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  • From: "H. Dessureault" <inter.verbis@atreide.net>
  • To: "nafex" <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
  • Subject: [nafex] salicin in willows
  • Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 14:00:40 -0500

 Hi,
Willow water is a very interesting idea. You could also make willow tea which would work faster to extract the active ingredient if you were in a rush.
Willows contain salicin, from which salicyclic acid is derived, which is used to make acetylsalicyclic, a salt, the active ingredient in aspirin, according to my data base. Beware though that newer generations of analgesic products, may not contain this at all.
I know Wintergreen also possesses salicin. So I suppose wintergreen would work as well.
 
Hélène D.

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