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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Asprirn
Message-ID: <354@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 12:55:01 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  4 12:55:01 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 08:45:14 EST
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Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley friesen)
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In article <887@cbdkc1.UUCP> tjs@cbdkc1.UUCP ( Tom Stanions) writes:
>
>As an aside, willow bark works like aspirin, it is mild on the stomach
>and it is natural.  I use it occationally and it works very well (I
>never use aspirin).  Has your doctor ever recommended willow bark for
>a headache?
>
	But do you know *why* willow bark works, it works because it
contains (surprise!) *aspirin*. Yes indeed, chewing willow bark is
*almost* the same as taking an aspirin tablet. The main difference is
that with the tablet you know what dose you are getting, with willow
bark you don't.
	This is quite a normal sort of thing, a std medication also
being found in nature(e.g also Pennicilin).
-- 

				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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