Apr
01
2010
Remember all those used tea bags and spent tea leaves you threw in the trash? Well, you’re going to kick yourself for doing that when you realize you could have had a much more invigorating pedicure and repelled mosquitoes at the same time. I found some interesting facts in an article from wikihow about alternative uses for tea leaves, and just had to share them with you. Though it uses green tea leaves in the suggestions, most any tea leave would work. [Afterthought: Is it considered cannibalism if you feed tea to a tea plant?]Thanks for reading, and remember to KEEP IT FRESH!
How to Use Leftover Green Tea Leaves
from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit
Green tea is not just for drinking. This article provides several practical green tea alternative uses to get the most out of leftover or used tea leaves.
Steps
- Reduce humidity in your home. Sun-dry the used tea leaves and leave them in a damp corner to absorb excess moisture. Be sure to dry them outside your home, or you’ll just be wasting your time.
- Eliminate fridge odor. Put sun-dried tea leaves in the fridge to clear up the smell.
- Soothe yourself to sleep. Stuff dried tea leaves into your pillow! According to Chinese folk medicine, sleeping on tea leaves helps reduces blood pressure, relieves insomnia and soothes headache. The only problem is that tea leaves in a pillow get damp easily, so you have to sun it frequently.
- Clean your carpet. Scatter slightly moistened tea leaves across the floor before vacuuming them away. The tea leaves attract dust and take dust away with them.
- Water your plant with tea. Soak the tea leaves in water for a couple of days. Remove the tea leaves, (rotten tea leaves attract pests), and use the tea water as fertilizer.
- Feed silk worms with leftover tea leaves.
- Avoid bug bites. If mosquitoes or flies are a bother, burn some sun-dried tea leaves.
- Bathe your feet. If you suffer from smelly feet, try washing your feet in a strong brew of used tea leaves.
- Freshen your breath. It is not a good idea to have tea immediately after a meal, but you can rinse your mouth with tea to remove any smell.
- Don’t like the smell of the new wooden furniture pieces in your new house? Wipe them a few times with tea leaves to get rid of the smell.
- Have acne problems? Rub green tea leaves over your face and wash them off. It’s proven to reduce acne and it’s cheaper than other solutions.
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Sources and Citations
- Green Tea Alternative Uses – Source of this article; shared by permission of the author
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