natural drug

natural drug

A herbal concoction containing agents with neurologic effects similar to those of controlled drugs requiring a prescription.
Ma huang, a Chinese herb marketed as a natural drug (e.g., as Herbal Ecstasy and Ultimate Xphoria), contains significant amounts of sympathomimetic ephedrine-like alkaloids, the effects of which include euphoria but in excess have been linked to stroke, acute myocardial infarction and deaths.