The Old Gray Mare

Aspirin to the Rescue



Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2011

by The Old Gray Mare
www.DressYourHorse.com

Recently, a friend passed along a short article lauding aspirin as the primary ingredient for uses around the house – other than as a medicinal product. If you’ve followed some of my articles, you already know that I enjoy finding alternate uses for regular household products. I hadn’t heard anything about aspirin though.

According to this little article in a woman’s magazine, there are “smart ways to use Aspirin.” For instance:

If your big honey brings you a pretty bouquet of flowers or your little honeys pick flowers in the garden, use Aspirin to extend the flower freshness. All that’s necessary is to dissolve one tablet in 1/4 cup of warm water, stir, and add the mixture to the vase water. The addition of Aspirin increases acid in the water, thus allowing water to move up into the stems more readily.

Toss an Aspirin in with your whites when doing laundry. Over time, the Aspirin will prevent the yellowing of the whites.

Have dandruff? Crush 2 Aspirins and mix into a squirt of your regular shampoo. Apply to your hair, and let sit for two minutes. Rinse off. Then wash and scrub hair with another squirt of shampoo as usual. Rinse.

The itchiness from bug bites is maddening at times. Make that itch stop! Simply wet the spot of the bite, rub Aspirin on it and the itch should lessen immediately. The Aspirin acts as an anti-inflammatory, reducing the itch.

If your children bring you grass stains, or food and rust stains on their clothes, dissolve a few Aspirin tablets in hot water and rub the liquid right into the stains. The clothing should be good as new.

Aspirin purportedly works on face pores and blemishes, too. Pulverize from 3 to 5 Aspirin tablets in just enough warm water to mix up a paste. Spread this on the face and let dry (about 15 minutes). Rinse off thoroughly for smooth, refreshed skin.

I’m in the process of doing laundry and I’m trying the Aspirin suggestion for the whites. Later I’ll also try the facial scrub. Who knows, maybe today is ideal for another Calgon moment. Take me away . . .

The Old Gray Mare writes for www.DressYourHorse.com and her Blog sites.
Heidi Rucki brings expertise as a horsewoman, dog lover and stained glass/mosaic artist. She is an accomplished freelance writer in the horse industry. Writing online as The Old Gray Mare, many of her current articles can be found on www.DressYourHorse.com. In the past, Rucki wrote for numerous horse organizations including The Connecticut Horse Council. She took early retirement from Phoenix Home Life where she wrote mutual fund prospectuses and was responsible for their submissions to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Old Gray Mare writes to share knowledge and her love of horses for everyone but especially for novice and new horse owners. Besides her two main websites, she has recently published three new blog sites. Of those, her favorite is www.BeautyOfHorses.com.
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» left by Christofer French 231 days 11 hours ago.
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Ahh, the Willow Tree. Don't you imagine the most ancient of people came across the willow tree with its cool, mellow, sleepy time branches that practically make you surrender to slumber, and said, let's see if consuming this will make us feel better.

They probably cooked it, sucked on it, crushed it, made tea out of it and use it like an herb. Anyway. Here's to your article YEA!
» left by The Old Gray Mare 231 days 9 hours ago.
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Love willow trees.

Wonder if that's how they found out about the hemlock? It's a permanent fix

I'm always seeking household multi-task items. Fun to try like the cucumber and banana
» left by Jack H. Schick 228 days 5 hours ago.
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yep, I take one a day on cardioloist's orders, great for pain and inflamation, too
» left by The Old Gray Mare 228 days 5 hours ago.
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You know, Jack, I was going to do some of the medical points too, but decided I'd keep it general for the home. Now that I see your great comment, I'm thinking I probably blew it by not adding it.
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