A Plant A Day Keeps The Doctor Away
Long ago, before people could go to the pharmacy or drugstore for medicines, they gathered wild plants from fields and forests to treat many illnesses. Plants like onion, mint, sage and mustard were used for colds, cuts and common health problems. Some of these plants contain the same basic ingredients that scientists use to make medicines today.
Medicines made from rainforest plants are used to treat diabetes, malaria, heart conditions, arthritis and other illnesses. Doctors and scientists use plants to develop new cures for disease!
| DID YOU KNOW? Over a third of all prescription drugs come from rainforest plants.
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