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Crude Drug and its Classification - Pharmacognosy

Crude Drug and its Classification :-  Crude drugs are substances obtained from natural resources like plants, animals, and minerals, used for preventing, diagnosing, treating, or relieving symptoms of diseases or abnormal conditions. They are classified as organized (cellular) or unorganized (acellular) based on their cellular structure. Organized drugs are solid, semi-solid, or liquid, while unorganized drugs are organs of plants or animals. They are classified based on physical characteristics such as solubility, density, optical rotation, and refractive index. Crude drugs are classified alphabetically, chemically, morphologically, taxonomically, and pharmacognostically.  What is Drug ? A drug is any substance (other than food) that is used to prevent, diagnose, treat or relieve symptoms of a disease or abnormal condition. Define crude drug? Crude drug are define as the drug which are obtain from natural resources like plants, animals, minerals and they are used  as suc...