Salicylates are a broad class of organic chemicals that can occur naturally in plants or are man-made for useful purposes like cleaners and medicines. Aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid, a type of salicylatethat is synthetically made in a lab for medicine. We discovered this effective medicine for pain relief from willow bark where the chemical is produced naturally as part of the tree's defense system. Other plants like spices, fruits, and vegetables contain smaller amounts of salicylates which people may react to. Salicylate intolerance describes a person's inability to come in contact with salicylates, whether they are naturally occurring in food or synthetically made like for a fragrance....