If you are not aware of the numerous benefits of green tea, then I suspect that you have been living under a rock. Green tea is one of the most beneficial substances on the entire planet, with over 4,000 years of documented evidence.
It is hard to even grasp how long people have been using green tea to experience the health benefits—not to mention the great taste—of the plant. Four-thousand years – this is before Jesus, before Julius Caesar, before Ancient Greece. It was the Ancient Chinese who began using green tea and who experienced the benefits, and to this day it is still green tea from China that is considered the best in the world.
Green tea is able to help cure infections, fight against impaired immune function, lower cholesterol, assist in weight-loss, aid in cancer, and much, much more. The antioxidant qualities of green tea also make for a great cleanser, such as with a green tea facial steam.
Green Tea Facial Steam Recipe
Step One:
The first step in setting up a facial steam with green tea is to obviously purchase some good green tea. Go with a legitimate Chinese brand and not one of these mass-produced, made-for-brewing brands. It will probably cost a little more, but it is well worth it to receive the real green tea and not the imitation variety.
Step Two:
Get a medium-sized bowl that can handle heat, a pot to boil water in, and then set up a station with a towel, about ¼ cup of your green tea leaves, and add in some essential healing oils if you have any (optional, of course).
Step Three:
Boil two cups of water and add it to the bowl. Then take your green tea leaves and place them into the bowl and allow them to steep for at least 10 minutes. Leave the bowl covered up as to not allow the steam to escape or for the water to cool down that much.
Step Four:
After 10 minutes, lean over the bowl, about 9 to 12 inches away from the water, and cover your head with a towel. The steam will begin to cleanse your face and leave you feeling refreshed. Keep the steam going for at least 5 minutes and dry off with the towel after you’re finished.
This steam process will leave you feeling refreshed and will help to cleanse your skin. Whenever you need a quick facial steam, this green tea method will only take about 15 minutes to set up from start to finish.
You can even revitalize the old steam bowl with another cup of boiling water and get two to four steams out of each ¼ cup of green tea leaves.