The 10 Unexpected Uses Of Tea Bags That Will Change Your Life

Nothing compares to a beautiful evening when you get to sit with a cup of tea, listening to your favorite music, and chilling with your pet.

You know that cup has the capability to soothe all of your day’s troubles and prepare you to another day with a strong mind and healthier body, especially that it can fight free radicals and protect you from many dangerous health conditions like cancer and heart disease.

But if you think that tea bags are meant only for brewing tea, then you must think again. There are many ways you can use that tea, or in other words, there are many things that could take advantage of that ordinary tea bag. You will suddenly realize that one simple used tea bag is all you need to see your life changing.

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Soothing sunburn

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Lying down in the sun can actually make us feel extremely good, especially that it feeds us with good energy while leaving a beautiful color on our skin. However, we are all aware that UV rays can damage our skin, and being over-exposed to it can make us suffer from red, sore and sunburnt skin.

In that case, we would want nothing but an immediate relief of that pain and it is the tea bag that can do the trick. According to a study, there is a compound in green tea called EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate) that works like sunscreen, decreases the DNA damage, and protects against the formation of cancerous skin cells.

Treating acne

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Whether you are a man or a woman, young or old, you must know the struggle of having a pus-filled pimple in the middle of your face that wouldn’t go away –If you don’t know this struggle, then we are extremely jealous!

Anyway, those pimples will not also miss with our self-confidence, but they can also miss with our peace of mind because they are painful.

Thankfully, the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties in the tea can easily get rid of that zit. Make sure it is green tea and it is wet before you put it on the annoying pimples!

Soothing insect bites

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If you are looking to soothe a tiny nick or an insect bite, then you should take advantage of the astringent and antimicrobial properties in the tea.

Just bring a damp tea bag and put it against the irritated area of your skin in order for the inflammation to be completely reduced and the infection risk will be completely gone.

Now we can let the mosquitoes and the annoying summer bugs to roam around us as they want because they can’t be more powerful than our tea bags, right?

Getting rid of the canker sores

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The most annoying things are the canker sores that come in places where we truly can’t stand them, and the problem is those sores are more common among children. God knows how painful it can be for them to handle, and that’s why we need to help them as much as we can.

The application of one wet, warm tea bag on them can do the magic of soothing the pain and inflammation. Just apply on the sore and leave it from 5 to 10 minutes to get rid of that annoyance.

Dealing with oily skin

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According to a study, participants with oily skin applied on their cheeks a formulation that contained 3% of green tea extract for about eight weeks. The results were satisfying as the oil production was significantly reduced.

The researchers suggested that green tea contain some specific compounds like epigallocatechin gallate and α-linolenic that work on inhibiting the activity of a specific enzyme in your skin’s oil glands.

In general, you don’t need to waste your money on all of the beauty products and follow a strict “skin” routine to maintain healthy skin, just use the tea bag after you are done drinking the tea.

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