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 ...

The extract from willow bark, which has been used to make several drugs, such as aspirin, has demonstrated broad-spectrum antiviral action. In studies using cell samples, willow bark extract, which ...

From a seasonal cold to a stomach bug, nobody likes catching a virus — and epidemics can be devastating. We need safe, sustainable antiviral options to treat the outbreaks of the future. Scientists in ...

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Professor Varpu Marjomäkim and her team at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, looked into the antiviral effects of willow bark. In cell sample experiments, an extract of willow bark was shown to ...

From a seasonal cold to a stomach bug, nobody likes catching a virus — and epidemics can be devastating. We need safe, sustainable antiviral options to treat the outbreaks of the future. Scientists in ...

BEST supplements for back pain: Lower back pain can be insufferable, impeding one's ability to perform even basic tasks. If your back pain is not letting up, willow bark extract may help. Lower back ...

*** 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.

Scientists have found that specially processed samples of willow bark extract have an antiviral effect which isn’t seen in already known medical compounds from willow bark, such as salicylic acid, ...

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 ...