In addition to the annoying hot weather every summer, there are also very annoying mosquitoes, although there are many ways to control mosquitoes today, but these methods with a certain degree of medicinal properties will always make people worry.
In fact, there are many common natural plants in daily life can also control mosquitoes, but we did not notice, before sharing these natural plants, let us first take a look at what commonly used mosquito coils and mosquito coils are composed of substances.
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Mosquito coils we must be no stranger, before the popularization of mosquito coils, mosquito coils are probably the most widely used mosquito repellent products in the country, in the Southern Song Dynasty hundreds of years ago there was a similar way of repelling mosquitoes, when people used some Chinese herbal medicine to synthesize mosquito repellent sticks, ignited to achieve mosquito repellent, repellent evil and detoxification effect.
Due to the development of industrial chemical industry, today's mosquito coils have been further improved and standardized, but in order to better insecticidal effect, the formula of mosquito coils usually contains some toxic substances, such as organophosphorus, carbamic acid, permethrin and so on.
Such micro-poisons, according to professional institutions to detect found that the amount of smoke particles burning a plate of mosquito coils is similar to the amount of particles burning 100 cigarettes, these particles will remain in the lungs, long-term burning of mosquito coils is very detrimental to health.
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The appearance of electric mosquito coil is indeed very pleasant, it seems that it almost perfectly solves all the drawbacks of open fire mosquito coils, we no longer have to worry about whether after falling asleep at night, whether the open fire mosquito coils may cause fire or burn half extinguished, can not achieve the effect of peace of mind, and do not have to suffer from smoke and fire.
At least I can't see any smoke anymore, I feel healthy, and I don't have to worry about getting up the next morning to clean up the burning ashes, is the electric mosquito coil really as healthy as it looks?
Liquid mosquito coils are composed of chloroform, ether, benzene and other solvents as the main raw materials, these raw materials will also enter the respiratory tract when volatile, and are toxic, long-term use and mosquito coils caused by the damage to the human body has been too much, and even carcinogenic!
It seems that no matter what form of mosquito coil has a certain harm to the human body, although in general this harm is not very large, but who wants to exchange future health for the comfort of the moment? So let's share a few natural plants and ways to effectively control mosquitoes.
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Lavender smells very good, lavender essential oil after concentration, contains a specific volatile oil "linalool", can effectively control insect infestation, linalool repellent effect in the room as high as 93%.
Applying a few drops of lavender essential oil to your hand before going to bed at night or before going out can effectively control mosquitoes, and other lavender products can also achieve certain effects, such as lavender laundry detergent, lavender air freshener and so on!
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This oil has a strong antiseptic, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, and the mosquito repellent effect is also very good, the tea tree oil diluted with a small amount of water after spraying on the window, can effectively prevent mosquito invasion, if you are bitten by mosquitoes, you can also apply tea tree oil at the bite, which can effectively alleviate the tingling and itching feeling.
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The smell of vanilla is very fragrant for us, but it is unbearable for mosquitoes, so you can make a simple vanilla spray, you can mix it with two spoonfuls of vanilla with about 300 ml of water, spray or apply it to yourself, so that all the mosquitoes will retreat.
You can also spray it in the yard of the house, and the effect is very obvious, but you want to make sure that the vanilla you buy is free of alcohol and sugar, both of which will make the vanilla lose its repellent properties.
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It is highly recommended that apple cider vinegar repellent mosquitoes, apple cider vinegar has a multifunctional effect, in daily life is not rare, the same amount of water mixed with apple cider vinegar, sprayed in the place where mosquitoes gather, after a few hours, all mosquitoes will be eliminated, if you add some lemon oil into it will double the effect of this homemade insecticidal spray, the same will be this homemade insecticide on the body, will also let the mosquitoes retreat.
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This method of repellent mosquitoes may be very popular, everyone knows, but there are many people who feel that there is no effect, in fact, the effect is there, but it is not so strong or the concentration of soapy water you make is too low, and the soapy water is also very effective for insects such as ants and cockroaches.
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This is the easiest and most effective way to effectively prevent mosquitoes from biting you, just a piece of garlic, mosquitoes do not invade all night, as long as you eat a garlic, garlic oil will be secreted from your pores, which will form a natural protective barrier on the surface of your body, so that mosquitoes do not dare to attack, garlic contains a kind of allicin, it will slightly change your natural body odor, protect you from mosquitoes.
In addition to the above methods, what other mosquito repellent tips do you know? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to share!
Well, that's all for this issue, thanks for reading, we'll see you next time!