I-salicylic acid iyimpahla ebalulekile yokusetshenziswa kwamakhemikhali amahle njengemithi, iziqholo, odayi nezithasiselo zenjoloba.
Imboni yezemithi isetshenziselwa ukukhiqiza i-antipyretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic nezinye izidakamizwa, kuyilapho imboni yedayi isetshenziselwa ukukhiqiza odayi abaqondile be-azo kanye namadayi e-acid mordant, kanye nephunga elimnandi.
I-Salicylic acid iyi-organic synthetic material eluhlaza esetshenziswa kabanzi embonini yezemithi, yokubulala izinambuzane, irabha, udayi, ukudla nezinongo.
Embonini yezemithi, izidakamizwa eziyinhloko ezisetshenziselwa ukukhiqizwa kwe-salicylic acid zihlanganisa i-sodium salicylate, i-wintergreen oil (methyl salicylate), i-aspirin (i-acetylsalicylic acid), i-salicylamide, i-phenyl salicylate, njll.