ephedrine extraction

Hi guys! Im little confused. If I understand correctly ephedrine is a naturally occurring alkaloid, yet meth is man made, synthetic substance. So how does this work? Please someone clarify this for me.

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?

Hello I would like to discuss possible solvents usage as replacement of stinky long evaporating T.(Toluene) to for example extract ephedrine from pills -What is most suitable solvent for dissolving pseudo/ephedrine without this unholy stink and also one that evaporates all within hour's...

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...