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We always put in ASPIRIN in our cut flowers...or flowers from the garden etc....they seem to last a lot longer and the colors do not fade.
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Was aspirin made from fish?
No, aspirin was originally made from bark off of a willow tree.
What are the healing functions of willow tree bark?
Aspirin is made from salicylic acid, which is found in willow tree bark. Aspirin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The dosage in aspirin is safe, the dosage in a piece of bark off a tree is unknown - best to stick with the purified, controlled form.
How can a willow tree cure a headache?
The bark of the willow tree contains a substance called Salicylic acid from which the drug Aspirin is made. Aspirin is good for headaches.
What do willow tree bark extract oil of wintergreen and aspirin have in common?
Willow tree bark contains Salicylic acid. Aspirin is acetate of salicylic acid.
What was the drug that was originally made from the willow tree?
Aspirin. Native medicine men/ healers advised chewing on the bark for headache and pain relief.
Does Willow Tree leaves work just as good as Willow Bark for the Aspirin?
The willow tree leaves do work just as good as the bark to make Aspirin. The leaves and bark are often combined to make medicine.
What acid is in disprin?
well disprin is a type of aspirin and aspirin is mainly made up of salicylic acid which is derived from tree bark
How did people relieve headaches before aspirin?
took an almost identical medicine by chewing the bark of a willow tree
Do we still harvest aspirin from a willow tree?
,,,plants have small amount of salicylic acid,,,but the willow tree have more salicylic to be used in making an aspirin,,,researchers said that willow tree is the only tree having more salicylic acid
Who discovered aspirin?
The active ingredient in aspirin is made by the willow tree and found in its bark. Willow bark was used from paleolithic times as an herbal remedy. It is not known who discovered its properties. Aspirin itself is a product that is made, not discovered.
Who do you get aspirin from the willow tree?
don't you mean how in stead of who?? .............anyways you get part of the ingredients from the bark and leaves of the willow tree.
What is aspirin made out of?
Aspirin derives its name from its chemical formula, acetylsalicylic acid. The compound is formed from salicylic acid, which is derived from bark from a willow tree. The process was discovered to take away the intense stomach pains associated with salicylic acid.Interesting note: The same mechanism that makes salicylic acid into acetylsalicylic acid also turns morphene into heroin.
