Creative Uses For Green Tea Leaves

The antibacterial properties of Green Tea work just as well when used externally, as when taken internally, and manufacturers are taking advantage of this new knowledge. Which is why the amazing antibacterial properties within Green Tea are now available in many commercial prepared cleaning products. If you haven't noticed it in that aisle before, just take a little stroll through your local grocery store, and you will be amazed at exactly how many everyday cleaning products now contain green tea.

The good news is that you can purchase ready made Green Tea cleaning products or you can also make your own. This natural cleaning product recipe made from a Green Tea Solution is actually quite easy to prepare.

1. Simply steep one cup of green tea leaves in one quart of boiling water for fifteen minutes.

2. Drain off the liquid and store it in your refrigerator till you are ready to use it.

This solution has many uses as an environmentally friendly, antibacterial cleaning spray. Simply apply the spray to counter tops, tables, sinks, tubs, or stoves, and then easily wipe off excess moisture with a damp cloth. The Green Tea solution will kill bacteria as it cleans. Note: This basic Green Tea solution can also be used as an effective gargle to eliminate bad breath and kill the bacteria that cause it.

One of the nicest reasons to use green tea though is that it an environmentally friendly product. Which means it is so much kinder to our environment if you use green tea for your cleaning than harsher cleaning agents.

Green tea is now even being trial run by scientists at Ventana Research, Pace Technologies and the University of Arizona as an environmentally safe cleaning product for computer hard drives. These computer parts were cleaned in the past with very toxic, and expensive to dispose of chemicals, but Green Tea may be able to provide a much safer solution for future generations to come.

Don't throw away your used Green Tea leaves either. They can be used for a number of other common household jobs.

First sun dry the leaves by placing them in a shallow pan or baking dish and setting them out on your patio on a nice warm day. If it is winter they can still be dried by placing them in front of a sunny window or in some other warm area of your home.

Green tea leaves have the ability to absorb odors and bacteria into it much like household baking soda is known to. So you can use these dry Green Tea leaves where ever you might otherwise have used baking soda to eliminate household odors.

Green tea leaves can be placed in a bowl and set inside of the refrigerator or freezer to absorb the odors that accumulate there. They can be sprinkled on carpets where they will absorb any unpleasant carpet odors and then vacuumed up. The Green Tea Leaves can even be used to control pet odors. Sprinkled into your cat's litter pan to eliminate any unwelcome aromas that come from that area of your home.

Green tea leaves can also be used to for fragranced or decorative potpourri. Place the dried green tea leaves out in a decorative dish to add charm and aroma to any room in your house. They will quietly absorb unpleasant household scents. During summer months these leaves can also be burned like incense to fragrance a room or to create an effective mosquito repellent.

Dried Green Tea Leaves placed within small clothes squares and tied or sewn into sachets can be placed throughout the home to help eliminate unwanted odors. Place these sachets in your dresser drawers, closets, suitcases, and shoes. You decide where there is a need in your home to place the green tea sachets. Then let them work to help keep the unwanted household aromas in your home at bay.

These Green Tea sachets can even be popped into the bathtub, foot bath, or sink to provide antibacterial and anti-fungal cleansing properties. You can wash your face with one. Soak in a tub or soak your feet in the solution.

Moistened Green Tea leaves in a warm cloth can be used as facial scrub to help reduce the symptoms of acne.

Green Tea has many household uses.

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