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Homemade Mosquito Repellent: Recipe
Today’s feature is from Mother Earth News with Natural Mosquito Repellent:
Rose Geranium, Plantain Suggested Remedy For Itch Relief By motherearthnews.com
Since the 1999 appearance of mosquito-borne West Nile virus in North America, it’s more important than ever to keep these pests at bay. You can outsmart mosquitoes with this homemade, Earth-friendly solution.
The recipe couldn’t be easier to make, ingredients needed are any combination of these essential oils: basil, cedarwood, citronella, juniper, lemon, myrrh, palmarosa, pine, rose geranium and/or rosemary mixed with 190-proof grain alcohol (see article for suggested quantities).
There’s also this tip in the article for mosquito bite itch relief: Use plantain (the weed) by crushing it and applying to mosquito bite area (also mentioned in Tipnut’s big list of Over 40 Mosquito Bite Itch Relief Tips).
Please visit the site listed above for full recipe details on the homemade repellent. And don’t miss How to Prevent Mosquito Bites for more mosquito bite prevention ideas & repellents.
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Testimonial time.
This works! I made mine with many of these ingredients, high on citronella, and I added neem oil. I’ve been using this on myself and the children since May(found recipe on internet), and it works as well as any other non-deet product. There are other essential oils that work well too. I can’t remember off hand, but there is lots of info. on the net.
Scary deet is the only stuff that keeps them all off, but this formula keeps most at bay. We couldn’t find grain alcohol, so used vodka. You just need to shake it well before each use. I feel comfortable using this on my children(rather than deet). We do need to reapply more than store bought. I even spray it on my clothes with no staining.
Mix pure vanilla flavoring with water, and spray on.
Very effective, and smells good too!
Also it keeps those pesky no-see-um’s from bothering you.
the best mosquito repellent I have found that smells good is:
Avon Skin So Soft
Rubbing Alcohol
solution is 50/50
We were in Yellowstone National Park last week and the mosquitos were horrible. Very small but big bites and I only received a few before I could locate an Avon dealer. I will always travel with my SSS solution:)
My mom uses a spray bottle with Listerine (or equivalent) in it.
Listerine works and we take it with us camping to spray the area.
I have heard that vitamin B1 works to repel mosquitos. It takes about 2 weeks to build it up in your body for it to work most efficiently. My family takes it before and during camping trips. It seems to work or maybe we were just lucky. I also use skin so soft. Between the combination of them I generally remain mosquito free.
B1 has had scientific studies done on it, however some people swear by it and other say it doesn’t work at all.