Cure For Malaria:
According to one of the legends, an Indian Was lost in the jungle of the Andes (the world longest exposed mountain range). He was burning with fever from malaria. He stumped upon a pole of water, raging with fever he threw himself down at the edge to satisfy his thirst. He did notice a bark of cinchona tree nearby had fallen into the water. It was believed that the tree was poisonous, but the poor man was so thirsty and started drinking water. Much to his surprise, he did not die but found his strength returning and he recovered fully this a cure for malaria was thus born.
The cinchona tree, also known as quina quina from it drug quinine is taken which has been used for the cure of malaria ever since.
