Yep... Just regular tea that you can buy at any store. (It's so cheap and easy to get! Frankly, most people have it in the house.) Tea is an herb and it's acidic, having tannic acid, which makes it an effective antiseptic. (Germs grow best in a neutral environment. Of course, they don't do well in acid, like vinegar or tea, or in alkalai, such as bleach.) Tea also draws infection to the surface of a wound, --- a very, very good thing!...
Use tea medically for:
--- Disinfecting and cleaning a wound. This is very good to know if you run out of your regular disinfectant. Just brew up some tea and clean the wound with it. No rinsing needed. Get a baby bulb (one of those things that moms use to suck the gook out of a baby's snotty nose) and squint the tea forcefully and directly into the wound, --- great for messy, dirty wounds. This is called flushing; use lots of times per day for a nasty, infected wound. Warm tea is especially good to use on animal wounds because it's non-toxic. If the animal licks it no harm done. I've used warm tea to flush plenty of wounds and sores on cats and dogs. Tea doesn't sting as much as regular antiseptics either. In fact, I think it hardly stings at all!
--- If you have a sore throat or a stubborn cold. Gargle, gargle, gargle with tea, --- many times per day. It's difficult for germs to take hold in your throat when they are constantly being bombarded with very warm to hot acidic liquid, if you can stand the hot. Don't scald your throat!
--- Have a toothache? Sure, sure, see a dentist, BUT, in the meantime... Get a tea bag, pour boiling water over it and let it cool to very warm. Ring the bag out a little and put it right on that sore tooth. The tea bag will disinfect the area, of course, and also, draw any infection to the surface of your gums. It will also feel good, probably. Use warm tea on the gums of a baby who's teething.
--- On your feet all day? Soak your feet in a basin of warm tea.
Use tea also for:
--- Cleaning counters, bathrooms, again, --- no rinsing needed. Tea is really good to use to clean your floors if you have children or animals. You don't have to worry about the little critters getting poisoned by it, like they might by chemical cleansers. I always use tea to clean my wood floors. Clean windows and mirrors with it. Wash your car in tea, especially good for the wheels and the inside.
--- Do you have dark hair? Rinse it in tea. Tea will restore the acid mantle of your hair. But, I wouldn't use tea if your hair is very dry, or very blond. It's a great rinse for oily hair.
--- Everybody knows you can dye fabric in tea, right? It put a lovely, soft beige color on linens.
--- Don't feel like washing the dog, --- or even the cat, or the calf, or the pot-bellied pig, or even the rascally parrot? Get a bowl of warm tea and a rag and wipe your pet with it. (Again, no rinsing needed and the tea will deodorize the critter's fur.) I used warm tea to clean Cinnamon's muddy paws just recently.
Of course, --- you could actually DRINK it! Make Long Island Iced Tea: A quart of tea, the juice of one lemon or lime, or 1/4 cup bottled lemon or line juice, whiskey, brandy, and/or sugar to taste. Add some crushed mint sprigs; a cup of cranberry juice or raspberry juice, or even a bit of cherry or apricot brandy, if you like... OH, YUMMY, YUMMY!!!... Yeah, yeah, --- let me make some popcorn with lots of butter, put my feet up, put a great movie in the dvd player, and thoroughly enjoy this!!!... :D
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