Willow water for disease control

happychick · June 30, 2007

I'm curious about this. I've read that aspirin can activate a plant's innate abilities to protect itself from disease, so could willow water have the same effects? After all, it's the salicylates in the aspirin that give the benefit and willow water should contain salicylates, since they're water soluble, right?

amideutch · July 1, 2007

Happychick, your right and heres a link that tells all about it. Ami
http://www.bluestem.ca/willow-article1.htm

June 30, 2007	#1
happychick Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 37	Willow water for disease control I'm curious about this. I've read that aspirin can activate a plant's innate abilities to protect itself from disease, so could willow water have the same effects? After all, it's the salicylates in the aspirin that give the benefit and willow water should contain salicylates, since they're water soluble, right?

July 1, 2007	#2
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Happychick, your right and heres a link that tells all about it. Ami http://www.bluestem.ca/willow-article1.htm __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'