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To the Editor: With the recent decision of the Food and Drug Administration to ban the sale of ephedra in the United States, a broad discussion of the uses, risks, and regulation of herbal preparations has been kindled in the news media. We report a case that raises similar issues with potentially broad implications for the use of other herbal preparations that have a vasoconstrictive effect.

A female infant weighing 3860 g was born at just over 40 weeks' gestation to a healthy 24-year-old woman (gravida 2, para 0). The obstetrician reportedly had advised the woman to drink a tea . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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