Overview of folk remedies for mosquitoes and midges in nature

Leaving for a few days on the nature, it is necessary to take care of the means that frighten blood-sucking insects. ABOUT mosquitoes they remember everything, but far more dangerous than mosquitoes are small insects called “midges”. It has very small sizes, is capable of clogging up under clothes and is active during the day.A large number of midges can literally eat the skin and get to live meat. Therefore, visiting the beautiful untouched places in nature, will have to take care of the means that scare away not only mosquitoes, but also the midge.

Nobody has managed to make a poison for mosquitoes with mosquitoes. Insects prefer fresh blood. To poison the blood suckers, you need to poison yourself, so still the most effective method of pest control remains repellents.

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Repellents can be bought at the store, but chemicals are often contraindicated in young children. Adults suffering from allergies, sometimes also can not use comfortable anti-mosquito sprays. But mosquitoes and midges can be frightened away by folk remedies.

Folk recipes

Not quite a folk remedy for mosquitoes and midges in nature - Vietnamese balm asterisk. Not quite popular, because the ointment was manufactured industrially. It is intended for the treatment of colds, but a large amount of essential oils in the composition of the ointment allows you to use it against insects.

Important!

it mosquito repellent for children up to a year contraindicated.The composition of the balm is too strong for delicate skin and the child can get burns. Adults are also better off using the product in its pure form, only if everyone around it agrees.

But for children with Asterisk, you can prepare a weakened ointment at home: children’s cream is squeezed into a clean container and a balm slightly warmed in a water bath is added there, everything is thoroughly mixed. This ointment will scare off mosquitoes, but does not damage the skin of the child.

Essential oils very popular as folk remedies for mosquitoes and blackflies. To repel insects, almost all aroma oils that are commercially available are used. Outdoors, in a close and non-protesting company, use highly aromatic substances: clove oil, Asterisk or mint, citronella oil. You can even surprise people and rub garlic or with vinegar and shampoo.

Street mosquito repellents

On the street or in a large company it is better to use softer oils that resemble the smell of perfume:

• pink
• tea tree oil;
• vanilla;
• eucalyptus;
• aniseed;
• wormwood.

For some people, strong odors can trigger an asthma attack,therefore, essential oils should be used carefully.

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Vanilla oil helps to drive away only midge, mosquitoes do not react to it.

How to cook

Folk remedies are not difficult to prepare. Sometimes even cooking is not necessary. Tea rose oil and tea tree oil can be applied to the skin just like perfume: the inside of the wrist, neck, behind the ears. These aroma oils do not harm the skin and few people cause allergies.

On the basis of the essential oil to make a tool at home is not difficult. More concentrated aroma oils are “diluted” with cream or water. In a neutral cream / 100 ml of water add a few drops of oil, mix thoroughly and use to protect exposed parts of the body. Water suspension is applied from the spray on clothes. Blackflies and mosquitoes do not like such smells and fly around the “tasteless” smelling person until the essential substances evaporate. Usually within 2 hours.

Other folk remedies

Folk remedies to combat insects

If there is no aroma oil in the house, you can make a decoction or children's cream using the existing spices. As a home remedy for mosquitoes and blackflies, a decoction of vanilla pods or carnations has shown itself well.The disadvantage of folk methods of dealing with mosquitoes and midges is that the formulations can only be used fresh.

Decoction of cloves

5 buds per cup of hot water. Boil for a quarter of an hour. Cool it down. It is desirable to dilute the infusion with water and sprinkle clothes. A decoction of cloves drives away the midges with mosquitoes within a few hours. You can also make a repeller from lemon and cloves.

Vanilla

To cook insect repellent can be in several ways. Depends on the form in which the spice is in the house:

• Boil vanilla pod in a glass of water and insist. Use as infusion of clove.
• 2-3 bags of vanilla powder pour in 0.5 liters of water, stir, pour into a spray bottle and spray clothes. Throw out a clogged spray bottle.
• The same 2-3 sachets mixed with vegetable oil (150 ml). Apply the mixture to exposed parts of the body.

If you do not use a spray gun, but simply wipe the skin with a solution and apply the suspension on clothes, this popular homemade remedy will allow you to get rid of annoying insects for a few hours. A slight smell of vanillin will not annoy others.

There are two unpleasant moments;

• it is necessary to use vanillin after sunset, as it attracts bees and wasps;
• vanilla powder does not dissolve in water, and soluble vanilla sugar is not effective, they should not be confused.

Invented on the basis of vanillin folk mosquito repellent for children from the year. A tube of baby cream mixed in 20-30 g of vanillin and mix thoroughly. It is necessary to store in a jar in the refrigerator and use after dark. A jar of cream you can take with you to nature. When applying this ointment on children, the cream cannot be rubbed into the skin. It is carefully applied to the skin of the child.

Russian folk remedies

Folk remedies against mosquitoes

Vanillin is a southern spice, and mosquitoes have been living on the Eurasian continent since glaciation. Our ancestors also suffered from mosquitoes and blackflies. To defend themselves against blood suckers, they used their own home remedies:

• tansy;
• sagebrush;
• Birch tar;
• wheat grass.

Wormwood - southern grass and not available in every region. Bitter decoction of wormwood can effectively get rid of the midges, which gnaws the skin. Mosquitoes are harder, as they pierce the skin and only smell can scare them away.The fragrance disappears in a couple of hours.

Very interesting traditional folk remedy with wheat grass. Pyrei is a malicious weed that can grow in any climatic conditions. Gardeners do not like this grass very much. We are more surprised by the fact that it can be used to protect against bloodsuckers.

This folk remedy is ideal for children of any age, without causing an allergic reaction.

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When weeding it is not necessary to throw out the wheat grass roots, they will be useful for cooking broth.

The recipe for cooking wheat grass is also simple:

• 100 g of washed wheatgrass roots (for other sources of grass or the whole plant) finely cut and pour 1.5 liters of water;
• the broth is boiled 3 times until the liquid is purchased in a light yellow color;
• cool and wipe decoction hands and body.

The richer the wheat grass will be, the better. Mosquitoes with midges avoid this folk remedy for several hours. The advantage of wheatgrass broth is that it has almost no odor and will not annoy others.

What is not suitable as repellents

It may seem that any strongly smelling agent is suitable for scaring mosquitoes and midges.Therefore, among the popular recipes are often recommendations to use ammonia. In fact, this substance evaporates quickly and does not protect against the attacks of bloodsuckers. But to have it in the first-aid kit when leaving the nature is necessary. Ammonia is a major component of the insect bite ointment. You can apply it in its pure form.