Green Tea is great to sip as a nice hot cup of relaxing tea. It contains health benefits that most other teas don't so is extremely beneficial to your health. But did you know that Green Tea leaves can be used in a multitude of ways other than just within that nice hot beverage that you love to sip in the evening before you fall asleep. Green Tea has antibacterial properties that make it ideal for many other personal care purposes within your life.

To soothe tired aching eyes soak a small cloth within the green tea solution and apply it to your eyes or apply a dampened green tea bag directly to your eyes. For an aide in soothing cuts, minor sunburns, or rashes simply soak a small cloth in the antibacterial solution and apply it as a compress to the affected area. The health benefits of the polyphenals are just as active when they are applied externally as when they are taken internally.

Dampened green tea leaves can be used as a facial scrub to eliminate or reduce the symptoms of acne, oily skin or facial rash.

You can create a natural anti-bacterial solution that can be prepared ahead of time and used for a variety of uses as the need arises. Steep one cup green tea leaves in one quart of boiling water for fifteen minutes. Drain off the liquid and then store it in your refrigerator till you are ready to use it.

This Green Tea solution can be used as a mouth gargle to eliminate bad breath and to kill the germs that cause it. It can also be used as a hair rinse or as an antifungal foot bath.

It is also these same antibacterial properties within green tea leaves that make it ideal for many cleaning chores around the home. Use the Green Tea solution as an antibacterial cleanser. Simply put it into a spray bottle, spray it where ever clean up jobs are needed, and then wipe with a slightly damp cloth to pick up the excess moisture.

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 are usually cleaned with very toxic and expensive to dispose of chemicals but green tea may be able to provide a much safer solution in the future!

You just have to know how to utilize those "Green Tea Leaves" to their maximum potential. Although Green Tea is well known for the many health benefits that we receive when we sip it as a relaxing beverage, there are just so many other uses for "Green Tea Leaves" that most people are completely unaware of.

Most people know that Green Tea is loaded with antioxidants with proven health benefits such as anti-aging, anti-cancer, anti-Alzheimer, anti-cancer properties. But did you know that by putting the green tea leaf directly into the foods that you consume, you can acquire one hundred percent of the health benefits available from this medicinal herb, no part of this amazing herb is wasted!

Green tea leaves are indeed edible, their texture is similar to that of the parsley leaf, but green tea gives a subtle nutty or Herb flavoring to foods that it is added to. Just add about one half or one teaspoon of green tea leaves to any dishes that you are preparing. It can be added to scrambled eggs or omelets, to rice dishes, casseroles, meatloafs, pasta dishes, soups or stews as they are being prepared. The antioxidants within green tea infuse throughout the dish as the meal cooks, just as they would within a tea infusion. The cooked green tea leaf becomes part of the meal itself.

Green tea leaf can also be added to cold foods to create an attractive and very heart smart desert dish. Just sprinkle green tea leaves into vanilla ice cream or add one quarter to one half teaspoonful to green Jell-O as it is being prepared. This is an easy way to get those members of your household who are not partial to drinking green tea to still receive the many health benefits that are available within it.

Because Green Tea Leaves are so healthy we should be utilizing this herb to its fullest potential. The uses of green tea in cooking is only as limited as is your imagination so use them in your kitchen just as you would any other herb or spice that is in your cupboard.

The green tea leaf can be dried quite quickly by breaking open the tea bag and scattering the leaf into a casserole or flat pan. In summer months these containers can be set out on a deck or patio to dry. If it is winter you can still easily dry them by placing the pan in front of a sunny window or in some other warm spot within your home. Once the leaves are dried they can be used for any number of purposes.

Because of their strong antibacterial properties Green tea Leaves can eliminate odors and bacteria much like baking soda is able to. The green tea leaf has the amazing ability of absorbing unwanted odors. You can use them anywhere that you may have previously used baking soda. Keep a bowl in the refrigerator or freezer to eliminate food odors that accumulate there or they can be sprinkled in a cat box to absorb any unappealing scents that originate there. Green tea leaves can even be used to eliminate those nasty stubborn carpet odors. Simply sprinkle the dried leaves on the carpet, leave sit for around ten to fifteen minutes, and then vacuum. The green tea leaf will absorb the odors, and then you remove the odor, by removing the green tea leaves.

Dried green tea leaves can also be used as a potpourri, set the dried leaves out in an attractive bowl, and they will freshen your kitchen, bathroom, bedroom or which ever other location you choose to set them in.

Did you know that drinking Green Tea can also work as an effective weight loss aide? Studies are showing that Green Tea contains "catechins" which are becoming increasingly famous for their ability to speed up metabolism, and to increase fat loss in that all too hard to lose area that we refer to as, the belly or midriff area? Drinking between three to five cups of green tea per day is enough to achieve this desired weight loss affect.

The left over dried Green Tea leaves can be slow burned like Incense to fragrance your home, or to chase away annoying mosquitoes, simply place the dried green tea leaf in a small canister and light it.

Green tea leaf can even be used as a treatment for your cast iron pans. Iron and green tea have a chemical reaction when they come in contact with each other and this is to your advantage when it comes to caring for your iron pots and pans. Simply rub a satchel of green tea leaves over the surfaces of your cast iron pans. The tannins within the tea leaves will form a thin coating over the iron surface that will protect it from rusting.

Choose to utilize your Green Tea Leaves to their maximum potential.

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