A newly published study reveals that hot willow bark extract shows broad-spectrum antiviral activities that have not been previously identified. The study, designed and carried out by a team of ...

Willow bark, the forerunner of aspirin, may work better than modern-day remedies for long- term relief of lower-back pain. When 191 people with lower-back pain took a sugar pill or one of two doses of ...

*** Good evidence of a health benefit. ** Some evidence of a health benefit. * Traditionally used with only anecdotal evidence. White willow has been used in Europe as a medicine since ancient times.

A new study has found that an extract made from willow bark, the precursor to aspirin, possesses effective broad-spectrum antiviral properties. The discovery may mean we will soon have a new way of ...