No...you’re correct BUT it comes from several plant sources mainly Willow bark. In South America the Cinchona tree contains Salicylic acid AND quinine!! Also; Salicylic acid is a main component of an herbal extract found in the bark of a number of trees, including the willow tree, and in a number of fruits, grains, and vegetables. (I coulda swore I read White Birch??!). Couple good articles;
Aspirin is herbal. Made from willow bark.
That's beautiful to know!
Yep. It's why I'm growing 2 in my backyard.
Actually, acetyl-salicylic acid was synthesized in 1897. So no, aspirin is not herbal.
I've also taken willow bark capsules, which don't have the same stomach risks as aspirin.
Doesn't White Birch bark contain it too?
You might be more right than me. I don't trust my memory since my stroke. It would be easy to confirm.
No...you’re correct BUT it comes from several plant sources mainly Willow bark. In South America the Cinchona tree contains Salicylic acid AND quinine!! Also; Salicylic acid is a main component of an herbal extract found in the bark of a number of trees, including the willow tree, and in a number of fruits, grains, and vegetables. (I coulda swore I read White Birch??!). Couple good articles;
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjh.14520
https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/aspirin-turn-of-the-century-miracle-drug
And pine trees, too, I hope.