Willowbark is a fairly common herbal medicine. It is used to treat pain, particularly headaches.[1]
Tam and Rand keep some willowbark among their bags of medicines.[2] Mat, who keeps willowbark in his saddlebags, offers willowbark tea to Perrin after he speaks to the wolves.[3] Nynaeve tells Thom to ask Rendra for willowbark or acem to relieve his bruised head.[4] Nynaeve used willowbark after channeling too much at Algarin Pendaloan's manor.[5]
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Willow bark is a medicine that has ben used since ancient times to alleviate pain.[6] The active ingredients were developed and commercialised into aspirin.
Notes
- ↑ The Wheel of Time Companion, willowbark
- ↑ The Eye of the World, Chapter 5
- ↑ The Great Hunt, Chapter 14
- ↑ The Shadow Rising, Chapter 52
- ↑ Knife of Dreams, Chapter 20
- ↑ History of Aspirin.[1]