ephedra sinica stapf

I read in the previous post that it was too difficult for me.I wanted an extraction method that was simple and didn't require multiple ingredients.I have Ma Huang and am thinking of using methanol as an extractor.Can anyone explain a simple method for people without chemistry skills?

Introduction Ephedrine was found in the Chinese "Ma-huang" or Ephedra sinica Stapf plant, made from various species of ephedra, by Nagai in 1887. It has two chiral centers so that four configurationally isomeric ephedrines exist. The two naturally occurring ephedrines differ in the configuration...