The willow (Salix genus) is the original source of one of the most prescribed medicines throughout history the aspirin.
Perhaps long before the Greeks, the American Indians also used willow to relieve fevers and pain. In the 1800s, scientists isolated the key pain-killing ingredient – salicin – from the willow, and in 1899, the Bayer Company, in Germany, was the first to market aspirin tablets.
http://www.wildones.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/BeyondTheBirdfeederPart6.pdf
Awesome shot... I never knew that about the willow...
ReplyDeleteThank you Sheila. This is when I love the internet, it's so easy to learn about things.
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