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    From what tree does the tea that salicyclic is found in come: willow, palm, maple or fir?

    Question #30250. Asked by Erica. (Mar 20 03 12:24 PM)


    kerry8888

    		the willow

    Mar 20 03, 12:40 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Salicylic acid gets its name from Salix, the Latin name for the willow. The original headache remedy was concocted from willow bark, and contained an ingredient from which aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) has been derived. Sometimes the old wives got it right....

    Mar 20 03, 5:44 PM

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