nice tingling sensation over the head but also on the rest of your body. Ephedra acts a bit like XTC, only milder in its action and less speedy. Ephedra does give the same emphatic feeling as XTC does.
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produce a wind that accompanies this snake. Four flying objects always accompany
the sylphs as guardians wherever they go.
VISION 15
THE SACHAMAMA
This picture shows the Sachamama hypnotising a deer in order to swallow it up.
Trees and weeds grow on the Sachamama. This big snake is hard to find, but it can
be seen.On the left side is a small pond from which it drinks. On the right there are
all kinds of animal and even human bones which it has vomited up during its life
time. It expels the meat through its rectum, the bones it vomits.
This big snake rarely moves, remaining perhaps hundreds of years in the same
place. One can even accidentally climb on top of it without realising one is on
this dangerous animal. If a person passes by its head, the Sachamama magnetises
him immediately and swallows him, because it possesses a very powerful magnet,
and no living being that crosses its path can escape.
When a person has noticed the presence of the Sachamama, he must leave swiftly
so as not to be crushed by a tree or struck by lightning, because the Sachamarna
produces a strong wind with lightning and lots of rain, capable of knocking down
trees. When the Sachamama moves to another place, it throws down the trees on its
back and makes a sort of path by knocking down other trees as well.
VISION 16
THE SESSION OF THE CHULLACHAKI
This is a vision of the Supay-chacra or garden of the Chullachaki. In the middle we
see a tree called caimitillo Duroja hirsuta]. The two trees beside it are called
Supay-caspi and the lowest ones, Supay-anallosacha. You can see that they have
circles at the base of the leaves.
Here you can see a Chullachaki a forest spirit] dressed in royal gowns, reading a
parchment. The others, the shapshicos or sacharunas, listen to the reading of the
decree on the care of wild animals, because they are the ones who have this
responsibility. All of them are dressed in brilliant-colored royal clothes which make
the nearby leaves shine bright, just as perfectly as light bulbs. It's like a
Bacchanalian feast to which all wild animals are invited so they together with their
masters will entertain all the rest, setting up a circus show with dances, music with
euphoric rhythm, and entrancing singing. There you can hear the most complex
sounds and lullabies of the purity of the forest, of the intricate web of the vegetal
esoteric world. Within vegetalismo there is so much knowledge that could benefit
man. Perhaps some day the hidden secret of longevity will be known, because it is
certain that this is to be found within the plants of the forest.
These animals are called through a telepathic vibration in which the instinct of the
psychic cord m~' the animals come to the meeting. You can see otorongo, the
manco-puma, the lluhuichio-puma, huasca monkey], the squirrel, the cashacushillo
i cupine], the sachavaca [tapir], the deer, the armas Priodontes
maximus], the maids [Agouti paca], ng and running about,
produce a wind that accompanies this snake. Four flying objects always accompany
the sylphs as guardians wherever they go.
VISION 15
THE SACHAMAMA
This picture shows the Sachamama hypnotising a deer in order to swallow it up.
Trees and weeds grow on the Sachamama. This big snake is hard to find, but it can
be seen.
On the left side is a small pond from which it drinks. On the right there are
all kinds of animal and even human bones which it has vomited up during its life
time. It expels the meat through its rectum, the bones it vomits.
This big snake rarely moves, remaining perhaps hundreds of years in the same
place. One can even accidentally climb on top of it without realising one is on
this dangerous animal. If a person passes by its head, the Sachamama magnetises
him immediately and swallows him, because it possesses a very powerful magnet,
and no living being that crosses its path can escape.
When a person has noticed the presence of the Sachamama, he must leave swiftly
so as not to be crushed by a tree or struck by lightning, because the Sachamarna
produces a strong wind with lightning and lots of rain, capable of knocking down
trees. When the Sachamama moves to another place, it throws down the trees on its
back and makes a sort of path by knocking down other trees as well.
VISION 16
THE SESSION OF THE CHULLACHAKI
This is a vision of the Supay-chacra or garden of the Chullachaki. In the middle we
see a tree called caimitillo Duroja hirsuta].
The two trees beside it are called
Supay-caspi and the lowest ones, Supay-anallosacha. You can see that they have
circles at the base of the leaves.
Here you can see a Chullachaki a forest spirit] dressed in royal gowns, reading a
parchment. The others, the shapshicos or sacharunas, listen to the reading of the
decree on the care of wild animals, because they are the ones who have this
responsibility.
All of them are dressed in brilliant-colored royal clothes which Ephedra In make
the nearby leaves shine bright, just as perfectly as light bulbs. It's like a
Bacchanalian feast to which all wild animals are invited so they together with their
masters will entertain all the rest, setting up a circus show with dances, music with
euphoric rhythm, and entrancing singing. There you can hear the most complex
sounds and lullabies of the purity of the forest, of the intricate web of the vegetal
esoteric world.
Within vegetalismo there is so much knowledge that could benefit
man. Perhaps some day the hidden secret of longevity will be known, because it is
certain that this is to be found within the plants of the forest.
These animals are called through a telepathic vibration in which the instinct of the
psychic cord m~' the animals come to the meeting. You can see otorongo, the
manco-puma, the lluhuichio-puma, huasca monkey], the squirrel, the cashacushillo
i cupine], the sachavaca tapir], the deer, the armas Priodontes
maximus], the maids Agouti paca], ng and running about,
produce a wind that accompanies this snake.
Four flying objects always accompany
the sylphs as guardians wherever they go.
VISION 15
THE SACHAMAMA
This picture shows the Sachamama hypnotising a deer in order to swallow it up.
Trees and weeds grow on the Sachamama.
This big snake is hard to find, but it can
be seen.On the left side is a small pond from which it drinks. On the right there are
all kinds of animal and even human bones which it has vomited up during its life
time. It expels the meat through its rectum, the bones it vomits.
This big snake rarely moves, remaining perhaps hundreds of years in the same
place.
One can even accidentally climb on top of it without realising one is on
this dangerous animal.
If a person passes by its head, the Sachamama magnetises
him immediately and swallows him, because it possesses a very powerful magnet,
and no living being that crosses its path can escape.
When a person has noticed the presence of the Sachamama, he must leave swiftly
so as not to be crushed by a tree or struck by lightning, because the Sachamarna
produces a strong wind with lightning and lots of rain, capable of knocking down
trees. When the Sachamama moves to another place, it throws down the trees on its
back and makes a sort of path by knocking down other trees as well.
VISION 16
THE SESSION OF THE CHULLACHAKI
This is a vision of the Supay-chacra or garden of the Chullachaki. In the middle we
see a tree called caimitillo [Duroja hirsuta. The two trees beside it are called
Supay-caspi and the lowest ones, Supay-anallosacha. You can see that they have
circles at the base of the leaves.
Here you can see a Chullachaki [a forest spirit dressed in royal gowns, reading a
parchment. The others, the shapshicos or sacharunas, listen to the reading of the
decree on the care of wild animals, because they are the ones who have this
responsibility.
All of them are dressed in brilliant-colored royal clothes which make
the nearby leaves shine bright, just
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It's like a
Bacchanalian feast to which all wild animals are invited so they together with their
masters will entertain all the rest, setting up a circus show with dances, music with
euphoric rhythm, and entrancing singing. There you can hear the most complex
sounds and lullabies of the purity of the forest, of the intricate web of the vegetal
esoteric world. Within vegetalismo there is so much knowledge that could benefit
man. Perhaps some day the hidden secret of longevity will be known, because it is
certain that this is to be found within the plants of the forest.
These animals are called through a telepathic vibration in which the instinct of the
psychic cord m~' the animals come to the meeting. You can see otorongo, the
manco-puma, the lluhuichio-puma, huasca monkey, the squirrel, the cashacushillo
[i cupine, the sachavaca tapir, the deer, the armas Priodontes
maximus, the maids [Agouti paca, ng and running about,
produce a wind that accompanies this snake. Four flying objects always accompany
the sylphs as guardians wherever they go.
VISION 15
THE SACHAMAMA
This picture shows the Sachamama hypnotising a deer in order to swallow it up.
Trees and weeds grow on the Sachamama. This big snake is hard to find, but it can
be seen.
On the left side is a small pond from which it drinks. On the right there are
all kinds of animal and even human bones which it has vomited up during its life
time. It expels the meat through its rectum, the bones it vomits.
This big snake rarely moves, remaining perhaps hundreds of years in the same
place. One can even accidentally climb on top of it Ephedra Super Cap without realising one is on
this dangerous animal. If a person passes by its head, the Sachamama magnetises
him immediately and swallows him, because it possesses a very powerful magnet,
and no living being that crosses its path can escape.
When a person has noticed the presence of the Sachamama, he must leave swiftly
so as not to be crushed by a tree or struck by lightning, because the Sachamarna
produces a strong wind with lightning and lots of rain, capable of knocking down
trees. When the Sachamama moves to another place, it throws down the trees on its
back and makes a sort of path by knocking down other trees as well.
VISION 16
THE SESSION OF THE CHULLACHAKI
This is a vision of the Supay-chacra or garden of the Chullachaki. In the middle we
see a tree called caimitillo Duroja hirsuta. The two trees beside it are called
Supay-caspi and the lowest ones, Supay-anallosacha. You can see that they have
circles at the base of the leaves.
Here you can see a Chullachaki a forest spirit dressed in royal gowns, reading a
parchment. The others, the shapshicos or sacharunas, listen to the reading of the
decree on the care of wild animals, because they are the ones who have this
responsibility. All of them are dressed in brilliant-colored royal clothes which make
the nearby leaves shine bright, just as perfectly as light bulbs. It's like a
Bacchanalian feast to which all wild animals are invited so they together with their
masters will entertain all the rest, setting up a circus show with dances, music with
euphoric rhythm, and entrancing singing. There you can hear the most complex
sounds and lullabies of the purity of the forest, of the intricate web of the vegetal
esoteric world. Within vegetalismo there is so much knowledge that could benefit
man. Perhaps some day the hidden secret of longevity will be known, because it is
certain that this is to be found within the plants of the forest.
These animals are called through a telepathic vibration in which the instinct of the
psychic cord m~' the animals come to the meeting.
You can see otorongo, the
manco-puma, the lluhuichio-puma, huasca monkey, the squirrel, the cashacushillo
i cupine, the sachavaca tapir, the deer, the armas Priodontes
maximus, the maids Agouti paca,
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awaken dogs that were under anesthesia. This discovery led to the use of
amphetamines, in pill form, to treat narcolepsy (Feldman et al., 1997).
Amphetamines were also rumored to have been used in Japan, Britain, Germany,
and the U.S. during World War II (Brecher 1972; Lovett, 1994; Feldman
et al., 1997). U.S. and Japanese army personnel are said to have used amphetamines
to stay awake and alert while assigned to especially long periods on
duty (Feldman et al., 1997). Because of the use of amphetamines by Japanese
soldiers, Japan “suffered a serious methamphetamine problem during early
postwar years” (Suwaki, 1991).
Amphetamine use became so common that college students in the 1950s
and 1960s used amphetamines to stay awake all night to study for exams.
Long-haul truckers named their routes after how much amphetamine was
needed to make the trip. To get halfway across the U.S., truckers used “St.
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In the 1960s, California users of amphetamine began using speedballs,
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Physicians Ephedra Ruling of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco tried to warn
the public of the dangers of amphetamines by coining the term “speed kills.”
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turned into one of the most violent areas of the city. It
was a direct result of the amphetamine epidemic.
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addition, we saw a great deal of amphetamine psychosis,
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from high doses of amphetamine producing paranoia,
auditory, and visual hallucinations. We started getting
a feel that the medical and the psychiatric system did
not know how to handle drug epidemics. For example,
I was also running the alcohol and drug abuse-screening
unit at San Francisco General Hospital where with the
diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia you treat with
long-term psychotropic medication. With amphetamine
psychosis you detoxify them and use a short-term
course of psychotropic medication and get them into
recove
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or vats) would only produce a six-percent alcohol content.
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probably the basis of ancient wine. Vinegar is, however, not intoxicating.
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drugs. Dried drug plants such as poppy (opium), datura, henbane, etc.
being extracted with the vinegar. (With the possible exception of opium
and ephedra, none of these other plants would really be pleasant in their
effects.) Vinegar would then preserve these drugs in solution. This would
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Under the rainbow of the Sachamama is Canessa, the great tamer of snakes and
jungle animals. She is accompanied by her princesses Uzela and Vedina, who
attack with their magic nets. At the riverside you can find the tuyuyos [the jabiru
stork, Jabiru mycteria], sorcerer birds that hatch their chicks at the top of the
lupuna Ceibasp.]. These animals are not food for ordinary people, but for the
witch doctor. If ordinary people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails. They
only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
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gigans], but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos [black water wolves] are in the foreground. These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui [laughing falcon,
Herpetotheres cachinnans] preparing to eat a snake. The icaro of this animal is
good for stunning a snake and defeating it, leaving its bite with-out effect. On the
house grows the huancahui-sacha plant [unidentified], good as an emetic and a
purgative.
In the centre, a little to the right, you can see a Yakumama throwing her magnet
upward. The murayas a type of shaman] use her to descend all the way to the
deepest part of the river. Then she changes into a beautiful submarine. Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth.
This is the
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lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro. At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house. If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there. people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay [tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places.
Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
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of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails. They
only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
mama, etc. Next we see the paiche machaco, a fish like the paiche Arapaima
gigans], but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos black water wolves] are in the foreground. These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui laughing falcon,
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deepest part of the river.
Then she changes into a beautiful submarine. Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth. This is the
Yakumama that becomes a steamboat in order to walk on the water of rivers and
lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro.
At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house. If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there. people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left o roses that cure wounds when their icaros are sung.
Under the rainbow of the Sachamama is Canessa, the great tamer of snakes and
jungle animals. She is accompanied by her princesses Uzela and Vedina, who
attack with their magic nets. At the riverside you can find the tuyuyos the jabiru
stork, Jabiru mycteria, sorcerer birds that hatch their chicks at the top of the
lupuna Ceibasp.
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These animals are not food for ordinary people, but for the
witch doctor. If ordinary people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34.
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay [tree stump spirit, who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails.
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only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
mama, etc. Next we see the paiche machaco, a fish like the paiche [Arapaima
gigans, but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos black water wolves are in the foreground. These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui laughing falcon,
Herpetotheres cachinnans preparing to eat a snake. The icaro of this animal is
good for stunning a snake and defeating it, leaving its bite with-out effect. On the
house grows the huancahui-sacha plant [unidentified, good as an emetic and a
purgative.
In the centre, a little to the right, you can see a Yakumama throwing her magnet
upward. The murayas [a type of shaman use her to descend all the way to the
deepest part of the river. Then she changes into a beautiful submarine.
Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth. This is the
Yakumama that becomes a steamboat in order to walk on the water of rivers and
lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro. At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house. If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there. people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34.
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit, who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left o roses that cure wounds when their icaros are sung.
Under the rainbow of the Sachamama is Canessa, the great tamer of snakes and
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She is accompanied by
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attack with their magic nets. At the riverside you can find the tuyuyos the jabiru
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lupuna Ceibasp.. These animals are not food for ordinary people, but for the
witch doctor. If ordinary people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34.
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit, who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails. They
only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
mama, etc. Next we see the paiche machaco, a fish like the paiche Arapaima
gigans, but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos black water wolves are in the foreground. These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui laughing falcon,
Herpetotheres cachinnans preparing to eat a snake.
The icaro of this animal is
good for stunning a snake and defeating it, leaving its bite with-out effect. On the
house grows the huancahui-sacha plant unidentified, good as an emetic and a
purgative.
In the centre, a little to the right, you can see a Yakumama throwing her magnet
upward. The murayas a type of shaman use her to descend all the way to the
deepest part of the river.
Then she changes into a beautiful submarine. Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth.
This is the
Yakumama that becomes a steamboat in order to walk on the water of rivers and
lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro. At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house. If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there. people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34.
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit, who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
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awaken dogs that were under anesthesia.
This discovery led to the use of
amphetamines, in pill form, to treat narcolepsy (Feldman et al., 1997).
Amphetamines were also rumored to have been used in Japan, Britain, Germany,
and the U.S. during World War II (Brecher 1972; Lovett, 1994; Feldman
et al., 1997). U.S. and Japanese army personnel are said to have used amphetamines
to stay awake and alert while assigned to especially long periods on
duty (Feldman et al., 1997). Because of the use of amphetamines by Japanese
soldiers, Japan “suffered a serious methamphetamine problem during early
postwar years” (Suwaki, 1991).
Amphetamine use became so common that college students in the 1950s
and 1960s used amphetamines to stay awake all night to study for exams.
Long-haul truckers named their routes after how much amphetamine was
needed to make the trip. To get halfway across the U.S., truckers used “St.
Louie,” and for a transcontinental truck run, “West Coast turnabouts” were
used (Feldman et al., 1997).
In the 1960s, California users of amphetamine began using speedballs,
which are a combination of amphetamine and heroin taken intravenously.
Physicians of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco tried to warn
the public of the dangers of amphetamines by coining the term “speed kills.”
Dr. D. Smith of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic said:
In the 1970s the Haight-Ashbury area, of San Francisco,
turned into one of the most violent areas of the city. It
was a direct result of the amphetamine epidemic.
In
addition, we saw a great deal of amphetamine psychosis,
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from high doses of amphetamine producing paranoia,
auditory, and visual hallucinations. We started getting
a feel that the medical and the psychiatric system did
not know how to handle drug epidemics. For example,
I was also running the alcohol and drug abuse-screening
unit at San Francisco General Hospital where with the
diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia you treat with
long-term psychotropic medication. With amphetamine
psychosis you detoxify them and use a short-term
course of psychotropic medication and get them into
recove
The technology of ancient wine making (open fermentation in crocks
or vats) would only produce a six-percent alcohol content. This would be
quickly reduced to acetic acid (vinegar). Ancient wine was produced
exactly the same as modern vinegar. So, a stable vinegar solution was
probably the basis of ancient wine. Vinegar is, however, not intoxicating.
One explanation is that vinegar was used as a vehicle for carrying other
drugs. Dried drug plants DIET CHOLESTEROL CHOLESTEROL such as poppy (opium), datura, henbane, etc.
being extracted with the vinegar. (With the possible exception of opium
and ephedra, none of these other plants would really be pleasant in their
effects.) Vinegar would then preserve these drugs in solution. This would
allow bottling, transport and u Over 5000 years ago ephedra (under the name Ma huang) has been used in Chinese medicine to treat several disorders. Amongst others asthma and bronchitis were to be treated properly with ephedra. Ephedra comes from a plant that has a few powerful active compounds, of which ephedrine is the most useful. More information on the chemical connections en the extraction of the active substances is to be read in chemistry.
Over the last few years ephedra has gained much more attention for its side-effects: an increased metabolism, plus the thermeogenic and fat burning qualities that come along with that. This gives the body stimulation and provides energy. Thanks to these qualities ephedra now has a status of weight-loss supplement, smartdrug and sports supplement. A status that has recently become controversial because of the ban on ephedra products in the United States and the Netherlands. Read about the why, when and how in legal?.
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October 3 , 2005 - Ephedra-free diet pills not risk-free
In a scramble to develop new replacement weight-loss aids, drug manufacturers produced drugs containing extracts of bitter orange. This supplement has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for digestive problems. Studies are finding these new ephedra-free diet pills carry some side effects that are similar to ephedra products.
This botanical contains a compound similar to ephedra, called synephrine. Both of these compounds stimulate the central nervous system and are thought to increase the metabolism. Also both raise blood pressure and heart rate, according to research on Advantra Z and Xenadrine EFX at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Christine Haller, lead author of the University of California, San Francisco study, points out that little research has been done to determine whether or not these new ephedra-free diet pills are safe or effective. She says the main concern about these new diet pills is the risk they pose to people with elevated blood pressure and conditions like diabetes: two medical conditions which are common in overweight and obese individuals.
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In 1927, the U.S. medical community began to use ephedrine, which is the
active ingredient in ma haung, to open bronchial passages in patients with
asthma. As the supplies of
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produce a wind that accompanies this snake. Four flying objects always accompany
the sylphs as guardians wherever they go.
VISION 15
THE SACHAMAMA
This picture shows the Sachamama hypnotising a deer in order to swallow it up.
Trees and weeds grow on the Sachamama. This big snake is hard to find, but it can
be seen.On the left side is a small pond from which it drinks. On the right there are
all kinds of animal and even human bones which it has vomited up during its life
time. It expels the meat through its rectum, the bones it vomits.
This big snake rarely moves, remaining perhaps hundreds of years in the same
place. One can even accidentally climb on top of it without realising one is on
this dangerous animal. If a person passes by its head, the Sachamama magnetises
him immediately and swallows him, because it possesses a very powerful magnet,
and no living being that crosses its path can escape.
When a person has noticed the presence of the Sachamama, he must leave swiftly
so as not to be crushed by a tree or struck by lightning, because the Sachamarna
produces a strong wind with lightning and lots of rain, capable of knocking down
trees. When the Sachamama moves to another place, it throws down the trees on its
back and makes a sort of path by knocking down other trees as well.
VISION 16
THE SESSION OF THE CHULLACHAKI
This is a vision of the Supay-chacra or garden of the Chullachaki. In the middle we
see a tree called caimitillo Duroja hirsuta]. The two trees beside it are called
Supay-caspi and the lowest ones, Supay-anallosacha. You can see that they have
circles at the base of the leaves.
Here you can see a Chullachaki a forest spirit] dressed in royal gowns, reading a
parchment. The others, the shapshicos or sacharunas, listen to the reading of the
decree on the care of wild animals, because they are the ones who have this
responsibility. All of them are dressed in brilliant-colored royal clothes which make
the nearby leaves shine bright, just as perfectly as light bulbs. It's like a
Bacchanalian feast to which all wild animals are invited so they together with their
masters will entertain all the rest, setting up a circus show with dances, music with
euphoric rhythm, and entrancing singing. There you can hear the most complex
sounds and lullabies of the purity of the forest, of the intricate web of the vegetal
esoteric world. Within vegetalismo there is so much knowledge that could benefit
man. Perhaps some day the hidden secret of longevity will be known, because it is
certain that this is to be found within the plants of the forest.
These animals are called through a telepathic vibration in which the instinct of the
psychic cord m~' the animals come to the meeting. You can see otorongo, the
manco-puma, the lluhuichio-puma, huasca monkey], the squirrel, the cashacushillo
i cupine], the sachavaca tapir], the deer, the armas Priodontes
maximus], the maids Agouti paca], Ephedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in the family Ephedraceae and order Ephedrales. These plants occur in dry climates over a wide area mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, across southern Europe, north Africa, southwest and central Asia, southwestern North America, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, in South America south to Patagonia. They are also called Joint-pine, Jointfir, or Mormon-tea. The Chinese name is 麻黄, ma huang, which means "yellow hemp".
Ephedra is also sometimes called sea grape (from the French raisin de mer), although that is also a common name for Coccoloba uvifera.
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The following list of species is from the Gymnosperm Database page for Ephedra.
Ephedra alata Decne
Ephedra altissima Desf.
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A.Meyer - Clapweed, Erect Ephedra
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S.
Wats.
- Boundary Ephedra, Pitamoreal
Ephedra californica S.Wats. - California Ephedra, California Jointfir
Ephedra coryi E.L.Reed - Cory's Ephedra
Ephedra cutleri Peebles - Navajo Ephedra, Cutler's Ephedra, Cutler Mormon-tea, Cutler's Jointfir
Ephedra distachya L. - Joint-pine, Jointfir
Ephedra distachya subsp. helvetica (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra equisetina Bunge - Ma huang
Ephedra fasciculata A.Nels. - Arizona Ephedra, Arizona Jointfir, Desert Mormon-tea
Ephedra fedtschenkoae Pauls.
Ephedra fragilis Desf.
Ephedra fragilis subsp. campylopoda (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra frustillata Miers - Patagonian Ephedra
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton - Death Valley Ephedra, Death Valley Jointfir
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex C.A.Meyer - Gerard's Jointfir, Shan Ling Ma Huang
Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex C.A.Meyer
Ephedra lepidosperma C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra likiangensis Florin
Ephedra macedonica Kos.
Ephedra major Host
Ephedra major subsp. procera Fischer & C.A.Meyer
Ephedra minuta Florin
Ephedra monosperma C.
A.
Meyer
Ephedra viridis in western NevadaEphedra nevadensis S.Wats. - Nevada Ephedra, Nevada Jointfir, Nevada Mormon-tea
Ephedra pedunculata Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Vine Ephedra, Vine Jointfir
Ephedra przewalskii Stapf
Ephedra przewalskii var. kaschgarica (B.
Fedtsch.
& Bobr.) C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra regeliana Florin - Xi Zi Ma Huang
Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle ex Florin
Ephedra sinica Stapf - Ma Huang, Chinese ephedra
Ephedra torreyana S.Wats. - Torrey's Ephedra, Torrey's Jointfir, Torrey's Mormon-tea, Cañutillo
Ephedra trifurca Torrey ex S.Wats. - Longleaf Ephedra, Longleaf Jointfir, Longleaf Mormon-tea, Popotilla, Teposote
Ephedra viridis Coville - Green Ephedra, Green Mormon-tea
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Ephedra distachyaThese plants have traditionally been used by indigenous people for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a likely candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion. The alkaloids ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are the active constituents of the plant. Some species in the Ephedra genus have zero alEphedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in the family Ephedraceae and order Ephedrales. These plants occur in dry climates over a wide area mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, across southern Europe, north Africa, southwest and central Asia, southwestern North America, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, in South America south to Patagonia. They are also called Joint-pine, Jointfir, or Mormon-tea. The Chinese name is 麻黄, ma huang, which means "yellow hemp". Ephedra is also sometimes called sea grape (from the French raisin de mer), although that is also a common name for Coccoloba uvifera.
edit]
Species
The following list of species Ephedra Super Cap is from the Gymnosperm Database page for Ephedra.
Ephedra alata Decne
Ephedra altissima Desf.
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A.Meyer - Clapweed, Erect Ephedra
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Boundary Ephedra, Pitamoreal
Ephedra californica S.Wats. - California Ephedra, California Jointfir
Ephedra coryi E.
L.
Reed - Cory's Ephedra
Ephedra cutleri Peebles - Navajo Ephedra, Cutler's Ephedra, Cutler Mormon-tea, Cutler's Jointfir
Ephedra distachya L. - Joint-pine, Jointfir
Ephedra distachya subsp. helvetica (C.
A.
Meyer) Aschers.
& Graebn.
Ephedra equisetina Bunge - Ma huang
Ephedra fasciculata A.Nels. - Arizona Ephedra, Arizona Jointfir, Desert Mormon-tea
Ephedra fedtschenkoae Pauls.
Ephedra fragilis Desf.
Ephedra fragilis subsp. campylopoda (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra frustillata Miers - Patagonian Ephedra
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton - Death Valley Ephedra, Death Valley Jointfir
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex C.A.Meyer - Gerard's Jointfir, Shan Ling Ma Huang
Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex C.
A.
Meyer
Ephedra lepidosperma C.
Y.
Cheng
Ephedra likiangensis Florin
Ephedra macedonica Kos.
Ephedra major Host
Ephedra major subsp.
procera Fischer & C.A.Meyer
Ephedra minuta Florin
Ephedra monosperma C.A.Meyer
Ephedra viridis in western NevadaEphedra nevadensis S.Wats. - Nevada Ephedra, Nevada Jointfir, Nevada Mormon-tea
Ephedra pedunculata Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Vine Ephedra, Vine Jointfir
Ephedra przewalskii Stapf
Ephedra przewalskii var. kaschgarica (B.Fedtsch. & Bobr.) C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra regeliana Florin - Xi Zi Ma Huang
Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle ex Florin
Ephedra sinica Stapf - Ma Huang, Chinese ephedra
Ephedra torreyana S.Wats. - Torrey's Ephedra, Torrey's Jointfir, Torrey's Mormon-tea, Cañutillo
Ephedra trifurca Torrey ex S.Wats. - Longleaf Ephedra, Longleaf Jointfir, Longleaf Mormon-tea, Popotilla, Teposote
Ephedra viridis Coville - Green Ephedra, Green Mormon-tea
edit]
Uses and health concerns
Ephedra distachyaThese plants have traditionally been used by indigenous people for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a likely candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion. The alkaloids ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are the active constituents of the plant. Some species in the Ephedra genus have zero alEphedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in the family Ephedraceae and order Ephedrales. These plants occur in dry climates over a wide area mainly Ephedra Super Cap in the Northern Hemisphere, across southern Europe, north Africa, southwest and central Asia, southwestern North America, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, in South America south to Patagonia. They are also called Joint-pine, Jointfir, or Mormon-tea. The Chinese name is 麻黄, ma huang, which means "yellow hemp". Ephedra is also sometimes called sea grape (from the French raisin de mer), although that is also a common name for Coccoloba uvifera.
edit
Species
The following list of species is from the Gymnosperm Database page for Ephedra.
Ephedra alata Decne
Ephedra altissima Desf.
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A.Meyer - Clapweed, Erect Ephedra
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Boundary Ephedra, Pitamoreal
Ephedra californica S.Wats. - California Ephedra, California Jointfir
Ephedra coryi E.L.Reed - Cory's Ephedra
Ephedra cutleri Peebles - Navajo Ephedra, Cutler's Ephedra, Cutler Mormon-tea, Cutler's Jointfir
Ephedra distachya L. - Joint-pine, Jointfir
Ephedra distachya subsp. helvetica (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra equisetina Bunge - Ma huang
Ephedra fasciculata A.
Nels.
- Arizona Ephedra, Arizona Jointfir, Desert Mormon-tea
Ephedra fedtschenkoae Pauls.
Ephedra fragilis Desf.
Ephedra fragilis subsp.
campylopoda (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra frustillata Miers - Patagonian Ephedra
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton - Death Valley Ephedra, Death Valley Jointfir
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex C.A.Meyer - Gerard's Jointfir, Shan Ling Ma Huang
Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex C.A.Meyer
Ephedra lepidosperma C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra likiangensis Florin
Ephedra macedonica Kos.
Ephedra major Host
Ephedra major subsp. procera Fischer & C.A.Meyer
Ephedra minuta Florin
Ephedra monosperma C.A.Meyer
Ephedra viridis in western NevadaEphedra nevadensis S.Wats. - Nevada Ephedra, Nevada Jointfir, Nevada Mormon-tea
Ephedra pedunculata Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Vine Ephedra, Vine Jointfir
Ephedra przewalskii Stapf
Ephedra przewalskii var. kaschgarica (B.
Fedtsch.
& Bobr.) C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra regeliana Florin - Xi Zi Ma Huang
Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle ex Florin
Ephedra sinica Stapf - Ma Huang, Chinese ephedra
Ephedra torreyana S.Wats. - Torrey's Ephedra, Torrey's Jointfir, Torrey's Mormon-tea, Cañutillo
Ephedra trifurca Torrey ex S.Wats. - Longleaf Ephedra, Longleaf Jointfir, Longleaf Mormon-tea, Popotilla, Teposote
Ephedra viridis Coville - Green Ephedra, Green Mormon-tea
[edit
Uses and health concerns
Ephedra distachyaThese plants have traditionally been used by indigenous people for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a likely candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion. The alkaloids ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are the active constituents of the plant. Some species in the Ephedra genus have zero alEphedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in the family Ephedraceae and order Ephedrales. These plants occur in dry climates over a wide area mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, across southern Europe, north Africa, southwest and central Asia, southwestern North America, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, in South America south to Patagonia. They are also called Joint-pine, Jointfir, or Mormon-tea. The Chinese name is 麻黄, ma huang, which means "yellow hemp". Ephedra is also sometimes called sea grape (from the French raisin de mer), although that is also a common name for Coccoloba uvifera.
edit
Species
The following list of species is from the Gymnosperm Database page for Ephedra.
Ephedra alata Decne
Ephedra altissima Desf.
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A.Meyer - Clapweed, Erect Ephedra
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Boundary Ephedra, Pitamoreal
Ephedra californica S.Wats. - California Ephedra, California Jointfir
Ephedra coryi E.L.Reed - Cory's Ephedra
Ephedra cutleri Peebles - Navajo Ephedra, Cutler's Ephedra, Cutler Mormon-tea, Cutler's Jointfir
Ephedra distachya L. - Joint-pine, Jointfir
Ephedra distachya subsp. helvetica (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra equisetina Bunge - Ma huang
Ephedra fasciculata A.
Nels.
- Arizona Ephedra, Arizona Jointfir, Desert Mormon-tea
Ephedra fedtschenkoae Pauls.
Ephedra fragilis Desf.
Ephedra fragilis subsp.
campylopoda (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra frustillata Miers - Patagonian Ephedra
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton - Death Valley Ephedra, Death Valley Jointfir
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex C.A.Meyer - Gerard's Jointfir, Shan Ling Ma Huang
Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex C.A.Meyer
Ephedra lepidosperma C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra likiangensis Florin
Ephedra macedonica Kos.
Ephedra major Host
Ephedra major subsp.
procera Fischer & C.A.Meyer
Ephedra minuta Florin
Ephedra monosperma C.A.Meyer
Ephedra viridis in western NevadaEphedra nevadensis S.Wats. - Nevada Ephedra, Nevada Jointfir, Nevada Mormon-tea
Ephedra pedunculata Engelm.
ex S.Wats. - Vine Ephedra, Vine Jointfir
Ephedra przewalskii Stapf
Ephedra przewalskii var. kaschgarica (B.Fedtsch. & Bobr.
) C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra regeliana Florin - Xi Zi Ma Huang
Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle ex Florin
Ephedra sinica Stapf - Ma Huang, Chinese ephedra
Ephedra torreyana S.Wats. - Torrey's Ephedra, Torrey's Jointfir, Torrey's Mormon-tea, Cañutillo
Ephedra trifurca Torrey ex S.Wats. - Longleaf Ephedra, Longleaf Jointfir, Longleaf Mormon-tea, Popotilla, Teposote
Ephedra viridis Coville - Green Ephedra, Green Mormon-tea
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Uses and health concerns
Ephedra distachyaThese plants have traditionally been used by indigenous people for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a likely candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion. The alkaloids ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are the active constituents of the plant. Some species in the Ephedra genus have zero al
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For FDA information on ephedra, please see the ephedra.com FDA page.
As ephedra is a stimulant and a thermogenic, it should NOT be used by people / in situations where these properties might be harmful. There are some common sense rules about using ephedra:
Do not use ephedra if you have any medical problems as the use of a stimulant might overtax your system. Do not use ephedra if your activity / environment will prevent you from dissipating heat. Your body core temperature might exceed safe levels.
And do not take more than the manufacturer's recommended amount.
What this means is: If you have a heart condition, do not take ephedra. And if you plan to wear clothes to raise your body temperature, do not take ephedra. And do not think that playing baseball on a hot muggy day will counteract these two common sense conditions and make it okay to take ephedra.
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roses that cure wounds when their icaros are sung.
Under the rainbow of the Sachamama is Canessa, the great tamer of snakes and
jungle animals. She is accompanied by her princesses Uzela and Vedina, who
attack with their magic nets. At the riverside you can find the tuyuyos [the jabiru
stork, Jabiru mycteria], sorcerer birds that hatch their chicks at the top of the
lupuna [Ceibasp.]. These animals are not food for ordinary people, but for the
witch doctor. If ordinary people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails. They
only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
mama, etc. Next we see the paiche machaco, a fish like the paiche Arapaima
gigans], but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos black water wolves] are in the foreground. These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui laughing falcon,
Herpetotheres cachinnans] preparing to eat a snake. The icaro of this animal is
good for stunning a snake and defeating it, leaving its bite with-out effect. On the
house grows the huancahui-sacha plant [unidentified], good as an emetic and a
purgative.
In the centre, a little to the right, you can see a Yakumama throwing her magnet
upward. The murayas a type of shaman] use her to descend all the way to the
deepest part of the river. Then she changes into a beautiful submarine. Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth. This is the
Yakumama that becomes a steamboat in order to walk on the water of rivers and
lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro.
At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house. If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there. people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left o roses that cure wounds when their icaros are sung.
Under the rainbow of the Sachamama is Canessa, the great tamer of snakes and
jungle animals. She is accompanied by her princesses Uzela and Vedina, who
attack with their magic nets. At the riverside you can find the tuyuyos the jabiru
stork, Jabiru mycteria], sorcerer birds that hatch their chicks at the top of the
lupuna Ceibasp.]. These animals are not food for ordinary people, but for the
witch doctor. If ordinary people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails. They
only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
mama, etc. Next we see the paiche machaco, a fish like the paiche Arapaima
gigans], but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos black water wolves] are in the foreground. These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui laughing falcon,
Herpetotheres cachinnans] preparing to eat a snake. The icaro of this animal is
good for stunning a snake and defeating it, leaving its bite with-out effect. On the
house grows the huancahui-sacha plant unidentified], good as an emetic and a
purgative.
In the centre, a little to the right, you can see a Yakumama throwing her magnet
upward. The murayas a type of shaman] Stacker With Ephedra use her to descend all the way to the
deepest part of the river. Then she changes into a beautiful submarine. Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth. This is the
Yakumama that becomes a steamboat in order to walk on the water of rivers and
lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro. At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house. If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there. people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34].
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit], who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left o roses that cure wounds when their icaros are sung.
Under the rainbow of the Sachamama is Canessa, the great tamer of snakes and
jungle animals. She is accompanied by her princesses Uzela and Vedina, who
attack with their magic nets. At the riverside you can find the tuyuyos the jabiru
stork, Jabiru mycteria, sorcerer birds that hatch their chicks at the top of the
lupuna Ceibasp.. These animals are not food for ordinary people, but for the
witch doctor. If ordinary people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34.
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay [tree stump spirit, who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails.
They
only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
mama, etc. Next we see the paiche machaco, a fish like the paiche Arapaima
gigans, but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos black water wolves are in the foreground. These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui [laughing falcon,
Herpetotheres cachinnans preparing to eat a snake. The icaro of this animal is
good for stunning a snake and defeating it, leaving its bite with-out
Metabolife 356 Ephedra effect. On the
house grows the huancahui-sacha plant unidentified, good as an emetic and a
purgative.
In the centre, a little to the right, you can see a Yakumama throwing her magnet
upward. The murayas [a type of shaman use her to descend all the way to the
deepest part of the river. Then she changes into a beautiful submarine. Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth. This is the
Yakumama that becomes a steamboat in order to walk on the water of rivers and
lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro. At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house. If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there.
people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34.
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit, who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left o roses that cure wounds when their icaros are sung.
Under the rainbow of the Sachamama is Canessa, the great tamer of snakes and
jungle animals. She is accompanied by her princesses Uzela and Vedina, who
attack with their magic nets. At the riverside you can find the tuyuyos the jabiru
stork, Jabiru mycteria, sorcerer birds that hatch their chicks at the top of the
lupuna Ceibasp.. These animals are not food for ordinary people, but for the
witch doctor. If ordinary people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34.
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit, who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left of the quiruma-supay you can see the mermaids with two tails.
They
only come out in sublime trances to cure sicknesses of the water, as when the
Yakumama hurts us or the yaku-caballo, the rayamama, the dolphin, the anguila
mama, etc. Next we see the paiche machaco, a fish like the paiche Arapaima
gigans, but also a snake with a poisonous bite. This animal lives in the Amazonian
lowlands, and it is called upon in curing snake bites.
The yana-yaku-lobos black water wolves are in the foreground.
These animals
are used by healers as guards of the aquatic arkanas because they move very
swiftly in the water. Above them we can see the huancahui laughing falcon,
Herpetotheres cachinnans preparing to eat a snake. The icaro of this animal is
good for stunning a snake and defeating it, leaving its bite with-out effect. On the
house grows the huancahui-sacha plant unidentified, good as an emetic and a
purgative.
In the centre, a little to the right, you can see a Yakumama throwing her magnet
upward. The murayas a type of shaman use her to descend all the way to the
deepest part of the river. Then she changes into a beautiful submarine. Further to
the right is the purahua, who is also throwing a rainbow from his mouth. This is the
Yakumama that becomes a steamboat in order to walk on the water of rivers and
lakes.
All these snakes respond to the singing of the snakes' icaro. At that time they gather
under the house and around it, and it is very dangerous to go out because they can
bite. After curing, the healer sings another icaro to make the snakes go away from
the house.
If he does not do this, the snakes remain, making it very dangerous for
people to live there. people eat them, the birds make us thin like they are see
Vision 34.
In the river you can see the quiruma-supay tree stump spirit, who always comes
out late at night in silent places. Witch doctors always kidnap people with the help
of these aquatic genies; they take victims to the bottom of the river where the black
yakurunas live and from where it is difficult to be rescued.
To the left o
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Ephedra or Ma Huang contains the active compound ephedrine.
Ephedrine stimulates the central nervous system and provides energy and increases alertness. A higher dose ephedra gives a nice tingling sensation over the head but also on the rest of your body. Ephedra acts a bit like XTC, only milder in its action and less speedy. Ephedra does give the same emphatic feeling as XTC does.
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The emphatic feelings and the energy makes ephedra suitable as love enhancer.
Although some people claim they get to nervous and restless. So you should test this for yourself.
How to use Ephedra
The best way to take ephedra is in a capsule, but you can also make tea of the ephedra (ma huang) herb. After a certain point taking a higher dose ephedra does not intensify the trip, only taking cafein or guarana might help then. A single dose Ephedra is effective for 6 to10 hours. In the articles below you can find more information on how ephedra works as energizer.
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Ephedra (also known as Ma huang, Chinese Ephedra and epitonin) is the worlds oldest medicine. The Chinese discovered ephedra more than 5000 years ago. Research has shown that ephedra increases metabolism and helps promote weight loss, relaxes the air passages in the lungs to help treat asthma and cough, promotes perspiration to help a person recover from a minor cold and helps promote urination to help relieve edema.
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ng and running about, produce a wind that accompanies this snake. Four flying objects always accompany the sylphs as guardians wherever they go. VISION 15 THE SACHAMAMA This picture shows the Sachamama hypnotising a deer in order to swallow it up. Trees and weeds grow on the Sachamama. This big snake is hard to find, but it can be seen.On the left side is a small pond from which it drinks. On the right there are all kinds of animal and even human bones which it has vomited up during its life time. It expels the meat through its rectum, the bones it vomits. This big snake rarely moves, remaining perhaps hundreds of years in the same place. One can even accidentally climb on top of it without realising one is on this dangerous animal. If a person passes by its head, the Sachamama magnetises him immediately and swallows him, because it possesses a very powerful magnet, and no living being that crosses its path can escape. When a person has noticed the presence of the Sachamama, he must leave swiftly so as not to be crushed by a tree or struck by lightning, because the Sachamarna produces a strong wind with lightning and lots of rain, capable of knocking down trees. When the Sachamama moves to another place, it throws down the trees on its back and makes a sort of path by knocking down other trees as well. VISION 16 THE SESSION OF THE CHULLACHAKI This is a vision of the Supay-chacra or garden of the Chullachaki. In the middle we see a tree called caimitillo Duroja hirsuta]. The two trees beside it are called Supay-caspi and the lowest ones, Supay-anallosacha. You can see that they have circles at the base of the leaves. Here you can see a Chullachaki a forest spirit] dressed in royal gowns, reading a parchment. The others, the shapshicos or sacharunas, listen to the reading of the decree on the care of wild animals, because they are the ones who have this responsibility. All of them are dressed in brilliant-colored royal clothes which make the nearby leaves shine bright, just as perfectly as light bulbs. It's like a Bacchanalian feast to which all wild animals are invited so they together with their masters will entertain all the rest, setting up a circus show with dances, music with euphoric rhythm, and entrancing singing. There you can hear the most complex sounds and lullabies of the purity of the forest, of the intricate web of the vegetal esoteric world. Within vegetalismo there is so much knowledge that could benefit man. Perhaps some day the hidden secret of longevity will be known, because it is certain that this is to be found within the plants of the forest. These animals are called through a telepathic vibration in which the instinct of the psychic cord m~' the animals come to the meeting. You can see otorongo, the manco-puma, the lluhuichio-puma, huasca monkey], the squirrel, the cashacushillo i cupine], the sachavaca tapir], the deer, the armas Priodontes maximus], the maids Agouti paca],
Ephedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in the family Ephedraceae and order Ephedrales. These plants occur in dry climates over a wide area mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, across southern Europe, north Africa, southwest and central Asia, southwestern North America, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, in South America south to Patagonia.
They are also called Joint-pine, Jointfir, or Mormon-tea. The Chinese name is 麻黄, ma huang, which means "yellow hemp". Ephedra is also sometimes called sea grape (from the French raisin de mer), although that is also a common name for Coccoloba uvifera.
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Species
The following list of species is from the Gymnosperm Database page for Ephedra.
Ephedra alata Decne
Ephedra altissima Desf.
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A.Meyer - Clapweed, Erect Ephedra
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Boundary Ephedra, Pitamoreal
Ephedra californica S.Wats. - California Ephedra, California Jointfir
Ephedra coryi E.L.Reed - Cory's Ephedra
Ephedra cutleri Peebles - Navajo Ephedra, Cutler's Ephedra, Cutler Mormon-tea, Cutler's Jointfir
Ephedra distachya L. - Joint-pine, Jointfir
Ephedra distachya subsp. helvetica (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra equisetina Bunge - Ma huang
Ephedra fasciculata A.Nels. - Arizona Ephedra Weight Loss Ephedra, Arizona Jointfir, Desert Mormon-tea
Ephedra fedtschenkoae Pauls.
Ephedra fragilis Desf.
Ephedra fragilis subsp.
campylopoda (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra frustillata Miers - Patagonian Ephedra
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton - Death Valley Ephedra, Death Valley Jointfir
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex C.A.Meyer - Gerard's Jointfir, Shan Ling Ma Huang
Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex C.A.Meyer
Ephedra lepidosperma C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra likiangensis Florin
Ephedra macedonica Kos.
Ephedra major Host
Ephedra major subsp.
procera Fischer & C.A.Meyer
Ephedra minuta Florin
Ephedra monosperma C.A.Meyer
Ephedra viridis in western NevadaEphedra nevadensis S.Wats. - Nevada Ephedra, Nevada Jointfir, Nevada Mormon-tea
Ephedra pedunculata Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Vine Ephedra, Vine Jointfir
Ephedra przewalskii Stapf
Ephedra przewalskii var. kaschgarica (B.Fedtsch. & Bobr.) C.
Y.
Cheng
Ephedra regeliana Florin - Xi Zi Ma Huang
Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle ex Florin
Ephedra sinica Stapf - Ma Huang, Chinese ephedra
Ephedra torreyana S.Wats. - Torrey's Ephedra, Torrey's Jointfir, Torrey's Mormon-tea, Cañutillo
Ephedra trifurca Torrey ex S.Wats. - Longleaf Ephedra, Longleaf Jointfir, Longleaf Mormon-tea, Popotilla, Teposote
Ephedra viridis Coville - Green Ephedra, Green Mormon-tea
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Uses and health concerns
Ephedra distachyaThese plants have traditionally been used by indigenous people for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a likely candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion. The alkaloids ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are the active constituents of the plant. Some species in the Ephedra genus have zero alEphedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in the family Ephedraceae and order Ephedrales. These plants occur in dry climates over a wide area mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, across southern Europe, north Africa, southwest and central Asia, southwestern North America, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, in South America south to Patagonia. They are also called Joint-pine, Jointfir, or Mormon-tea. The Chinese name is 麻黄, ma huang, which means "yellow hemp". Ephedra is also sometimes called sea grape (from the French raisin de mer), although that is also a common name for Coccoloba uvifera.
edit]
Species
The following list of species is from the Gymnosperm Database page for Ephedra.
Ephedra alata Decne
Ephedra altissima Desf.
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A.Meyer - Clapweed, Erect Ephedra
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Boundary Ephedra, Pitamoreal
Ephedra californica Ephedra Weight Loss S.Wats. - California Ephedra, California Jointfir
Ephedra coryi E.
L.
Reed - Cory's Ephedra
Ephedra cutleri Peebles - Navajo Ephedra, Cutler's Ephedra, Cutler Mormon-tea, Cutler's Jointfir
Ephedra
ephedra seed distachya L. - Joint-pine, Jointfir
Ephedra distachya subsp.
helvetica (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra equisetina Bunge - Ma huang
Ephedra fasciculata A.Nels. - Arizona Ephedra, Arizona Jointfir, Desert Mormon-tea
Ephedra fedtschenkoae Pauls.
Ephedra fragilis Desf.
Ephedra fragilis subsp. campylopoda (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra frustillata Miers - Patagonian Ephedra
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton - Death Valley Ephedra, Death Valley Jointfir
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex C.A.Meyer - Gerard's Jointfir, Shan Ling Ma Huang
Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex C.A.Meyer
Ephedra lepidosperma C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra likiangensis Florin
Ephedra macedonica Kos.
Ephedra major Host
Ephedra major subsp. procera Fischer & C.
A.
Meyer
Ephedra minuta Florin
Ephedra monosperma C.
A.
Meyer
Ephedra viridis in western NevadaEphedra nevadensis S.Wats. - Nevada Ephedra, Nevada Jointfir, Nevada Mormon-tea
Ephedra pedunculata Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Vine Ephedra, Vine Jointfir
Ephedra przewalskii Stapf
Ephedra przewalskii var. kaschgarica (B.Fedtsch. & Bobr.) C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra regeliana Florin - Xi Zi Ma Huang
Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle
ban ephedra overturned ex Florin
Ephedra sinica Stapf - Ma Huang, Chinese ephedra
Ephedra torreyana S.Wats. - Torrey's Ephedra, Torrey's Jointfir, Torrey's Mormon-tea, Cañutillo
Ephedra trifurca Torrey ex S.Wats. - Longleaf Ephedra, Longleaf Jointfir, Longleaf Mormon-tea, Popotilla, Teposote
Ephedra viridis Coville - Green Ephedra, Green Mormon-tea
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Uses and health concerns
Ephedra distachyaThese plants have traditionally been used by indigenous people for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a likely candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion. The alkaloids ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are the active constituents of the plant. Some species in the Ephedra genus have zero alEphedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in the family Ephedraceae and order Ephedrales. These plants occur in dry climates over a wide area mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, across southern Europe, north Africa, southwest and central Asia, southwestern North America, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, in South America south to Patagonia. They are also called Joint-pine, Jointfir, or Mormon-tea. The Chinese name is 麻黄, ma huang, which means "yellow hemp". Ephedra is also sometimes called sea grape (from the French raisin de mer), although that is also a common name for Coccoloba uvifera.
[edit
Species
The following list of species is from the Gymnosperm Database page for Ephedra.
Ephedra alata Decne
Ephedra altissima Desf.
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A.Meyer - Clapweed, Erect Ephedra
Ephedra aspera Engelm.
ex S.Wats. - Boundary Ephedra, Pitamoreal
Ephedra californica S.Wats. - California Ephedra, California Jointfir
Ephedra coryi E.L.Reed - Cory's Ephedra
Ephedra cutleri Peebles - Navajo Ephedra, Cutler's Ephedra, Cutler Mormon-tea, Cutler's Jointfir
Ephedra distachya L. - Joint-pine, Jointfir
Ephedra distachya subsp. helvetica (C.
A.
Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra equisetina Bunge - Ma huang
Ephedra fasciculata A.Nels. - Arizona Ephedra, Arizona Jointfir, Desert Mormon-tea
Ephedra fedtschenkoae Pauls.
Ephedra fragilis Desf.
Ephedra fragilis subsp. campylopoda (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra frustillata Miers - Patagonian Ephedra
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton - Death Valley Ephedra, Death Valley Jointfir
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex C.A.Meyer - Gerard's Jointfir, Shan Ling Ma Huang
Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex C.A.Meyer
Ephedra lepidosperma C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra likiangensis Florin
Ephedra macedonica Kos.
Ephedra major Host
Ephedra major subsp. procera Fischer & C.A.Meyer
Ephedra minuta Florin
Ephedra monosperma C.A.Meyer
Ephedra viridis in western NevadaEphedra nevadensis S.Wats. - Nevada Ephedra, Nevada Jointfir, Nevada Mormon-tea
Ephedra pedunculata Engelm. ex S.
Wats.
- Vine Ephedra, Vine Jointfir
Ephedra przewalskii Stapf
Ephedra przewalskii var. kaschgarica (B.
Fedtsch.
& Bobr.
) C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra regeliana Florin - Xi Zi Ma Huang
Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle ex Florin
Ephedra sinica Stapf - Ma Huang, Chinese ephedra
Ephedra torreyana S.Wats. - Torrey's Ephedra, Torrey's Jointfir, Torrey's Mormon-tea, Cañutillo
Ephedra trifurca Torrey ex S.Wats. - Longleaf Ephedra, Longleaf Jointfir, Longleaf Mormon-tea, Popotilla, Teposote
Ephedra viridis Coville - Green Ephedra, Green Mormon-tea
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Uses and health concerns
Ephedra distachyaThese plants have traditionally been used by indigenous people for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a likely candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion. The alkaloids ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are the active constituents of the plant. Some species in the Ephedra genus have zero alEphedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in the family Ephedraceae and order Ephedrales. These plants occur in dry climates over a wide area mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, across southern Europe, north Africa, southwest and central Asia, southwestern North America, and, in the Southern Hemisphere, in South America south to Patagonia. They are also called Joint-pine, Jointfir, or Mormon-tea. The Chinese name is 麻黄, ma huang, which means "yellow hemp". Ephedra is also sometimes called sea grape (from the French raisin de mer), although that is also a common name for Coccoloba uvifera.
edit
Species
The following list of species is from the Gymnosperm Database page for Ephedra.
Ephedra alata Decne
Ephedra altissima Desf.
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A.Meyer - Clapweed, Erect Ephedra
Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Boundary Ephedra, Pitamoreal
Ephedra californica S.Wats. - California Ephedra, California Jointfir
Ephedra coryi E.L.Reed - Cory's Ephedra
Ephedra cutleri Peebles - Navajo Ephedra, Cutler's Ephedra, Cutler Mormon-tea, Cutler's Jointfir
Ephedra distachya L. - Joint-pine, Jointfir
Ephedra distachya subsp.
helvetica (C.A.Meyer) Aschers. & Graebn.
Ephedra equisetina Bunge - Ma huang
Ephedra fasciculata A.Nels. - Arizona Ephedra, Arizona Jointfir, Desert Mormon-tea
Ephedra fedtschenkoae Pauls.
Ephedra fragilis Desf.
Ephedra fragilis subsp. campylopoda (C.
A.
Meyer) Aschers.
& Graebn.
Ephedra frustillata Miers - Patagonian Ephedra
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton - Death Valley Ephedra, Death Valley Jointfir
Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex C.A.Meyer - Gerard's Jointfir, Shan Ling Ma Huang
Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex C.A.Meyer
Ephedra lepidosperma C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra likiangensis Florin
Ephedra macedonica Kos.
Ephedra major Host
Ephedra major subsp. procera Fischer & C.A.Meyer
Ephedra minuta Florin
Ephedra monosperma C.A.Meyer
Ephedra viridis in western NevadaEphedra nevadensis S.Wats. - Nevada Ephedra, Nevada Jointfir, Nevada Mormon-tea
Ephedra pedunculata Engelm. ex S.Wats. - Vine Ephedra, Vine Jointfir
Ephedra przewalskii Stapf
Ephedra przewalskii var. kaschgarica (B.Fedtsch. & Bobr.) C.Y.Cheng
Ephedra regeliana Florin - Xi Zi Ma Huang
Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle ex Florin
Ephedra sinica Stapf - Ma Huang, Chinese ephedra
Ephedra torreyana S.Wats. - Torrey's Ephedra, Torrey's Jointfir, Torrey's Mormon-tea, Cañutillo
Ephedra trifurca Torrey ex S.Wats. - Longleaf Ephedra, Longleaf Jointfir, Longleaf Mormon-tea, Popotilla, Teposote
Ephedra viridis Coville - Green Ephedra, Green Mormon-tea
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Uses and health concerns
Ephedra distachyaThese plants have traditionally been used by indigenous people for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a likely candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion. The alkaloids ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are the active constituents of the plant. Some species in the Ephedra genus have zero al
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Hoodia is THE all natural appetite suppressant that helps you lose weight the natural and healthy way. In clinical trials, participants lost an average of 10 pounds in 28 days! Hoodia contains a molecule that fools your brain in to thinking that you are full and not hungry. Hoodia is all natural, contains no ephedra or caffeine and has no known side effects. Hoodia does not stimulate the body. In fact, scientists say it fools the brain by making you think you're full, even if you've just eaten a morsel. Hoodia is an organic diet pill that comes from the Hoodia Gordonii cactus. The the ancient San Bushmen ate the Hoodia cactus for hydration and sustenance on long journeys through the arid terrain.
Main active ingredients:
DEXL 10-Hoodia Gordonii stem 500 mg*
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Zantrex-3
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"...Zantrex-3 is the number one diet pill because it was the first and only non-ephedra formula with a kick... Increasing energy is just as important as producing rapid weight loss for dieters, and that's why ephedra was so popular... Zantrex-3's patented weight loss/energy combination, sales are set to exceed 5,000,000 bottles worldwide... Zantrex-3 simply delivers more weight loss and provides more energy than any diet pill on the market -- even those containing ephedra."
Main active ingredients:
*Zantrek-3 Blend: yerba mate, caffeine, guarana seed, damiana, schizonepeta, green tea, piper nigum, tibetan ginseng, panax ginseng, maca root, cocoa nut, kola nut, thea sinesis complex.
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TrimSpa EF
TrimSpa EF (ephedra free) works to help you lose weight and increase your energy level without the use of ingredients that may counteract your medication or sensitive metabolism. Trimspa Garcinia Cambogia EF contains powerful ingredients which can jump-start the weight loss process… helping you on your way to achieving the sexy-slim body of your dreams. Add it up… reduced cravings… a feeling of satisfaction and fullness… high-powered fat burning… and accelerated breakdown of fats.
Main active ingredients:
Chromium, Vanadium, Glucomannan, Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose, Citrus narginine, Glucosamine HCL, Cocoa Extract (phenyethylamine, tyramine and theobromine), Green Tea Extract (epigallocatechin gallate, polyphenols and caffeine), Hoodia gordonii cactus
Scarsdale Diet
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Stacker 2 Ephedra Free
Main active ingredients:
Citrus aurantium (from fruit supplying 6 mg synephrine), cassia nomane extract, kola nut extract from seeds supplying 200 mg caffeine), white willow bark, chromium picolinate
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Xenadrine EFX
Main active ingredients:
Tyroplex™ (proprietary blend of l-tyrosine and acetyl-l-tyrosine), Green Tea Extract, Seropro™ (proprietary cocoa extract standardized for PEA (phenylethylamine), tyramine and theobromine), Yerba Mate, di-Methionine, Ginger Root, Isotherm™ (proprietary blend of quercetin and fisetin), Bitter Orange, DMAE (2-dimethylaminoethanol), Grape Seed Extract
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Metabolic Thyrolean
or dieting, is a combination of ephedra and St. Johns Wort.
The ECA Stack (ephedra, caffeine, aspirin) has been used by bodybuilders to burn fat, and increase energy.
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Safety
For FDA information on ephedra, please see the ephedra.com FDA page.
As ephedra is a stimulant and a thermogenic, it should NOT be used by people / in situations where these properties might be harmful.
There are some common sense rules about using ephedra:
Do not use ephedra if you have any medical problems as the use of a stimulant might overtax your system.
Do not use ephedra if your activity / environment will prevent you from dissipating heat. Your body core temperature might exceed safe levels. And do not take more than the manufacturer's recommended amount.
What this means is: If you Garcinia Cambogia have a heart condition, do not take ephedra. And if you plan to wear clothes to raise your body temperature, do not take ephedra. And do not think that playing baseball on a hot muggy day will counteract these two common sense conditions and make it okay to take ephedra.
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