There’s a cheap, natural, and safe remedy for treating sinus problems with a long history of success, but it’s virtually impossible to find in North America today. It is a common herb in traditional Chinese medicine, but it proved too much for our society.
Ephedra (or “ma huang” to the Chinese) is a plant that looks like a clump of twigs with no leaves. It’s a relative of the pine tree, but has no trunk. Its use as a medicine was first described about 3,000 years ago in the classic Chinese medicine book “Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing” (“Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica”) as a nontoxic herb for treating the common cold, headache, and malaria.
Ephedra became a featured herb in several classic Chinese formulas to stop coughs, promote urination and sweating, and resolve infections.
