[LMB] AKICIF: herbology OT:

[Dan Tilque]

CatMtn at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/6/2006 11:27:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight
> Time, tadler at yeshivanet.com writes:
>
> >also,  what about herbs people used to use as medication?  i
> >know willow bark  tea was used to bring down fever, was it
> >also used as headache tea?  what was good for arthritis?
>
> Willow bark tea was also used as a hangover cure, so I'd
> assume it would be used for headaches.

Willow bark contains salicylic acid, which is in essence,
aspirin. In fact, aspirin was developed as a more palatable form
of willow bark tea.

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Dan Tilque