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It grows about an hour from me, as I am on the edge of the 
desert. It's not quite as strong as the Chinese Ephedra, 
but it will do well since it is native to your home. You 
can collect it any time of the year, and dry it in a paper 
grocery bag. Cut it up with hand shears into smaller 
pieces and use as a tea. It is also a good diuretic, and 
contains the most calcium of any tea.

We may share another plant you might find helpful as a 
pain releiver--broomweed or escoba de la vibora or 
"escoba" for short. It has little yellow flowers on a 
mounding bush that covers areas in yellow in the fall. I 
dry the entire above ground part of the plant when it is 
in bloom by hanging it upside down. Then I chop it smaller 
with hand sheers and then smaller in an old food 
processor. To use it, steep it in boiling water (discard 
the plant), then simulaneously add it to your bath and 
drink it as a tea. It works amazingly well for my 
arthritis.

They both make very tasty teas. The best books I have that 
cover these and others you could explore are Medicinal 
Plants of the Mountain West, and Medicinal Plants of the 
Desert and Canyon West, both by Michael Moore. I could not 
live without them.

--Sage

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:42:02 EDT
 Bunjov AT aol.com wrote:
> Sandy, Mormon Tea is Ephedra, that pain releiver that 
> the 
> FDA  is  trying to do away with because it is so 
> effective, 
> and misused by the weight  loss industry.
> --Sage
>
> Sage - thank you!
>
> I (now long of tooth and short of breath) have become 
> increasingly  dependent 
> on Primatene Mist. Ephedrine! 
>
> And it has been increasingly harder to find. 
> Hmmm...maybe I need to revisit  
> erowid.com. <g> 
>
> No weight loss problem here - but gravity is indeed not 
> my friend. It  occurs 
> to me that gravity itself  is probably what precipitated 
> the Back To  the 
> Earth movement, ever nearer and dearer to my heart - 
> literally.
>
> Sandy
> Mid-Mojave
>
>
>
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