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Willow bark: the folk remedy behind aspirin
Original: Seileach. Willow bark, and it is not folklore standing next to medicine — it is where the medicine came from. Salicin in
Willow bark is being discussed as the plant origin of modern medicine rather than a folk curiosity. The bark contains salicin, which the body converts into salicylic acid, the same chemistry behind aspirin. A typical preparation uses a teaspoon or two of dried cut bark. The point being made is that traditional remedies and pharmacology share a direct lineage.
Why now: Interest in plant-based and traditional medicine continues to draw attention to natural sources of common drugs like aspirin.
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- Seileach. Willow bark, and it is not folklore standing next to medicine — it is where the medicine came from. Salicin in the inner bark, converted by your gut into salicylic acid, which is aspirin's own chemistry with the factory left off A teaspoon or two of dried cut bark,… · wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · 4
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