Any brand of tea will work just as well
as others.
Deodorize your feet
Boil three or four flo
thru tea bags
in one quart of water for ten minutes. Add enough cold water to make a
comfortable soak. Soak your feet for twenty to thirty minutes, then dry
and apply food powder. Do this twice a day until odor is under control.
Then continue twice a week to keep odor under control. Tannin, which
can
be found in tea, is a drying agent.
Dye graying white
fabrics
If bleach won't whiten a
graying white
garment, soak the item in hot, strong brewed tea until it is a
shade
darker than you desire. Then rinse in cold water and let dry.
Highlight brown hair
Rinse red or brown hair
with brewed
tea for golden highlights.
Relieve sunburn pain
Pat your sunburn with wet
flo thru
tea bags.
Accelerate the
germination of grass
seeds
Mix two tablespoons of
cold, strong
brewed tea into each pound of seed, cover, and set in the refrigerator
for five days. Before sowing, spread the seed to dry for a day or two
on
newspapers on the garage or basement floor.
Deodorize stuffy
rooms
Mix one quart brewed tea
and four
tablespoons lemon juice, strain through a coffee filter, and store in
empty
spray bottles.
Soothe a sore throat
or laryngitis
Drink brewed tea with
lemon juice
or honey.
Invigorate house
plants
Water ferns and other
houseplants
once a week with a weak, tepid brewed tea.
Polish black lacquer
Wash black lacquer pieces
with strong
brewed tea, then wipe dry with a soft cloth.
Help relieve diarrhea
Drink plenty of tea
and eat
toast. The tannin in tea is reported to be helpful in cases of
diarrhea,
while its liquid replaces fluids lost by the body.
Soothe tired eyes
Place flo thru tea bags
soaked in
cool water or lukewarm water over your eyes for at least fifteen
minutes.
Soothe a burn
Apply wet flo thru tea
bags directly
to the burn, or secure in place with gauze.
Stop gums from
bleeding after having
a tooth pulled
Press a cool, moist flo
thru tea bag
against the cavity with your finger.
Fix a broken
fingernail
Cut a piece of gauze paper
from a
flo thru tea bag to fit the nail, coat with crystal clear nail polish,
and press gently against the break. Then cover with colored nail polish.
Clean varnished
woodwork
Cold tea is a good
cleaning agent
for any kind of woodwork.
Tenderize meat
Add equal parts strong
brewed tea
and double strength beef stock to a tough pot roast or stew. The tannin
in tea is a natural meat tenderizer.
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