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  • I arranged them into small groups, sorted by function: marigold ointment and poplar balm for soothing, willowbark, cherry bark and chamo-mile for teas, St. John's wort, garlic, and yarrow for disinfection.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • Yes, it has some alcohol in it, but otherwise it has calendula, borage, and yarrow oils, parsley and willowbark extracts, and tee tree,juniper, and eucalyptus oils.

    Cutesy Jewelry PeaceBang 2006

  • 'Gerbert has more sense in his little finger than you have in your entire body,' she muttered as she rummaged in the nostrum satchel for the feverfew and willowbark that would cool his body and eventually dull the edge of his pain.

    The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

  • It held many memories for Sam -- a gift from Cata, way back when; he'd never used it professionally except once to carry willowbark and mayweed powder in, sovereign against the headaches that plagued him one year during a particularly bad pollen harvest.

    Villains by Necessity Forward, Eve 1995

  • Ayla thought Wolf seemed better in the morning, but she took more willowbark out of her otter-skin medicine bag and added a cup of the decoction to his food.

    The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

  • Earlier, she had mixed dried willowbark tea into a bowl of water she had put aside for him, and he was thirsty enough to lap it up, pain-killing medication and all.

    The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

  • Ayla decided some willowbark tea might relieve her discomfort and quickly got up to cut some fresh.

    The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

  • Next I tried Burt's Bees Pore Refining Scrub (with willowbark and jojoba beads).

    All Women Stalk Jennifer 2010

  • Next I tried Burt's Bees Pore Refining Scrub (with willowbark and jojoba beads).

    All Women Stalk 2010

  • But the difference is used as willowbark, it's twice as effective as aspirin and normal arthritis medications, but without causing any of the stomach upset or even bleeding ulcers caused by the medications, he said.

    FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2010

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