5 Creative Uses for: Aspirin

5 Creative Uses for: Aspirin
— By Kiera Butler

The folks over at AltUse.com, a great site where readers offer ideas
about alternative uses for common items, have nicely offered to share
some of their brilliant ideas with us.

First up: extra ibuprofen aspirin. I like my aspirin cheap and
plentiful, so I tend to buy the generic 500-tablet bottle. Problem is,
it's tough to predict how much I'll use, so sometimes I end up with
more pills than headaches as the expiration date approaches. Instead
of throwing out the extras, AltUse's readers recommend using 'em to
solve these problems:

1. Acne: The salycilic acid in asprin makes for a great facial for
acne or aging skin. Crush 5-10 non-coated asprin tablets, add small
dab of water and plain yogurt.

2. Sweat stains: Crush two aspirin trablets and add to 1/2 cup of warm
water. Soak stained part of clothes item in the solution for
approximately 2.5 hours.

3. Bee stings: To reduce the pain of a sting, moisten the skin around
the sting, rub an aspirin tablet over the area for a minimum of one
minute.

4. Dandruff: Crush two aspirin tablets, add to dab of shampoo, and
wash hair.

5. Mosquito bites: Break open an aspirin table and apply to a mosquito
bite for itch relief.