JC>  JK> Or why aspirin works.
JC> 
JC>  Actually, it is my understanding that the primary ingredient for aspirin 
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JC>  been found (and known about for years) in plants.
Jim, the active ingredient of asprin was a commonly prescribed pain reliever 
in Native American Pharmacology.  It's the bark of the Birch tree I believe.
Quinine was also commonly used to control women's menstrul cramps by NA 
hamen
before the coming of the white man, and manufactured purification by the 
modern drug companies.
Jack Weatherford's book "Indian Givers" highlights many of the native plants 
that were used for healing before the coming of the europeans.
Dennis Martin
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