Plants and Medicine
Plants have been used in medicine for years,
From the Ancient Egyptians, who used willow bark,
To relieve themselves from the pounding in their ears,
And the fevers that gave them a red mark,
To the citizens of today;
We use the acid from the same willow bark as aspirin,
To make the pain go away.
There are so many plants we use in today’s medicine;
Like the Opium Poppy that provides opium:
A drug that relieves pain from any specimen.
Plants provide drugs that can fight whatever may come.
Doctors administer taxols when
A patient is suffering from breast cancer and at home
They give you the Cannabis plant to help you sleep in.
So you see, plants are good for both you and me.
They help us in our times of need,
When all we want is for sickness to leave us be.
From the Ancient Egyptians, who used willow bark,
To relieve themselves from the pounding in their ears,
And the fevers that gave them a red mark,
To the citizens of today;
We use the acid from the same willow bark as aspirin,
To make the pain go away.
There are so many plants we use in today’s medicine;
Like the Opium Poppy that provides opium:
A drug that relieves pain from any specimen.
Plants provide drugs that can fight whatever may come.
Doctors administer taxols when
A patient is suffering from breast cancer and at home
They give you the Cannabis plant to help you sleep in.
So you see, plants are good for both you and me.
They help us in our times of need,
When all we want is for sickness to leave us be.