Aspirin is one of the most common medications that almost everyone has in their medicine cabinet. It’s used mostly as a pain reliever or even given to patients with heart conditions. The best part is that aspirin can be used in your beauty routine and even in your plants. If you have expired aspirin, do not flush them down the toilet or throw them away. Check out how you can use aspirin other than as a pain reliever!
Hand Sanitizer
Crushing an aspirin with your fingers and rubbing it on the palm of your hands can serve as a hand sanitizer since aspirin is anti-bacterial and much stronger than the soap we normally use.
Fungus
If you have smelly, itchy, dry feet, you might have fungus. To get rid of it, just drop a couple of aspirins in a bucket of warm water and let it dissolve, then place your feet in and this will help clear any bacteria living in your feet.
Dandruff
Many people suffer from dandruff and they end up spending a lot of money on dandruff shampoo which most of the time only works temporarily. Crush a couple of aspirin into your normal shampoo and shake. Apply shampoo as you normally do and you’ll see your dandruff disappear.
Clears Skin
You can actually use aspirin as a light exfoliator since aspirin contains salicylic acid (often found in expensive face creams). It helps exfoliate skin, fight acne, soothe redness and relieve inflamed or itchy skin.
Stain-lifter
There are many difficult stains, like sweat and grass stains, that regardless of how many times you throw them in a wash with bleach, they just won’t come out. The salicylic acid in aspirin can help break down compounds found in sweat. Simply soak the problem areas in “aspirin water” and watch the stains come off.
Use In Your Garden
Aspirin is also great to prolong the life of freshly cut flowers. Most of the time those packets that you get with floral arrangements include similar ingredients to aspirin. You can also dissolve an aspirin in a gallon of water and spray your flowers from the garden or houseplants to prolong their life.