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Quite possibly ... not too long ago, knowing what you could and couldn't eat and the effects were surely part of oral tradition. E.G. US natives knowledge of t
by 8bitsrule 8y ago
Quite possibly ... not too long ago, knowing what you could and couldn't eat and the effects were surely part of oral tradition.
E.G. US natives knowledge of the pain-killing effects of 'something' in birchbark existed long before Bayer synthesized the same chemical in the late 1800s.
- IndrekR 8y agoWillow, not birch. Salix in latin as in salicylic acid.
- 8bitsrule 8y agoWillow, and yes birch ('canoe birch' = white). Each is probably preferred where it's more common. Fur trappers knew about birch where willow was rare, and BTW long before Herr Bayer was born. EG https://www.survivopedia.com/how-to-make-your-own-aspirin-for-survival/ https://www.survivopedia.com/how-to-make-your-own-aspirin-fo... EG https://www.anniesremedy.com/betula-alba-birch-bark-leaf.php https://www.anniesremedy.com/betula-alba-birch-bark-leaf.php