Where does aspirin come from? | Quizzland Trivia Answers

BaileyPittipat

willow bark. been used in teas by native peoples in North America forever.

Missy K

Urbanmythos IS CORRECT! The willow bark has the natural chemical that a scientist and the Bayer corporation learned to make a synthetic copy and called it asprin. You cannot patent nature, so in order to brand it and make money you have to learn the chemical makeup and make it synthetically to profit. I take wi.low bark instead of aspirin for aches, the nature form offe4s other great benefits, like antioxidants, that you will not get from a synthetic chemical.

ClarksvilleSith2018

Montana Lady, Thanks, really good to know. Now I won't be "barking up the wrong tree"...😁

Montana Lady

MuddyColony29304, just so you know, it's bark of the white willow tree, not any random willow... weeping or what not. You can just take a twig and chew on it, if need be.

doxierescued

Most all medicines originated from plants and seeds.

LikeableToucan48320

why is aspirin misspelled 3 times in the explanation?

MuddyColony29304

BaileyPittipat, thanx for the info! I was wondering which tree's bark. Willow makes sense😊

Player 0098

Momma Mo4u, look up white Willow bark ,my great grandfather was a Mic Mac native American,I've used this for a long time every thing we need is in nature .😊

Player #2934629

WiseWoman, it's nice to share knowledge but very rude to condescend to those who are still learning!

Momma Mo4u

You see they didn't tell the name of the tree. We are being robbed by the big pharma companies. They'd rather sell man made chemicals that cause more damage to sell more pills! I'm going to research this as a natural pain remedy.

Zosie

Amazing whoever decided to chow down on some bark then realise it helped with pain!!

Rambo1964A

The Romans used Willow bark as a cure all.

adams101313

agreed, they should state which tree it comes from.

Zell. I am a female

didn't know that. learn something everyday

xochi

indigenous healing

Tony

LikeableToucan48320, great of you to notice.

Woman on Fire

LikeableToucan48320, Actually you have added an extra I.

Dreams

Like they say, you learn something new ...

Bob

ClarksvilleSith2018, ahh I see what you did there! 😜

LillySparrow

Zosie, yesss! Exactly hmmm

LillySparrow

LikeableToucan48320, really!!?

LillySparrow

Missy K, excellent! I’d like to know how the native people figured that out

Bliksim

LikeableToucan48320, because they did not talk about aspirin bur about asprin!

KTI6

I knew the answer cuz of the Clan of the Cave Bear series. It’s been quite a while since I last read them, so I don’t recall which specific book this info was in. But I read them numerous times when I was younger. The first three are especially good. Long live Ayla the Medicine Woman!

Smart Kitten

I wondering to know with tree is that.

arohanui

LikeableToucan48320, Johnny had his Spell checker switched off. As so many do...

KittyA9

It is actually “White Willow Bark “ that is medicinal.

jun

oh my gas! tropical forest on Philippines had that tree? answet pls.

Cathy

Missy K, Great information thank you

Ignor Ant B. Uthappy

wow! Dienst know trees could bark 🐕

Donna

So MANY of our medicines come from nature...I am retired from a big pharma company that has a replica bldg that has plants all around reflecting this.

masyn pixie

ClarksvilleSith2018, that's Rich

jaws

Willow bark contains salicin which forms into salicylic acid in the body. Aspirin is prepared by chemical synthesis from salicylic acid, through acetylation with acetic anhydride, forming acetylsalicylic acid. I've made it in chemistry lab before fairly easy to make.

Bambi

Player #12616451, the splinters might take your mind off the original pain..?

MDinMD

Missy K, the same lab at Bayer that invented aspirin also invented heroin a few weeks later. The lab was acetylating various compounds, which included the discovery of acetylsalicylate acid (aspirin) and diacetylmorphine (heroin).