Willow bark
Avoid Willow bark
Avoid willow bark as this is the origin of modern day aspirin. Willows all have abundant watery bark sap, which is heavily charged with salicylic acid the active ingredient in aspirin. Because willow bark contains these aspirin like compounds it is to be avoided. Willow bark is high in salicylates and detrimental for PKD/PLD. Salicin, the active ingredient in willow bark, seems to have contributed to the death of the composer, Ludwig von Beethoven. Apparently, Beethoven ingested large amounts of salicin before he died. His autopsy report is the first recorded case of a particular type of kidney damage that can be caused by salicin.
