Ephedra Sinica, also known as Ephedra does not have a specific origin in which it was discovered. It is common on many shorelines of multiple continents but has become most popular in and is used in eastern/Chinese medicine. Chemically it is composed of the alkaloids ephedrine and pseudo ephedrine. It is most commonly known and associated with causing the stimulation of the central nervous system. Although it has been incorporated in varying types of tea for 5 thousand years, the FDA has attempted on multiple occasions to ban the consumption of dietary supplement containing ephedrine alkaloids. All of those bans, with the exclusion of the ban in Utah have been recalled.