Drugs from plants

Drug
Plant Source
Illness or Treatment

Aspirin
White Willow Bark
Pain control, antiinflammatory and blood thinner

Caffeine
Coffee Shrub
Used in combination with acetominophen or codeine for pain control

Colchicine
Autumn Crocus
Gout

Cyclosporine
Cordyceps Immunosuppressant
Used in treating organ transplant patients

Digoxin
Foxglove
Congestive Heart Disease

Morphine
Opium Poppy
Pain control

Quinine
Cinchona Bark
Malaria

Taxol
Pacific Yew
Cancer

Theophylline
Tea Shrub
Asthma

Vincristine
Periwinkle
Chemotherapy