Medicine- Plants Origin

The production of many medicine  is espcially from plants origin.Even traditional medicine or herbal is mostly derived from plants.

• Aspirin(Salicylic Acid)- used widely as the painkiller,derived from white willow bark and meadowsweet plant.
• Atropine-used to treat irregular heartbeats, derived from belladonna leaves
• Colchicine-used for gout, derived from autumn crocus.
• Digoxin(Lanoxin)- heart medication,derived from poisonous plant called Foxglove.
• Morphine and Codine-potent narcotics,derived from the opium poppy.
• Quinine-used to treat the malaria, derived from Cinchona bark.
• Vinblastine(Velban) and Vincristine(Oncovin)- anti-cancer drugs, derived from Periwinkle
• These are the only shortlist to mention but almost all of the medicine whether in Herbal or Modern Medicine are derived from Plants.

 Nature has gifted human beings with abundant source of the medicine indirectly such as the potassium present in the Banana and Apricot which helps in the contraction and relaxation of the heart muscle.Citric acid and Abscorbic acid are found in citrus fruits,which helps in developments and strenthening of teeths also helps in skin toning.Leafy vegetables and yellow fruits are the main source of Vitamin-A, which helps in proper functioning of eye.