Medicines from Nature

Medicines from Nature

1. Salicin

   • Bark of white willow
   • Pain relief
   • Temperate river banks and wetlands

2. Caffeine

   • Tea, coffee, coca
   • Tropical and sub-tropical conditions
   • Stimulant for central nervous system

3. Quinine

   • Dried bark of cinchonas tree
   • Humid conditions
   • Malaria

4. Colchicine

   • Autumn Crocus
   • Moist temperate conditions
   • Cancer and gout

5. Nicotine

   • Tobacco plant
   • Warm and wet conditions
   • Wounds, Alzheimer's, depression

6. Morphine

   • Dried latex from the opium poppy
   • Humid conditions
   • Pain relief

7. Artemisinin

   • Malaria
   • Temperate Conditions
   • Artemesia plant leaves

8. Digitalis

   • Foxglove
   • Temperate conditions
   • Heart Failure

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