Most people know that drinking tea is extremely beneficial for our health. However, very few people know the fact that used teabags can be used in various ways for different situations.
Keep reading and you will be surprised by how many uses, used tea bags can have, even though most people treat them like waste.
1. Get Rid of The Redness of Your Eyes
Put a couple of teabags in cold water and let them soak for 2 minutes. Place them onto your eyelids. Let them stay there for couple of minutes. After you put them away the redness will be gone and your eyes will look fresher and younger.
2.Tea bags help with acne
Apply used black or green tea bags on pesky pimples and leave for ten minutes to speed up the healing process. The tannins will efficiently reduce swelling and redness. This is a great method for acne treatment because green tea is also abundant in anti-microbial properties beneficial for treatment of skin issues.
3.Tea bags the best remedy for warts
Owing to the acidity in tannins, black tea can draw warts out from their root. All you should do is to bandage the wet tea bag onto the wart and let it act for a few hours a day. Repeat the treatment every day until the wart falls off, but remember you should always use new tea bags.
4.Tea bags are a remedy for minor sunburn
Black tea is also very effective in sunburn pain relief. You can use these tea begs in two different ways :one way to use it is re-infuse a few tea bags and spray the tea on your irritated skin by using a spray bottle. Another way is to add the tea bags to your bath. The tannins in black tea will relieve the pain caused by too much sun exposure almost immediately!
5. Clean Your Home
You can use these teabags even in your daily chores. Tea can clean dirty mirrors, floors and even linoleum.
6. Freshen up Your Clothes And Shoes
Store the previously used and dried teabags in the closet in order to make your clothes smell nicer. You can also put one of these bags in each of your shoes. It will get rid of the unpleasant smell in no time.
7. Insect Bites
Tea is very effective in relieving pain and inflammation caused by insect bites. Apply wet black or green tea bags onto the bite and you will get rid of pain immediately!
8.Minimize the effect of bruising
Bruises can heal faster with the help of tannins, which has the ability to restrict swelling by constricting the blood vessels. Simply apply a warm wet black tea bag onto the bruise pressing lightly and leave to act for a while. For better results repeat the treatment several times a day.
9.Tea bags help with oral hygiene
Black tea is extremely beneficial for treatment of both canker sores and cold sores. Simply soak a black tea bag in warm water and apply on the painful spot. Leave for at least half an hour a few times a day until tannins are well-absorbed into the sore.
10.Tea bags effectively absorb unpleasant odors
Tea can effectively remove the unpleasant smell of your hands for instance after cutting onions. You can use the same method to eliminate odors from your wooden cutting board. Also, dry used tea bags can effectively refresh your snickers when placed inside.