2012年8月底,国家出台了严厉的麻黄碱类复方制剂限购措施,规定此类药必须凭身份证购买,对每人每次购买量也作了严格限制。麻黄碱是药,这是无疑的,否则不可能有那么多常用药以其为主要成分;但它同时也是毒,关于用其提毒的报道也是有根有据。那么,麻黄碱对人体而言究竟是“毒”还是“药”? By the end of August 2012, the state has promulgated the restrictive measures for the purchase of the compound preparations of ephedrine by stipulating that such drugs must be purchased by means of an ID card, and each purchase amount per person is also severely restricted. Ephedrine is a drug, which is beyond doubt, otherwise it is impossible to have so many commonly used drugs as its main ingredient; but it is also poisonous, and there is a good basis for reporting on the use of its poisoning. So, ephedrine on the human body is actually “poison ” or “medicine ”?