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Q: Why are many human medicines made from chemicals from plants?
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All drugs are chemicals. The human body is made up of millions of chemicals.


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How can plants help make medicines?

Before there were modern medicines people used to use substances in plants to treat illnesses, this is called herbal medicine. Indeed it is only some 70 years ago when chemists shops used to make up doctor's prescriptions from herbs. Medicines were once mainly nasty tasting, suspicious looking liquids! Many plants - willow, foxgloves, belladonna, dandelions, yew etc (indeed much of the plant kingdom) contain very powerful chemicals that have an effect on the human body - (aspirin comes from the willow, digitalis comes from foxgloves, digitalis comes from belladonna, a diuretic comes form dandelions and a cancer treatment us made from yew). Our modern medicines are just these chemicals (or derivatives of them) made artificially and the pharmaceutical industry is still searching and testing plants from all over the world for new drugs.


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Wood is taken from rain forests, so much that today's rain forests are a fraction of their original size. Medicines can be made from chemicals in rain forest plants.


What is a person who makes medicines called?

In the past, all medicines came from plants or animals. Although some important medicines still come from plants and animals, most medicines used today in the developed world are manufactured through chemical processes. Most medicines are made of plants, which are made in china. They are to heal people who had a very bad or a illness of any kind, it was made after the Victorians time.


Why do you use chemicals?

Chemicals are anything that are made of matter, which includes all solids, liquids and gases - and therefore the human body is made up of chemicals. However, if you are referring to synthetic chemicals, that is those that are manufactured by man, then they are used in every modern application you can name. The main industries are the petrochemical (fuels, lubricants, etc), agrochemical (pesticides etc) and pharmaceutical (medicines), to name but a few.


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How do you get chemicals?

There is two type of chemicals, one is from nature and the other is man made. All matter, whether solid, liquid or gas, is a chemical or mixture of chemicals. The human body is made up of millions of chemicals. Oxygen and water are chemicals. Your PC is even made up of chemicals!