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by chrisbennet 3835 days ago
Asprin is derived from the bark of the willow tree.

From Wikipedia: "The therapeutic properties of willow tree bark have been known for at least 2,400 years, with Hippocrates prescribing it for headaches"

"By definition, alternative medicine has either not been proved to work, or been proved not to work. You know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? Medicine;" (From Tim Michin's poem "Storm") http://www.timminchin.com/2011/04/08/storm/