We often discard the tea leaves after drinking tea, but many people don't realize that, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, tea leaves have many uses, especially used tea leaves! Below, we'll explore how to make use of tea leaves after drinking.

1. Health Benefits

Stop bleeding: For conditions like oral inflammation, tongue ulcers, eczema, or gum bleeding, gargling with overnight tea can help. It can also be used to wash wounds or skin bleeding.

Brighten eyes: The tea polyphenols in overnight tea have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. If your eyes are bloodshot, rinsing them with overnight tea several times a day can help.

Relieve itching: Washing your hair or body with warm overnight tea can quickly relieve itching due to the fluoride content, and it also helps prevent eczema.

Promote hair growth: Washing your hair with overnight tea can also promote hair growth and reduce dandruff. If your eyebrows are sparse, brushing them daily with a brush dipped in overnight tea can make them thicker and shinier over time.

Strengthen teeth and clean them: The fluoride in tea combines with tooth enamel to resist acidic erosion and reduce cavities. Fluoride also eliminates dental plaque. Gargling with tea after meals is highly effective.

Eliminate bad breath: Tea contains aromatic essential oils. Gargling with overnight tea in the morning or after meals can freshen breath. Regular tea gargling can eliminate bad breath.

Remove fishy or greasy smells: Overnight tea is highly effective at removing fishy or greasy odors. Washing your hands with it after eating seafood like shrimp or crab leaves them feeling fresh.

Treat athlete's foot: People with athlete's foot can boil tea leaves into a strong solution and wash their feet with it nightly. Over time, the condition will improve. Green tea works best.

2. Beauty Tips

1. Lengthen eyelashes

Let leftover tea cool, then use a cotton swab to apply it to your eyelashes before bed or in the morning. This can help them grow longer—a highly effective and economical "eyelash serum."

2. Reduce dark circles

Apply used tea bags to your eyes to reduce dark circles.

3. Soothe sunburn

If your skin is sunburned, gently wipe it with a towel soaked in overnight tea. The flavonoids in tea have anti-radiation effects.

3. Home Uses

◆ Painted doors, windows, furniture, or glass covered in dust can be wiped with cold tea residue to make them shine brightly.

◆ New wooden furniture often has a strong paint smell. Washing it with tea several times can eliminate the odor better than cleaning agents.

◆ Drain the water from overnight tea, spread the leaves on a cloth over a radiator, and let the aroma fill the room as the tea leaves dry. It's eco-friendly and cost-effective!

4. Laundry Tips

◆ New clothes or fabrics often have a strong chemical smell from dyes. Burning a handful of tea leaves and using the smoke can remove the odor.

◆ If brightly colored clothes fade, rinsing them with tea can restore their original color.

◆ Washing woolen clothes with tea can remove stains and keep colors vibrant.

◆ Grease stains on dark clothes can be scrubbed away with leftover tea leaves.

◆ Silk clothing is sensitive to chemical detergents, but tea preserves its original shine. The same goes for nylon fabrics.