Of course I believe in their ability to heal. They've been scientifically proven. Willowbark is - Here. [He sets aside the tea and rises and searches a moment to find a medicine kit up on the wall with a box of pockets of aspirin pills within. He tries hard to ignore the fact that he's better able to move now as he points to the box.] This drug here, aspirin, was synthesized from willowbark. It has the same acid which gives willow its anti-inflammatory properties. If you want to replicate its effects, you can use these pills, but take note that you use them in much smaller amounts; they're much more concentrated than the bark you're used to, and like anything, too much of it can be toxic.
[He goes back and sits back down and thinks about how stupid he himself is. What's the point of all of this? Does he truly think that this man is going to listen to him - this man who calls him child and sneers about his ignorance? This man who listens to no one if they don't genuflect to him first?]
And ginger has remarked-upon properties for relieving nausea. I hold with that general opinion myself.
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Of course I believe in their ability to heal. They've been scientifically proven. Willowbark is - Here. [He sets aside the tea and rises and searches a moment to find a medicine kit up on the wall with a box of pockets of aspirin pills within. He tries hard to ignore the fact that he's better able to move now as he points to the box.] This drug here, aspirin, was synthesized from willowbark. It has the same acid which gives willow its anti-inflammatory properties. If you want to replicate its effects, you can use these pills, but take note that you use them in much smaller amounts; they're much more concentrated than the bark you're used to, and like anything, too much of it can be toxic.
[He goes back and sits back down and thinks about how stupid he himself is. What's the point of all of this? Does he truly think that this man is going to listen to him - this man who calls him child and sneers about his ignorance? This man who listens to no one if they don't genuflect to him first?]
And ginger has remarked-upon properties for relieving nausea. I hold with that general opinion myself.