I looked up Willow Bark one time as an alternative to asprin, but was kinda of put off by the idea that Willow as a tea would require several cups to consume to get the equivalent dosage of sacylic acid (sp?) in a single asprin.
Am I missing something? -Ken --- Christine Carleton <[email protected]> wrote: > Deborah, > > I have not used White Willow Bark, but have used > Birch essential oil. In my > experience, individuals allergic to aspirin (a > single chemical constituent > -acetylsalicylic acid-) appear to have not problem > when using all the minute > chemical constituents that nature provides in her > products rather than > fractionated pharmacy products. Personally I would > try a bit as a tea, and > monitor results. I have enjoyed the benefits of > many herbs, barks, trees, > stems, from nature. If you took it too a Chinese > herbalist, they should be > able to tell you as they use many grasses, roots, > trees etc in the broth's > they prescribe for people to cook up in the Chinese > cooking pots. > > Christine > > > From: "deborah byron" > <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:41:50 -0500 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: CS>aspirin vs. white willow bark > > Resent-From: [email protected] > > Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:42:22 -0700 > > > > I'd like to ask the list whether anyone here has > experience using an > > infusion of white willow bark, the botanical > source of salicylic acid, in > > place of aspirin. I'm wondering specifically > whether some other > > ingredient would be needed as a buffer. > > > > Thanks, > > Deborah > > > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for > discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: > http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: > [email protected] > > Silver List archive: > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: > [email protected] > > OT Archive: > http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
