[LMB] AKICIF: herbology OT:

[CatMtn at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/9/2006 7:33:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tadler at yeshivanet.com writes:

>  Both the leaves, bark, and the seed, are used to stanch bleeding of
>  wounds, and at mouth and nose, spitting of blood, and other fluxes of
>  blood in man or woman, <snip>



M:
 
This is a bit puzzling, as aspirin is a blood thinner, and willow  (Salix) 
contains salicylates, which are aspirin.  It would seem to me  that they would 
stop clotting, not bleeding.
 
Mary