Many important medicines were originally derived from plants. While many medicines now can be man-made in the lab, nature originally gave us many medicines:
Foxglove — produces Digitalis, which is used to treat Congestive Heart Failure and heart rhythm problems
Deadly Nightshade — produces Atropine, used to treat slow or absent heart rate, and to dilate the pupil for eye exams
Willow — the first Aspirin treatment was derived from the willow
Meadow Saffron — produces Colchicine, which is used to treat Gout
Poppy — Opium poppy produces morphine
Cocoa Bean — produces Theophylline, used to treat asthma and COPD
Pacific Yew — produces Taxol, used to treat breast, ovarian, and lung cancer
Madagascar periwinkle — produces Vinblastine and Vincristine, which are used to treat Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Cinchona Tree — produces Quinine, that was used to treat malaria
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