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The bark could ease aches and pains and reduce fevers.It has long been used in Europe and China for the treatment of these conditions.This remedy is also mentioned in texts from ancient Egypt, Sumer, and Assyria.The Reverend Edmund Stone,a vicar from Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire,England, noted in 1763 that willow bark was effective in reducing a fever.The bark is often macerated in ethanol to produce a tincture.