Tea is full of antioxidants that play a vital role in repairing any cellular damage that could subsequently cause diseases and wrinkles. So we did a little research on teabag uses and as it turns out, it has many other uses before you just toss it away in trash. So go on, read the 15 uses of teabags you didn’t know about here and let us know what you think of them.
15. Treating Sunburns
Let the teabags cool down once they have been submerged and then place them on sunburns or the minor burns to gain relief. You can brew a tea bath and stay in the cooled-off water as well for relief if required.
14. Rashes and Insect Bites
Itching can be eased by application of used teabags on rashes and insect bites.
13. Sore or Bleeding Gums
Tannins is able to constrict the blood vessel thus helping in stopping the bleeding and also helps in relieving the swollen tissues. Make sure you use a cooled and used tea bag for this purpose.
12. Heal a Bruise
Use a soaked tea bag for this. Simply place it on the bruise to allow for faster healing.
11. Shrink a Wart
Apply a warm teabag onto the wart for about 10 minutes a couple of times in a day. The wart will shrink in a few days.
10. Reduce Puffiness
Soak the teabag in warm water and place it on each eye for almost 20 minutes.
9. Make Your Hair Shinier
Rinse your hair with a cup of tea to make them shine more and more manageable. Use this only if you have dark hair though.
8. Natural Highlights
Rinsing with tea on a regular basis by those who have light hair will allow for some really fun highlights.
7. Stinky Feet
Have your feet soaked into a steeped-tea bath for 20 minutes every day. Astringency in tea will close the sweat-emitting pores and tannins will kill off the stinky bacteria.
6. Facial Toner
Wipe a teabag over any trouble zone on your face and blot it with a clean towel.
5. Cleaning Wood Furniture
Use a rag or washcloth soaked in cooled down tea water for wiping the furniture followed by patting it dry with another cloth.
4. Clean Grease
You can use it for cleaning dirty mirrors, pans and pots as well.
3. Remove Refrigerator Odors
Place a used tea bag in refrigerator to let it soak up any offensive smell. It can be used for ashtrays as well.
2. Speeding up Decomposition
Have used tea leaves added to the compost heap to allow for speeding up of decomposition. Keep in mind that not all bags are made of compostable materials so it’s wise to take out the contents of the bag and use them instead of using the whole bag.
1. Dark Circles
Have a teabag soaked in warm water and then place it under your eyes for about 20 minutes to get rid of the dark circles.
You can also use teabags to pull infection from parts of the body, notably the eyes. A mother I knew did this to her little boy who often had gooey, irritated eyes. Soak the tea bag in a dish of warm water, and wipe over the eyes for around 5-10 mins as often as needed. Afterward, he came out goo free, and eyes were not red and puffy anymore.
Teabags also gets rid of stys on your eyes. Use the teabag after making a cup of tea. The teabag should be moist and slightly warm . keep the eye open and bathe the eye around 10 times. Have the teabag in ab eggcup of water to keep it moist. When you’ve bathed the eye do not dry the eye. You can dry around the eye but not the eyelashes or the inner part of the eye. Repeat a couple of times a day for two days max and your sty/ stys will be gone. It has worked for me always.