People often think that overnight tea is useless and usually pour it out. However, it is not without its uses; sometimes you can really make good use of it!

I. Health & Wellness

Stop Bleeding: For conditions like stomatitis, tongue sores, eczema, or gum bleeding, gargling with overnight tea can help. It can also be used to wash wounds with pus or skin bleeding.

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

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

Promote Hair Growth: Washing hair with overnight tea can promote hair growth and eliminate dandruff. If your eyebrows are sparse, you can brush them daily with a brush dipped in overnight tea. Over time, your eyebrows will become thicker and shinier.

Strengthen and Clean Teeth: The fluoride in tea combines with the enamel on your teeth, enhancing resistance to acidic substances and reducing the occurrence of cavities. Fluoride also helps eliminate dental plaque. It's best to rinse your mouth with tea water two to three minutes after meals.

Eliminate Bad Breath: Tea contains essential oils with a fragrant aroma. Gargling with a few mouthfuls of overnight tea before or after brushing in the morning or after meals can freshen breath. Regular tea gargling can eliminate bad breath.

Remove Fishy Odors and Grease: Overnight tea is particularly effective at removing fishy smells and grease. Washing your hands with it after eating shrimp or crab feels especially refreshing.

Treat Athlete's Foot: People with athlete's foot can boil tea leaves into a strong decoction to wash their feet every night. Over time, it may cure the condition. It's best to use green tea.

II. Beauty & Skincare

1. Lengthen Eyelashes

Let leftover tea cool down. Before bed or the next morning, use a cotton swab dipped in the tea to moisten your eyelashes. This can help lengthen them. Give it a try! It's an efficient and economical "eyelash growth serum."

2. Reduce Dark Circles

Apply used tea bags warm over your eyes to reduce dark circles!

3. Soothe Sunburn

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

III. Household Uses

◆ For painted doors, windows, furniture, or glass covered in dust, wiping with cold tea leaves can make them appear especially bright and clean.

◆ New wooden furniture often has a pungent paint smell. Wiping it several times with tea water can eliminate the odor, working better than cleaning agents.

◆ Pour out the water from overnight tea, let it drain slightly, then place a cloth over a radiator. Spread the tea leaves evenly on the cloth. Soon, the tea's fragrance will gradually fill the room with the rising steam.

IV. Laundry Uses

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

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

◆ Using tea water to wash woolen sweaters can also remove dirt and keep colors vibrant.

◆ For oil stains on dark clothes, rubbing with leftover tea leaves can remove the grease.

◆ Silk clothing is very sensitive to chemical detergents, but tea water can maintain silk's original color and luster, making it look like new. It has the same effect on nylon fiber clothing.