Microwaved the 4 bags with water for 2 5 minutes.
Earl gray tea for sunburn.
On caught s claim that the tannins and bergamot oils found in the bags could also help to restore skin jegasothy is a little.
It worked for me.
To enjoy it simply steep a bergamot tea bag in boiled water for 3 5 minutes or longer for a stronger flavor.
While you can drink a cup to help you relax you can also make a remedy that you apply directly to the sunburn which will instantly stop the pain and help your burn to turn to a tan instead of peeling.
Bergamot tea is widely available and typically sold under the name earl grey.
So instead of looking to some tea bags to soothe your skin instead opt for over the counter products with cortisone to help with inflammation ibuprofen to relieve your pain and aloe vera to soothe your skin.
I saw a sunburn remedy on pinterest that sounded intriguing put towels dunked in freshly brewed earl grey tea over your sunburn.
Bergamot oil has been found to be a decent suppressor of nitric oxide which is a common mediator of sunburn.
Here s what it did.
Which tea can i use for treating sunburn.
I used 4 tea bags earl grey in a large tea cup.
I m not saying that earl grey would bad thing to try by any means.
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There are many health benefits that come from tea leaves but i think there are better methods of treatment for sunburns.
Earl grey tea treatment.
But the trick is that choosing an earl grey tea might actually make your sunburn worse once you inevitably step out into the sun again.
The bergamot in earl grey tea has been known to have a calming effect on people as well as to boost a person s mood.
Every tea variety has its own benefits of treating sunburn.
For example black tea green tea earl grey tea chamomile tea ginger tea ceylon tea luzianne tea mint tea oolong tea orange pekoe tea rooibos tea peppermint tea.
Earl grey s sunburn soothing powers comes from the oil in its bergamot leaves.
Earl grey tea is an excellent treatment for sunburn.
You now have a very very very strong cup of tea.
5 or 6 earl grey tea bags.
So this type of bergamot oil found in earl grey tea may indeed soothe sunburn although it has never been really studied in medical literature that may be where the skin healing power of the tea ends however.
So i m currently sitting on my lr floor in a towel with two dish towels soaked in tea on my shoulders.
In this way earl grey is a good natural solution for people suffering from depression stress and anxiety.
Repeated every 45 minutes or so until bedtime.
Probably did it 8 or 9 times before bedtime.
Supposedly it helps it heal.
Let cool swish around.
You can use any type of tea.