Willow Leaves

16 Apr 2008

·jack123

Long ago in history, back in four hundred B.C., a man known as Hippocrates, found a cure in willow leaves. He discovered through his use, an acid found within their juice. When taken it would ease one's pain, and then provide relief again. Through the years it was refined, and up until this very time, it helps arthritis and other pain, reduces headaches and it's name, is so well known since it's origin, today we call it "Aspirin"

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