- Salicylic acid and other co-factors are anti-inflammatory ingredients that inhibit pro-inflammatory substances (prostaglandins, etc.)
- Decreases pain of headache, as well as arthritis and muscle pain.
Characteristically considered a headache remedy, pain reliever, febrifuge and anti-inflammatory, research had already shown that white willow bark extract alleviates back pain, low back pain in particular, without having any significant side effects. Unlike Aspirin, white willow bark extract contains only the precursor salicin, which passes unchanged through the stomach and is said not to convert into salicylic acid until it reaches the liver and the site of the inflammation.
