ma huang pill dosage

just got some ma huang pills
there 22mg ephedra per pill, but the dosage is
15pills 3 times a day half an hour before meals(the pills are the size of a ball bearing)

and there main purpose isnt weight loss, so im confused how much i should take?

would i be better off boiling them up and drinking the water rather than taking all these pills? or should i just take enough to raise my pulse, ive just taken 15 pills and my pulse went from 65bmp to 80bmp and im aiming for about 100bmp but im not too fond of taking 40pills a day