Recipes for making homemade mosquito control compounds. How to relieve itching and swelling from a bite with improvised means. Features of their application. Home remedies for mosquitoes are a simple, effective and safe escape from the annoying flying stuff that spoils our vacation. Not everyone likes modern chemical preparations, since their effect on the human body has not been fully investigated. But the folk methods of fighting mosquitoes invented by our ancestors have been tested by the experience of many generations.
Mosquito control essential oils
Essential oils can be used to prevent mosquito attacks indoors, as well as for personal protection. The smell of some of them is perceived by mosquitoes as a danger signal.
Oils with repellant properties include oils of margosa (neem tree), tropical verbena (litsey cubeba), tea tree, cedar, thuja, cloves, eucalyptus, citronella, thyme, lavender, peppermint, basil, rosemary, geranium. As you can see, the list is large enough so that you can easily find and choose the essential oil that suits you by smell.
Here are some of the most popular aramamasel-based mosquito repellents:
- Aromatic mixture for spray bottle … It's easy to make. You should take ten drops of a suitable aromatic oil (or a mixture of them), mix with salt or soda (0.5 teaspoons), water (10 tablespoons) and alcohol (1 tablespoon). This aroma mixture must be poured into a conventional spray bottle, which is sprayed with indoor plants. From it, you can process everything in the room with a mixture: mosquito nets, curtains, windows, flower pots, window sills, carpets, upholstered furniture, doorways, doors, ventilation grilles. You can also spray your clothes and bedding with this solution. Beforehand, be sure to make sure that the liquid does not cause allergies when it comes into contact with the skin, and does not leave stains when it comes into contact with the cloth.
- A blend of essential oils for an aroma lamp … 5-10 drops of aroma oil or a mixture of such substances are added to warm water poured into an aroma lamp. Now all that remains is to light a candle and enjoy your vacation. If you decide to sit not in a room, but on an open veranda, increase the dosage by adding 2 times more aroma oil to the water - 10-15 drops, or put a second aroma lamp next to the first one.
- Aroma-repellant … Mix 15 drops of your chosen aroma oil (or a mixture thereof) with 20 ml of common vegetable oil, such as sunflower, corn, or olive. With this mixture, you can lubricate all parts of the body that are not hidden by clothes before a walk and forget about the mosquito threat for a couple of hours. An added bonus is nutrition and healing for your skin. It is very convenient to distribute it with paper. You should apply an aroma repellent from essential oil to it, rub it on paper and only then smear the skin. The expense of the funds will decrease, but the effect will be the same.
- Cosmetics with essential additives … In your favorite cream, shampoo, bubble bath or shower gel, you can add aroma oil that repels mosquitoes, at the rate of 5 drops of aroma oil for every 10 ml (about 1 tablespoon) of the cosmetic product. Cosmetics will acquire an almost elusive aroma for humans, but scaring off blood-sucking insects. We recommend adding essential oil to a small amount of cosmetic product just before use (and not to the entire bottle or jar), so you can experiment with scents more often.
Always follow the recipe exactly, do not experiment with ingredients and dosage, do not apply undiluted essential oil to your skin. Before using it, make sure (by dropping it on your wrist and observing it for 24 hours) that you do not have a local allergic reaction to it.
Mosquito repellent home remedies recipes
Knowledge of how to make a home remedy for mosquitoes has been passed down from generation to generation. We have collected the best recipes for you and will be happy to share them!
What to use mosquito repellent on the street
You can protect your local area from mosquitoes, as well as yourself while walking or going out into nature, in such simple ways:
- Sachet and a decoction of fragrant leaves … While relaxing in nature, take your free hands with a simple matter: you need to pick and knead the fragrant leaves of lemongrass, lemon balm, thyme or wormwood, their aroma is pleasant for people and unbearable for mosquitoes. If you mix the leaves with fine salt, the smell will intensify. This mixture of odorous plants and salt was used to fill sachets - small bags with ties that were placed in linen to smell and repel moths. After a while, these leaves can be put into a pot, filled with water and hung over the fire. The steam from the boiling broth will scare away mosquitoes.
- Vanilla extract … Natural vanilla extract can also be used as a repellent on the elbows, hamstrings, neck and wrists. To make it, you need 100 ml of high-quality vodka and 1-2 vanilla pods. It should be placed in vodka for 60 days so that it is infused.
- Wormwood decoction … Before a walk, you can also wipe your face and other parts of the body not hidden by clothing with a wormwood decoction. To prepare it, you need to boil one handful of chopped roots in one and a half liters of water.
- Clove decoction … Clove decoction also has repellent properties. It is necessary to take 5 grams of its dry inflorescences, pour 200 ml of water, boil, cool, mix with any cologne (50 drops of broth for 50 ml of cologne) and wipe open areas of the body with it.
- Wheatgrass decoction … A decoction of the ubiquitous weed - wheatgrass - also excellently repels mosquitoes. To prepare it, you need to take 100 g of roots, cut them, pour 1.5 liters of water and boil three times so that it becomes light yellow. With the cooled broth, you can wipe your hands and face. When the skin is dry, you will not smell, unlike mosquitoes, which now prefer to fly around you for at least three hours.
- Eucalyptus oil … It is also a great repellent. Lubricate open parts of the body with it and do not worry, not a single mosquito will touch you. Making eucalyptus oil is easy. If you have fresh leaves, place them tightly in a 1/2 quart jar and then top with vegetable oil. Close the lid and place in a sunny place. After 3 weeks, squeeze the leaves and filter the resulting substance through cheesecloth. Add more fresh leaves to it and leave in the sun for another 2 weeks. Then squeeze again and filter. The more times you repeat this enrichment procedure, the more concentrated your oil will be. You can wipe the skin with a product enriched 1-2 times, a more saturated one should be diluted with ordinary vegetable before application. You can also make eucalyptus oil from dry leaves purchased at a pharmacy. They must be crushed and poured with vegetable oil, insisted in a warm place for 10 days. For 30 g of leaves, 1 glass of vegetable oil is needed. The strained material should be stored in a dark glass bottle.
Mosquitoes annoy us not only on the street, but also in our homes. For this case, there are also suitable solutions in the folk store of knowledge.
What mosquito repellents can be used indoors
Here's how you can use home remedies to repel mosquitoes from your home:
- Pyrethrum powder … Mosquitoes will never fly into a room if you treat it with Caucasian or Persian chamomile. You should take pyrethrum powder and simply sprinkle it on all corners and crevices in the house, the tops of cabinets and shelves, vents, windows and doors. The substance is completely harmless to human health, but deadly to mosquitoes and many other pests, such as house bugs.
- A mixture of feverfew and tansy … Considering the fact that the favorite place for mosquitoes to enter the room is the ventilation openings, you can protect them in the following way. Grind the dried flowers of pyrethrum and tansy into powder, apply starch paste on a sheet of paper cut into strips (not to the very edge), and sprinkle well with the floral substance. Hang the dried sheet on the ventilation hole. Such protection will save not only from mosquitoes, but also from annoying flies.
- Camphor … Mosquitoes also treat its vapors negatively. Even the largest room can be eliminated from their presence by fumigating it with one hundred grams of camphor (simply by evaporating over the burner).
- Eucalyptus leaves … Mosquitoes and eucalyptus fumes are poorly tolerated. They will not fly into the room if you take a small metal bowl, put a handful of fresh or dried leaves there, pour water over it and put it on a small fire. By the way, such inhalation is harmful only for mosquitoes, but it is useful for people, because it heals the air by killing bacteria. If there is a patient in the house with something cold, the procedure will speed up his recovery.
- Fragrant Leaves Blend … Finely chop fresh leaves of basil, elderberry, bird cherry, peppermint, catnip, tomatoes, pyrethrum and arrange in small containers. You can add some fine salt. If you have a cat in your home, be careful with catnip. Another name for this plant is catnip. It is very attractive to them, and the animal can break the container.
- Elderberry bouquet … If you bring a bouquet of branches of this plant into the house, then at least for a week it will be free of mosquitoes.
Note! Almost all mosquito repellents are associated with the inhalation of fragrances. Therefore, allergy sufferers should be very careful with their use.
How to relieve itching and swelling from a mosquito bite with home remedies
Topical application of home remedies will help to relieve swelling and itching of the skin at the site of a mosquito bite:
- Cold … Plain ice or something cold enough (for example, a cleanly washed coin or a bottle of chilled water from the freezer). The cold will reduce swelling on the skin and create a mild anesthetic effect.
- Essential oils … Relieve puffiness and itching of the skin lotions with lavender oil and tea tree oil.
- Ammonia … Mixed in half with plain water, it also relieves puffiness and itching at the site of the bite. Soak a cotton pad with it and apply it to the itchy area.
- Manganese … In the same way, a weak (pale pink) solution of manganese will help to cope with the problem.
- Baking soda … Lotions with a solution of baking soda (0.5 teaspoons per 1 glass of water) also help.
- Vinegar … A weak solution of 9% vinegar (one in three with water) applied to a cotton pad or gauze and applied to the site of the bite can also alleviate the suffering of a mosquito bitten.
- Medicines from the home first aid kit … The bite sites can also be lubricated with salicylic or boric alcohol, valocordin or corvalol.
- Regular products … Many foods applied to the bite site can help relieve itching and swelling. These are kefir, sour cream or curdled milk, milk diluted in half with water, a chopped onion, a clove of garlic, lemon juice, fine salt (rub gently into the skin, being careful not to injure), and even a used tea bag, the effect of which is similar to a tea infusion lotion.
- Mini compresses … They should be made from fresh mashed leaves of mint, parsley, plantain, calendula or bird cherry, dandelion juice or the juice of a cut aloe vera leaf.
- Household funds … Mint toothpaste or a thick solution of laundry soap can also help reduce itching at the site of a mosquito bite.
Attention! Any folk remedy for mosquitoes can cause individual intolerance!
Features of using home remedies for mosquitoes
Folk recipes for mosquitoes are harmless to health, but when applying them, one should not forget about reasonable precautions:
- Contraindications … Many herbal ingredients, from which folk remedies are prepared, can be harmful, and therefore contraindicated for children, pregnant women and allergy sufferers.
- Caution when using … When treating the skin with any oil or solution, make sure that they do not get into the eyes and mucous membranes. Do not apply to scratched or sensitive skin. Failure to comply with these simple measures can lead to at least irritation, and at most - to poisoning.
- Proper storage … All substances not intended for food should be kept out of the reach of small children to avoid poisoning and injury.
- Caution in surface treatment … If a surface in the room is treated with a folk remedy, you should first make sure that the agent used will not harm, in any way spoiling it - by discoloring, dissolving, etc.
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