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White willow
Salix alba
Riverside tree whose bitter bark is the folk parent of aspirin, used for dull inflammatory pain.
Flavor
Aspirin-bitter bark with a green willow astringency.
Symptoms
headache, joint pain, inflammation, fever
In favor
Historically important, still useful for dull pain
Against
Same risks as salicylates
Grow lab
Yes
Days to harvest
Bark from prunings after year 3 (not a first-season crop)