Plants such as citronella, lavender, lemon eucalyptus and catnip is believed to be a primary choice as a mosquito repellent plants. These plants do not kill mosquitoes, but the effect can reduce mosquito to human interaction. In other words, can prevent you from mosquito bites.
Mosquito repellent plants, More Natural than chemical Repellent Containing DEET
Mosquito repellent lotion or spray form is usually added substance DEET, with levels of up to 100 percent. On the one hand, these chemicals offer protection against mosquitoes for up to 12 hours, but on the other hand, the use of chemicals at risk of giving adverse effects on health. DEET can irritate the skin, even in some cases can cause severe skin reactions. There have been reports that this material may also cause insomnia, impaired cognitive function, and mood disorders, in people who are exposed to high doses of DEET.
Research shows that a lotion or spray insect repellent that contains DEET safe for small children over the age of two months until adulthood if levels of DEET was only 10-30 percent. Regarding the impact on children should be considered again.
From a variety of reasons, you may be interested to choose a way that more naturally repel mosquitoes, for example, with ingredients derived from plants.
Use Mosquito Repellent Plants
Here are plants that are believed to help repel mosquitoes:
Citronella
Citronella has long been known as a mosquito repellent plants, and often referred to as citronella. Fresh fragrance for men, is not favoured by mosquitoes. You can plant citronella in the yard of the house to prevent the arrival of mosquitoes.
The shape that resembles grass height reaches 1.82 meters can be directly planted on the ground.
Flowers Chicken Droppings
The Latin name of this flower is Tagetes erecta. As the name implies, this flower has a smell less pleasant, but therein lies the advantage. This flower can avoid the mosquitoes are too close to your home environment.
It is advisable to plant flowers in the yard as chicken droppings planting other ornamental flowers. This interest was as a fence barrier that keeps mosquitoes away because it does not stand the smell.
Cinnamon
A study revealed that cinnamon oil may eradicate the Aides aegypti mosquito larvae. Cinnamon oil is made from the leaves of cinnamon and contain a chemical compound called cinnamaldehyde. This is a powerful chemical compounds. With cinnamaldehyde levels less than 50 ppm, can eradicate half of the larvae of the mosquito that causes dengue fever. That is, this material helps eradicate the mosquito before growing up.
Thyme
Oil of thyme extracts also are providing protection from mosquito bites, especially mosquitoes. It has been proved in a study. If you want to make your own spray mosquito repellent, try to mix 60 millilitres of water with five drops of thyme oil. Spray to the parts of the body or the places you want to avoid from mosquitoes.
Celery
Celery is not very popular as a mosquito repellent plants, but a clinical trial showed that celery extract useful as a mosquito repellent that is as effective as DEET levels of 25 percent. Until now there has been no drug companies were using mosquito repellent celery extract.
Lavender
Which has been crushed lavender flowers will produce oil. Oils that are useful to repel mosquitoes. Apply the oil on the body so you avoid mosquito bites.
Catnip
Catnip or Nepeta cataria is a plant which can be 'drugged' cats, so it behaves more active. However, mosquitoes, catnip is a plant that is feared. Plant a plant that looks like weeds in your yard to help repel mosquitoes that are around the house.
Lemon Eucalyptus
Used is in the form of oil, derived from the lemon eucalyptus plant. Oil of lemon eucalyptus can help prevent mosquito bites, and can work up to two hours.
This has a direct mosquito repellent can be purchased in the form of oil and you can immediately use. Because it is in the form of oil, this herb is usually containing DEET in low levels, which is only 6.65 percent, so it is safe to use.
Do not wrong when they want to buy. Choose oil of lemon eucalyptus are made as a mosquito repellent and not in the form of essential oils.
Soy
Soy can be processed into soybean oil. One of the properties of soybean oil is to avoid mosquito bites. In fact, soybean oil is considered more effective than citronella oil repel mosquitoes more famous. To better take advantage of it, you can mixing soybean oil with citronella oil. Research reveals that the mixture of the two is a powerful formula to eradicate more than one type of mosquito.
Mosquito repellent plants is indeed natural, but you also have to be careful to use it, especially if in the form of oil because there is a possibility you are allergic to these ingredients. As a precaution, try to apply a little earlier in the hand skin and let stand briefly. If no rash or irritation occurs, you are not allergic to the oils.
