10 killer scents from mosquitoes
In summer, you want to stay in the fresh air as long as possible, walk around the parks, enjoy fresh greenery and blooming flowers. However, even the most beautiful holiday can be spoiled by annoying mosquitoes.
We offer 10 recipes of natural flavors, so that mosquitoes do not prevent you from experiencing all the charm of summer.
Mix vanillin with baby cream in a ratio of 1:10 and treat all exposed parts of the body. You can also dilute vanillin in water, and then spray this solution on exposed skin and clothing.
Essential oils of cloves, basil, anise, eucalyptus will help to scare away mosquitoes if you lubricate open areas of the skin with them (5-10 drops per glass of water) or spray on a fire source — in a fireplace, a bonfire, an aroma lamp or a heated frying pan. You can also moisten the cotton wool with the oil of these plants and put it on the windowsill.
Put fresh elderberry branches in the room — they repel mosquitoes in the same way as the smell of tomato leaves. Be careful, the sharp smell of elderberry can interfere with sleep, so it is better to take the bouquet out of the bedroom at night.
Take 5 g of cloves per glass of water, boil for 15 minutes. mix 10 drops of broth with 1 tbsp of any cologne and wipe the exposed areas of the body. And you can walk for 2 hours in peace: mosquitoes and midges will fly around you.
If you decide to sit in nature, throw juniper twigs into the fire.
The smell of cedar oil repels not only mosquitoes, but also flies and cockroaches.
No insect will touch your face if you wash with a decoction of wormwood roots (pour a handful of chopped roots with 1.5 liters of water, bring to a boil, insist for 20-30 minutes).
An old folk remedy for mosquitoes is Persian, Dalmatian or Caucasian chamomile (aka pyrethrum). Dried inflorescences, stems and leaves of these types of chamomile, crushed into powder, affect the nerve cells of insects. It is enough to spread out several bouquets of chamomile around the apartment or house.
In the old days, a decoction of the roots of wheatgrass, one of the most common weeds, was used to repel mosquitoes and other bloodsucking insects. Pour a handful of chopped wheatgrass roots with 1.5 liters of water and boil up to 3 times so that the broth gets a light yellow color. Wash your face and hands with this decoction, and not a single mosquito will stick to you.
You can use finely chopped fresh leaves and flowers of cherry or basil-put them in the room or rub open areas of the body.
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