From the article: Natural Mosquito Repellent Recipe
Have you made or tried a natural mosquito repellent? If so, let other readers who whether it was effective for you. Do you have any favorite natural mosquito repellent recipes? Share Your Experiences
Vinegar of the Four Theives
- This stuff kept away the Bubonic Plague! Seriously strong but natural and cheaper than oils. Smells foul when wet but OK when dry: Vinegar of the Four Thieves Insect Repellent Ingredients: ■1 32 ounce bottle of Apple Cider Vinegar ■2 TBSP each of dried Sage, Rosemary, Lavender, Thyme and Mint ■At least quart size glass jar with airtight lid How to Make the Vinegar of the Four Thieves Insect Repellent: 1.Put the vinegar and dried herbs into large glass jar. 2.Seal tightly and store on counter or place you will see it daily. Shake well each day for 2-3 weeks. 3.After 2-3 weeks, strain the herbs out and store in spray bottles or tincture bottles, preferably in fridge. 4.To use on skin, dilute to half with water in a spray bottle and use as needed. 5.Use whenever you need serious bug control! [Note: This mixture is very strong and has antiviral and antibacterial properties.]
- —Guest Normski
It works
- I take cinnamon pills. I have not been bitten in over 2 years.
- —Guest twice shy
Mosquitos repellenting fumes
- Mixture of dried leaves and fruit coats of tree Pongamia Pinneta impregnetd with 2 % Neem oil and 2 % Pongamia Pinneta oil when burned like insecce sticks to give fumes repells moaquitos from the room. Pongamia Pinneta is called KARANJ in Hindi.
- —Guest Sushil Kumar Sharma
Listerine as Mozzie repellant
- I am the local eatery for Mosquitos...and have tried every comercial product that can be possibly bought, even tried some wives tail theories...alas none have worked. Im about to embark obn a 2 month trip to South Asia....yes...why would I want to inflict the bites for 2 months? Does this Listerine work...seems many have had positive results. Are we takling Listerin as in the mouth wash....if so...what flavour do mosquitos not like...many thanks reader.
- —Guest Jason
Natural Room Spray
- Gday! A while ago my Mum found a great add in the paper with how to make this, we went and bought all the essential oils and carrier oil which cost a fortune at the time we figured, we were getting our money's worth if it worked, which it did !It was great! Now I want to make it up, Mum cant find the list of ingredients! sigh, all I can remember, is it had metholated spirits and water with it, vinegar and about 8 or more 100% pure oils, you would literally see the flies come in and back off where she had sprayed in the kitchen, can anyone help here? I possibley have some of the ingredients wrong and it was in a spray bottle. I do know of a mix to deter toads though, it's affectionately known by my friend's who invented it as "8 hops" cos thats about as far as they get after being sprayed by it, I spray around my doorways and sliding doors, to prevent them coming into the house. It's half and half of Metholated Spirits and Dettol, don't use cheap brands they stink.
- —Guest Tonianne
repellants
- citronella is the best! try it now please_..............................................
- —Guest adrian
Mosquitoes repellents
- I have try inside my apartament, the little patio and entrance putting a glass gar with water and smash garlic, it seams that have worked on me. You can try that
- —Guest Margie SantaMaria
lavender oil
- i usually get tons of mosquito bites when i go camping but the last couple of times i went i used lavender oil as a mosquito repellent and it worked amazingly! i didn't get a single bite!
- —Guest crystal
vinegar
- I was told that regular vinegar would repell them but it didnt. i also tried that thing you clip on and it didnt work either. anyone have any experience with those two? my friend tried the vinegar and it worked for her. and people swear by the clip on thingy. i wonder why they still attack me.
- —Guest sharon
Skin So Soft has DEET
- Avon Skin So Soft is an effective repellent because it contains DEET. And DEET is less expensive than the Avon product...
- —Guest Kathryn
CATNIP OIL is HATED by mosquitos!
- Can't believe you didn't mention the essential oil of Catnip! It is off the charts for keeping mosquitos away, AND it doesn't stink! One way you can mix essential oils into water based products is to mix Polysorbate 20 with your essential oil 1:1 BEFORE mixing into water or vinegar..Basically the polysorbate is a naturally derived emulsifier. It will make your oil mix into water so it is equally dispersed, say, in a sprayer. I buy my catnip and polysorbate 20 from a small essential oil distributer. Prob can't name it here, but just google it. You can mix in Witch Hazel instead of water or vinegar or just use all three.
- —Guest gina
castor oil is NOT an essential oil
- Castor oil is a carrier oil, but I would not recommend it for an application like this since it is very thick and sticky. Two other EO's which are mosquito repellents are Lemongrass and Lavender.
- —Guest Erin
retired chem teacher
- liquid Ivory soap for dishes worked very well with the added benefit of being able to clean dishes. I rubbed one arm only with it and mosquitoes stayed away for over an hour. My other arm was attacked often.
- —Guest DHK
Listerine and Mosquitoes
- My little Yorkie gets deathly sick from heartworm medication, can't tolerate most chemicals so can never take her out in evening/early morning. Last year on a tip, tried putting a neckerchief on her sprayed with Listerine...and slapped some on me too (I seem to be a major mosquito magnet). Well, it worked like a charm! Unbelievably, I didn't get a single bite and I live in a huge mosquito infested area d/t lots of woods and ponds. Still don't like taking my little pooch out at night, but if I must take her somewhere, I don't leave home without her Listerine soaked neckachief and I love that there are no harsh chemicals to stress her liver and pancreas (she suffers from chronic pancreatitis so it's essential I totally limit chemicals on her).
- —Guest Judyann J
JAYAKUMAR.R
- Light up the tip of a wick (4 inch long cotton threads rolled by hand to form a wick) immersed in a small dish containing NEEM )oil (50ml costs Ind.Rs50/- ).The fumes are not harmful.ventilate the room after half hour.the mosquitoes fly away if windows are open.The just DROP DEAD if this lighted lamp is kept in a closed room. I have tried it and it really works. for outdoors, you can rub neem oil on the exposed part of the body to keep away mosquitoes.
- —JAYAKUMAR.R
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