Crude drug
![1916 Eli Lilly crude drug case for pharmacy students to study: contains 216 different specimens](/Images/godic/202501/07/Eli-lilly-crude-drug3058.jpg")
![Creighton University College of Pharmacy crude drugs circa 1910](/Images/godic/202501/07/Creighton-pharmacognosy3058.jpg")
A crude drug is any naturally occurring, unrefined substance derived from organic or inorganic sources such as plant, animal, bacteria, organs or whole organisms intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals.