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Sep 8, 2007 - To remove perspiration stains from white T-shirts,
dissolve two aspirins in half a cup of warm water and apply to
the area of the fabric where the stain is. This should be left
for a couple of hours before washing.
Has your hair ever gone yellow or green from chlorine in a
This can be remedied very quickly by dissolving 8 aspirin tablets
in a glass of water and rubbing the resulting liquid into your
hair. Leave for about ten minutes and then rinse it out. Shampoo
in the usual way.
First aid for Crush an aspirin tablet and add a little water
to make a paste. Cover the pimple with this paste and after a
few minutes rinse it off. The pimple will be less red and reduced
in size. Aspirin is an astringent.
Drop a soluble aspirin tablet into the water before arranging
cut flowers in a vase. It helps to keep them fresh for longer.
To treat dandruff, crush two aspirin tablets and add them
to your usual shampoo. Leave on the hair for a couple of minutes
and rinse as normal.
Mosquito bites can be eased by wetting the skin and rubbing
an aspirin over the spot.
Bee stings can be treated in the same way but any adverse
reaction to the sting should be reported to a doctor.
Gardeners can treat fungal soil infections by dissolving an
aspirin tablet in a liter of water and using the mixture to treat
the soil. Don't make this mixture too strong if using around
plants as it may burn the leaves.
Aspirin can also be mixed with potting in the greenhouse,
or garden, to prevent fungus forming around the roots of new
plants.
Take some fresh lemon juice and mix it with a soluble aspirin
to make a mixture that will remove grass stains, nicotine stains,
etc from hands.
Reportedly (I've never tried it), adding aspirin to a dead car
battery can establish enough charge to get a car started.
I once had a wart on my finger that bugged me all summer. Eventually
someone told me to put an aspirin on it held on by a bandaid.
Within a few days, the wart was dissolved down to just about
nothing and I was able to rip the head off. It never came back.
Aspiring is great for stopping your home made sour kraut going
bad when it is warming up outside. Just drop 2-4 crushed tables
into a 50 gal jug of sour kraut and you are safe for the next
1-2 weeks.
"dissolve a soluble aspirin in a glass of water. Gargle
with it, and swallow it down. This will help to ease the sore
throat, and the aspirin you swallow will also act as a pain killer.
This can be very effective, but should not be used for children
under 16 years old, and is best done after something to eat,
as aspirin can irritate an empty stomach. Aspirin can interfere
with some medicines and medical conditions. Check with your pharmacist
before use if there may be a problem."
http://www.mypharmacy.co.uk/health_information/topics/s/sore-throat/sore_throat_information.htm
If aspirin were invented today, big pharma and the FDA would
make it a prescription drug so they could charge more...
Aspirin is also an excellent treatment to stop bleeding after
shaving. Dissolve the aspirin in water and apply the solution
with a cotton ball to the face, legs, whatever, after shaving.
It will stop any light bleeding and soothe the skin much better
than alcohol-based aftershaves. I never use over-the-counter
aftershaves anymore.
Aspirin can help a pimple not because it is an astringent (which
it isn't), but because (acetyl)salicylic acid is both lipid-soluble
and an anti-inflammatory agent. It can dissolve the oil and sebum
on your skin and inside pores, and reduce the inflammation/irritation.
But really you're better off just getting a good lotion or potion
with 2% salicylic acid. As long as the pH of the lotion is between
3 and 4, because that's what it needs to be for effective exfoliation.
Salicylic acid isn't antibacterial however, so you need to use
something like 2.5% or 5% benzoyl peroxide anti-acne lotion in
combination.
Which is also why aspirin can be used as a dandruff treatment
- the salicylic acid helps remove the excess oil and skin flakes,
though again you're much better off finding something that has
actual 2% salicylic acid and correct pH.
PS - Astringents are not recommended for use on skin, let
alone anyone with acne. They just irritate the skin further.
You don't have to have redness and itching for your skin to be
irritated, as many irritants such as alcohol and essential oils
can aggravate the collagen layer below the surface.
Aspirin tablet can also be used for soldering. If you want to
replace, say, broken headphones jack, remove insulation from
the end of the wire, put it on the cheap aspirin tablet (not
dissolving one - just plain ac.s.-acid tablet without additions)
and apply hot soldering iron. Acid will start boiling and will
quickly dissolve protective layer on the surface of wire, you
will see how shiny and clean the surface becomes. Then solder
the connection the reqular way - you will be surprized with the
quality of connection and sound.
If aspirin were invented today it would require a prescription.
Its anti-platelet effects (which make it good for coronary artery
disease) are permanent. Ibuprofen's similar effects are temporary.
Hard to believe it would thus help bleeding after shaving.
That's probably binders and not the active ingredient.
Related to the pimple remedy listed above, I've been using an
aspirin mask for years to help smooth and exfoliate my skin.
Take about four to six uncoated aspirin tablets, crush them
into a powder, then add a few drops of water to make a paste
that you then spread on your face.
After about five minutes, remove the mask with water, gently
rubbing the paste into your skin as you rinse it off.
It's better than any product I've ever bought and much cheaper.
You immediately see/feel the difference after the first time.
Don't use more than once per week.
Another possible use is like an ornament, adding two aspirins
(and "feeding" it on a weekly basis) to fresh water,
the aspirin starts crystallizing until it becames a sort of "crystal
plant". It is a pretty nice visual effect.
Something tells me any acid would work for a lot of these. The
effective ingredient in aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid. #1,2,8
and 9 seem to just be making use of the acid Lemon juice got
citric acid. It may also work. Alternatively, strongly diluted
bleach may also work.
Is it possible to reduce effects of alcohol, to use in the place
of alka seltzer?
Aspirin or dispirin makes your platelets less "sticky"
which means they flow more freely and therby too assists with
a reduction in blood pressure. However, it can increase bleeding,
can "chew up" the stomach and should certainly not
be taken a fortnight or so before surgery. It is a wonderful
drug but like all things pharamceutical, some precautions are
necessary. It is not chocolate!
the asprin on mozzy bites works very well so much better than
other things
If you want to increase your chances of getting a brain infarct
don't forget to take an aspirin daily.
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