What can you do with expired vitamin E?

Vitamin E is also called tocopherol. Vitamin E can not only resist aging, but also prevent habitual abortion and threatened abortion. It can also improve menopausal syndrome. Vitamin E has many functions and can also be used as an auxiliary treatment for muscular atrophy, hepatitis, coronary heart disease, etc. Vitamin E has a shelf life. Expired vitamin E must not be taken. What can be done with expired vitamin E? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. What can be done with expired vitamin E?

Do not take expired vitamin E. However, waste can be recycled. If your hands are peeling due to lack of vitamin E, you can pierce the skin with vitamin E and apply some oil to the peeling area to repair the skin and beautify it. There are reports that vitamin E is best natural, as it also plays a role in reproductive function. Everything natural is good.

2. Benefits of Vitamin E

1. Treat peptic ulcer

Some people use vitamin E in combination with sucralfate and atropine to treat peptic ulcers. After taking the medicine, the symptoms disappeared and the ulcers healed, with a cure rate of 78.4% and a total effective rate of 91.5%. The cure rate of the control group was 16.7% and the total effective rate was 26.3%. The difference between the two groups was very significant. Usage: Vitamin E 400 mg, twice a day (take on an empty stomach in the early morning and before bedtime), each time take sucralfate 0.5 g and atropine 0.3 mg, do not eat for 1 hour before and after taking the medicine. Take the medicine continuously for 4 weeks.

2. Treatment of postpartum milk deficiency

Usage: Take 200 mg of vitamin E orally, 2 to 3 times a day, for 5 consecutive days. Results: Thirty cases of postpartum hypogalactia were treated with vitamin E, with an effective rate of 90%. In 26 cases, the milk secretion exceeded 60 ml each time within 5 days (less than 10 ml each time before treatment), which was significantly different from the control group.

3. Treatment of menorrhagia caused by intrauterine contraceptive device

Usage: Take vitamin E orally, 100 mg each time, once every 2 days, and 14 days as a course of treatment. Depending on the condition, the treatment can be repeated until the symptoms disappear.

4. Skin care

Applying 5% vitamin E acetate emulsion to the skin twice a day can reduce transdermal water loss by 19% and 24% respectively after 4 days. Because vitamin E can penetrate into the skin to exert its moisturizing effect, it is an ideal moisturizer. At the same time, vitamin E is effective in preventing ultraviolet damage, maintaining skin elasticity, and delaying the aging process of the skin.

5. Prevent and treat melasma

Supplementing with sufficient amounts of vitamin E (100 mg each time, 2 to 10 times a day) or combining vitamin E with zinc can prevent and treat chloasma. However, it should be noted that continuous use of the medication for more than 6 months may easily cause adverse reactions such as platelet aggregation and thrombosis. It should be taken under the guidance of a doctor.

6. Treatment of erythema multiforme

It was reported that 75 patients with erythema multiforme were treated with vitamin E, 70 of whom were cured, 3 improved, and 2 were ineffective. Usage: Take vitamin E orally, 75 mg each time, 3 times a day. Continue to take the medicine for 4 to 6 days after the rash subsides. For local itching, you can apply calamine lotion externally.

7. Treating Dysmenorrhea

Vitamin E is very effective in preventing and treating dysmenorrhea. Usage: Take vitamin E orally, 300 mg per day.

8. Increase milk secretion

Take 600 mg of vitamin E orally every day from the 37th week of pregnancy until delivery. Results: After applying vitamin E, the amount of milk during lactation increased significantly.

9. Treatment of neonatal scleredema

Neonatal scleredema is a hardening and edema of skin fat caused by factors such as cold, premature birth and infection. Vitamin E can improve peripheral circulation, increase blood flow and promote metabolism. Give 5 to 10 mg of vitamin E once a day by intramuscular injection for 5 to 7 consecutive days, which will have a significant effect.

10. Treat chronic low back and leg pain

Take vitamin E orally, 100 mg each time, 3 times a day. It has a significant effect.

11. Treatment of idiopathic hemifacial spasm

Eight patients with primary hemifacial spasm were treated with vitamin E, of whom five showed marked effects and three improved. Usage: 100 mg each time, 3 times a day, 1 course of treatment is 3 months. There was a female patient who had paroxysmal convulsions more than 10 times a day before treatment. Beat for 30 seconds each time. After 35 days of treatment with vitamin E, convulsions occurred occasionally, 1 to 3 times a day at most, sometimes only once every 2 to 3 days, and each time lasting only a few seconds.

12. Prevent and treat hemorrhoids

Taking vitamin E orally to treat hemorrhoids can achieve good results. Except for stubborn hemorrhoids that have persisted for many years, surgical treatment is generally not required. Usage: Take vitamin E orally, 50 mg each time, 3 times a day, with warm water.

13. Treat calf cramps (gastrocnemius spasm)

Usage: ① Vitamin E 10 mg, orally, 3 times a day, 7 days as a course of treatment; ② Vitamin E 5 mg, acupoint injection at the Weizhong point and Zusanli point on the affected side, 2.5 mg per acupoint, once a day, 5 days as a course of treatment.

14. Treats oral ulcers

It is reported that 67 patients with oral ulcers were treated with vitamin E, 40 of whom had recurrent oral ulcers. After taking the medicine, the ulcer pain disappeared in 22 cases and the wound healed after 2 to 3 days. In 19 cases of herpetic stomatitis, the pain disappeared and the epithelium of the ulcer surface began to repair after 3 to 4 days of medication. Usage: 3 grams of vitamin E, 0.1 grams of saccharin, 0.15 milliliters of vanilla essence, 100 grams of lactose, grind into powder and mix evenly, then apply on the ulcer surface, 3 times a day. Others have used vitamin E combined with berberine to treat children with recurrent oral mucosal ulcers, with an overall effective rate of 85%. Usage: Mix 1 capsule of vitamin E (100 mg) with 1 tablet of berberine (100 mg), apply to the affected area several times a day.

3. Postscript: In addition, if vitamin E is taken with warfarin at the same time, the possibility of abnormal bleeding will increase. A type of cholesterol-lowering drug called a bile acid sequestrant reduces the absorption of vitamin E. Vitamin E can interact with cyclosporine and reduce the effectiveness of both drugs.