9 Unusual Uses for Aspirin

I found this awesome article on Instructables. We all have aspirin in our medicine cabinets, now we have more uses for it!

#1. This one we all know...Aspirin may save your life with its anti-clotting properties when taken when experiencing chest pains...yeah, yeah, yeah...now for its every day purposes...

#2. It can remove sweat stains from your laundry! The salicylic acid has anti-yellowing properties. Just make a paste with crushed aspirin pills and water, let sit for several minutes, and launder as usual.

#3. Restore your blond hair! Its helps remove the green color left in your hair from chlorine. Dissolve 6-8 pills in water and rub solution into your hair. Let it sit for about 10 minutes then rinse. It may take a few aspirin washed to fully fade the green.

#4. Treat acne! The salicylic acid in aspirin can help reduce redness and irritation of pimples. Mix crushed tablets with water to form a paste and place it on the pimple for several minutes and rinse.

#5. Treat bug bites and stings! Applying a paste to the site can help reduce stinging and size similar to that of the pimple treatment.

#6. Help your plants! Adding 1 tablet to 1 gallon water can help protect your plant during transplantation, can  help fruits and vegetables grow bigger and stronger and will help your plants resist disease, insects, and unusually weak hailstorms. An aspirin solution will also help your cut flowers last longer in the vase.

#7.  Treat dandruff! Crushing 2 pills into your daily shampoo wash can help minimize flakiness. Just let it sit for a few before rinsing out.

#8.  Eliminate car battery waste! Pry off the cover of the battery with a screwdriver and drop two crushed aspirin into each cell of the battery. This should cause a chemical reaction that changes some of the sulfuric acid into acetic acid and help to get the engine to start turning over.

#9.  Treat a hangover! After a night of drinking, if you are in any condition to do so, take two aspirin before bed. These will help decrease the severity of the hangover in the morning by inhibiting prostaglandins. Then take two more in the morning with some breakfast. It'll decrease the severity of the morning headache and decrease the prostaglandin-related swelling.