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Are tea bags good to relieve swelling?
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Tea bags: No: use ice 10 minutes on the swollen area, 5 minutes off. Tea bags can help reduce bleeding: bite on one after a tooth extraction for 20 minutes. It usually works as tannic acid is a clotting agent.
Answered 2/29/2016
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