Getting rid of mosquitoes is easy! Lemon and cloves against annoying insects

With the onset of summer, various insects, including mosquitoes, often begin to bother.

Of course, you can always purchase special sprays, creams or ointments, and install a fumigator with heated plates or an ultrasonic electronic device in the room.

However, you can use improvised means such as lemon and cloves. The article below provides detailed information on whether a lemon with cloves helps against mosquitoes and how, as well as how to prepare the product.

Does a folk remedy for insects help?

You can turn to folk remedies for mosquito repellent. Often, lemon and cloves are used for this. The fact is that citrus contains a special aromatic substance similar in composition to citronella oil.

This oil is used in the manufacture of mosquito sprays or ointments, as it is a strong deterrent.

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Here you can find a photo of a folk remedy against mosquitoes based on lemon and clove.

Operating principle

There are also odors that bloodsucking simply can not tolerate. Lemons and cloves, which contain special essential oils, have such smells. More detailed properties of these tools are given below:

• Lemon. All citrus fruits are effective in controlling insects due to their persistent aromatic substances.
• Cloves. Clove essential oil also has a deterrent effect.
• Most effective is lemon and clove combination, since both smells repel mosquitoes, and when used together, an impressive result is obtained.

Cooking methods

With clove oil

If you want to get rid of mosquitoes indoors, you will need:

• 50 ml of lemon juice;
• 50 ml of alcohol;
• 25 drops (or 25 ml) of clove essential oil.

1. Mix juice and oil, add alcohol and shake well.
2. The resulting mixture can be sprayed on the walls of the room, curtains on the windows, or soaked in cotton wool and laid out in different places of the room, for example, before going to bed.
3. If you are going to spend time outdoors, then this mixture should be applied to clothing.

Also, clove oil can be used as follows:

1. Put a few drops of essential oil on the skin or clothing and skin, which will create a persistent repellent effect for mosquitoes within a radius of about a meter.
2. Mix the oil with some kind of cream, for example, an ordinary baby cream, and rub the resulting ointment into the skin, which will also give a tangible result.

With citrus oil

For the most effective result, spray lemon essential oil indoors. However, this method is fraught with the fact that a strong aroma of citrus can cause an allergic reaction, therefore It is advisable to prepare a special tincture:

1. Take 50 ml of alcohol (can be replaced with plain vodka), add 20 drops of lemon essential oil to it.
2. Dilute the resulting mixture in 1 liter of water at room temperature.
3. Ready to infuse the room with a spray gun, especially after treating the walls that mosquitoes like to sit on, and then look for a victim at night, and curtains to immediately prevent insects flying in from open windows.

Seasoning

If you didn’t have essential oils at your fingertips, you can use a simpler, but no less effective recipe. You will need ripe lemon and cloves, namely dried buds, which are used as a spice.

1. Lemon should be cut in half, and then stick about 15 cloves into the pulp.
2. Put the halves of lemon, studded with cloves, where you need to scare away mosquitoes.

What else can I add?

To enhance the effect, tea tree essential oil, vanilla extract, mint, pine needles can be dripped onto a cut half of lemon, and a pinch of ground cinnamon can also be poured.

How long does the effect last?

The effect of all these manufactured products will last until the lemon and clove cease to exude a rich aroma.

Contraindications and effects on children

Lemon and clove from mosquitoes for children can be used without any restrictions. However Do not lose sight of the individual intolerance of these fragrances to a child or an adult.in which these natural products can pose a serious threat.

Could there be an allergy?

Also, do not get carried away with smells and spray a large amount of oils in their pure form, since an allergic reaction can be triggered if it was not there before. Too much concentration of essential oils can negatively affect your well-being.

Can appear:

• headache;
• shortness of breath
• weakness;
• malaise.

The use of natural remedies to combat mosquitoes and other bloodsucking is fully justified, as it is an easy, affordable and completely harmless to health and the environment way of repelling insects. Particular attention should be paid only to those people who are allergic to any volatile aromatic compound.

Useful video

The video shows how you can make a mosquito repellent with cloves and lemon:

Watch the video: 8 All-Natural Ways to Keep Mosquitoes Away (May 2024).