-=> Quoting Jane Kelley to Jim Casto <=-
 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.
 JK> Yes, but that still doesn't tell us why it works.
 
 "Aspirin is thought to act by interfering with the synthesis of
 prostaglandins which are implicated in inflammation and fever"."
 Encarta '97
 
 JC> JK> Not using it at all.  The idea was to bring in traditional medicine
 JC> JK> pracitioners to talk with the folks who are into Western medicine.
 
 JC> Other traditions besides NA?
 JK> That was the Indian name for their ways, traditional medicine as vs.
 JK> the Western medicine practiced by the establishment.  Not my labels.
 
 I'm not worried about the label. Your statement says "traditional medicine"
 and I was only trying to define that. So no other "traditions" (such as
 African, East Indian, etc.)?
 
 JK> You'd be surprised where they turn up these days :)!
 
 Actually, I wouldn't be surprised at all. 
 Jim
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