Salicylic acid bụ akụrụngwa dị mkpa maka ezigbo kemịkalụ dị ka ọgwụ, senti, akwa na ihe mgbakwunye roba.
A na-eji ụlọ ọrụ na-emepụta ọgwụ na-emepụta antipyretic, analgesic, mgbochi mkpali, diuretic na ọgwụ ndị ọzọ, ebe ụlọ ọrụ na-esiji na-emepụta ihe eji esiji azo na-esi ísì ụtọ na mmiri mordant acid, yana ihe na-esi ísì ụtọ.
Salicylic acid bụ ihe dị mkpa organic sịntetik akụrụngwa nke a na-ejikarị na ọgwụ, pesticide, roba, agba, nri, na ụlọ ọrụ ose.
N'ime ụlọ ọrụ ọgwụ, ọgwụ ndị a na-eji eme ihe maka mmepụta salicylic acid gụnyere sodium salicylate, mmanụ wintergreen (methyl salicylate), aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), salicylamide, phenyl salicylate, wdg.