From: Robert Miles on

"Sukhayu" <sukhayu4u(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Sida cordifolia is a plant that contains 0.8% to 1.2% of the alkaloid
> ephedrine. The whole plant contains much large quantities of
> alkaloids
> and hence has been used as a rejuvenating herb, an aphrodisiac, a
> wonderful and efficacious in curing those diseases when they are due
> to inflammation of the nerves.
>
> To know more visit:
> http://www.ayurvedicspamdietsolutions.con/Bala.php

Do a Google search on ephedrine and potassium nitrate (which this
source contains) first.

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/dietweightloss/l/blephedra.htm

http://www2.vhi.ie/topic/ephreport1

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/294596.html

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_221.html