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Effective home remedies for mosquitoes
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- Mosquitoes - which attract them
- Pour away water regularly
- Birds eat mosquitoes
- Pond in the garden
- Repel mosquitoes with essential oils
- Essential Oils - Vaporizing
- Essential oils on the skin
- Mosquito repellent by the right clothes
- Herbs on the windowsill
- smoke
- General tips against mosquitoes
Mosquitoes - which attract them
Mosquitoes feel especially good in the environment of water and warmth. Most species rely on blood meals for their reproduction. They are attracted by the carbon dioxide contained in people's exhaled air. But they also feel attracted by sweat, the smell of worn socks and dark colors. The statement that mosquitoes mainly follow the light is controversial. In the meantime the opinion prevails that the mosquitoes, although oriented towards the light, are primarily attracted by smells. They like to spend the summer near ponds and ponds.
Various natural home remedies can be used for mosquito repellent. (Image: abet / fotolia.com) Pour away water regularly
In order to defend against mosquitoes, the rain barrel in the garden should be completely emptied regularly. From other vessels, such as pots of flower pots, the water must be removed as often as possible. Birdwatchers are best cleaned regularly to prevent mosquito breeding.
A simple home remedy for the spread of mosquito larvae in the rain barrel is a mixture of one tablespoon of good cooking oil, the one or two drops of cinnamon oil are zuggemixt. This is given to the water. The edible oil changes the surface tension, which means the mosquito larvae can not stay there and the cinnamon oil acts as a natural insecticide.
Birds eat mosquitoes
As birds eat mosquitoes and their larvae, a nest box set up in the garden provides shelter from the bloodsuckers.
Pond in the garden
An intact ecosystem in the garden pond naturally protects against mosquitoes. Certain types of fish, such as the well-known goldfish, eat mosquitoes and mosquito larvae. Back swimmers are water bugs that settle in the pond itself and devour the stinging beasts as well. What else helps is movement in the water. This is made possible by a sparkling stone or a water fountain.
Repel mosquitoes with essential oils
When buying essential oils is to pay attention to quality. Synthetically produced oils can cause allergies and damage your health. If infants in the room should be dispensed with essential oils. Also with cats and dogs caution is necessary. The sense of smell of animals is much more sensitive than that of humans. During evaporation, the pets are best kept in another room.
If the oils are applied to the skin, they must always be diluted with a carrier oil. An application in pure form is hazardous to health. For example, almond oil, sesame oil, calendula oil or olive oil are used as the carrier oil. The coke oil should also be mentioned here, as this can be effective against any mosquito repellent without any additives or as a home remedy.
Danger: We test ourselves if we are allergic - for example in the elbow or forearm. If the skin reddens, swells or itches, then we keep our hands off this mixture.
A good mosquito repellent offer essential oils, which are evaporated in an aroma lamp or applied to the skin. (Image: monropic / fotolia.com) Essential Oils - Vaporizing
Both in the home and outside, essential oils are good home remedies to protect against mosquitoes. These include oils such as citronella, cinnamon, rosemary, lavender, lemon grass, cedar, eucalyptus, lemon, clove, fragrant geranium, frankincense, tea tree, laurel and especially neem.
To defend against the pest spirits, there is not the only right oil or the only right mixture. Usually this just has to be tried, with some basic things to consider. Not much helps! To evaporate essential oils in the aroma lamp four drops suffice on a space of about twenty square meters.
The room should be scented in any case throughout the day. After one to two hours, a break must follow. For the bedroom is: air during the day and in the evening before going to sleep for an hour let the aroma lamp burn - definitely not while sleeping.
Essential oils on the skin
In order to protect against the attack of mosquitoes, a carrier oil (see Essential Oils - General) and one or more of the above-mentioned essential oils can be used to prepare a mixture that is applied to arms, legs and possibly even the neck.
With fifty milliliters of carrier oil, four drops of essential oil are quite sufficient. Important: Before rubbing the mixture over a large area, it is essential to first test it on a small area of the skin, for example in the elbow or forearm. For redness, swelling, itching or burning, the oil mixture must not be used. Infants and young children are excluded from this treatment.
Mosquito repellent by the right clothes
Probably the simplest home remedy for mosquitoes is the right clothes. Often it is said that yellow lures the pest spirits, others say that mosquitoes would love red. In any case, light (beige, white) and above all loose clothing made of solid fabric (such as linen), which should cover the majority of body area, is recommended.
Outdoor tractor use mosquito hats. When a network covers the face, but at the same time we can see without problems. The Dreamcatchers, a web of twigs, grasses, and plant fibers, did not hang themselves behind the car mirrors, but laid their babies over their faces to keep out insects.
Herbs on the windowsill scare away mosquitoes. (Image: Friedberg / fotolia.com) Herbs on the windowsill
Easy to apply and sometimes quite effective are certain herbs on the windowsill. These include basil, chives and lemon balm. So not only popular kitchen herbs are always at hand, but at the same time it keeps mosquitoes in check. This is definitely worth a try.
A tomato plant on the windowsill can be used as a simple home remedy for mosquitoes. Their leaves exude a smell that the mosquitoes avoid.
smoke
Smoking has not only something mystical, but can also be used in mosquito infestations. So dried sage leaves are triturated and lighted in a refractory shell. This glows and emits a smell that the mosquitoes do not like. If you want to have the same effect easier, incense sticks, which can be used both in the apartment, as well as in the open air. Again, as with the essential oils, to pay attention to purity and quality.
General tips against mosquitoes
To protect against mosquitoes, attaching fly screens in front of the windows helps. Another option for the night is to sleep under a mosquito net. This should best have only one opening. Suitable for children and babies are suitable mosquito nets, which can also be placed outside over the stroller or crib.
Fly screens on the windows ensure that mosquitoes and other insects do not even come into the apartment. (Image: bildlove / fotolia.com) On perfume, strong smelling deodorant and softener is to be dispensed with. The fragrances could attract the beasts. But even bad smell, such as sweat or smelly socks attracts the bloodsucking pests.
Travelers in South America know the ever-present smoke fires in jungle villages. The smoke keeps the mosquitoes at a distance, and some travelers always have a cigar in their mouths. "Holy" sage-firing in the Native Americans not only have a mystical meaning, but act against the mosquitoes, because they shy away the smell. In the apartment we can grind dried sage leaves and ignite them with charcoal in a fire bowl. The sage glows slowly. Garlic, hung in the room, keeps mosquitoes away.
Mosquitoes like neither garlic nor cabbage smell. The diet should therefore be rich in thiamine (vitamin B1). This is mainly contained in cork products, walnuts, legumes, salmon, potatoes, broccoli and asparagus. (sw, updated on 4.10.2017)