10 home remedies to drive away mosquitoes

 10 home remedies to drive away mosquitoes

It is possible to stand up to the unpleasant mosquitoes without resorting to products that are harmful to health or the environment. Here's the proof.

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Home remedies to drive away mosquitoes

•     Put a fan. According to the American Association for Mosquito Control, something as simple as putting on a fan reduces their presence. And it turns out that they are not very good flyers and flee from air currents because they destabilize them.
•     Put mosquito nets on the windows or on the beds. It is one of the oldest tricks and one of the most innocuous. It is simply about putting up a barrier so that they do not enter the house or cannot get to bed. This way you keep them away without having to eliminate them.
•     Put bags with water next to doors and windows. It is a lifelong trick that is based on the theory that both mosquitoes and flies are reflected in a deformed way in these bags, interpret it as if they were facing a predator and flee in terror.
•     Flush them out with water and vinegar. Another harmless system to drive away mosquitoes is to put containers with water and vinegar, one of the most effective household cleaning products, next to doors and windows. Apparently, they don't like the smell of it at all and desist from entering.
•     Use candles, incense and oils. Incenses, candles and diffusers made from plants or essential oils of citronella, lemon, lavender, eucalyptus, laurel, rosemary and basil are very effective in fighting mosquitoes.
•     Make a lemon and clove repellant. It is one of the oldest tricks. It consists of putting half a lemon in the room where you sleep with a few cloves stuck in its pulp. It is also one of the tricks so that your house always smells clean.
•     Put aromatic plants. The smell of basil, mint or lavender repels mosquitoes.
•     Eat foods rich in vitamin B. Yes, legumes, nuts and other foods that stand out for their content in vitamin B produce enzymes that are unpleasant for mosquitoes.
•     Eat garlic, onion and clove oil. Their smell they don't like.
•     Create homemade traps with plastic bottles. It's as simple as cutting a plastic bottle in half. Then, fill the base part with a mixture of 20 cl of water with 50 g of sugar, and sprinkle 1 g of baking powder on top. And finally you place the other half on top inverted, that is, with the mouth and neck down, as if it were a funnel. Attracted by the sweet smell of the mixture, the mosquitoes enter the trap and, later, do not know how to get out and remain trapped.

natural mosquito repellent

Another solution is to make your own homemade mosquito repellent.

•     Chamomile repellent. Mix 250 grams of chamomile flowers with water. Wash the chamomile well and rub it into the skin. Repeat every two hours.
•     Almond repellent. Make a mixture with 100 ml of almond oil, 20 drops of geranium essence and 20 drops of basil essence, and apply it to the skin.
•     Peppermint and clove repellent. Mix 25 drops of peppermint oil, 15 drops of clove essence, 5 drops of lemon essence and 2 teaspoons of degreasing soap. And use it as a cream so they don't come near you to sting you.

Recommendations to not attract them and reduce their presence

•     Do not leave open glasses or bottles with water or containers with stagnant water, such as the dishes under the plants, because it is the ideal medium for their larvae to breed.
•     Avoid having the light on with the doors and windows open, as they go towards the light.
•     Avoid cosmetic products with sweet smells and floral perfumes, as they are attracted to them, and opt for neutral perfumes or scents of citrus or mint, which they do not like at all.