Many natural anti-mosquito methods can help you avoid mosquito bites. With the advent of summer, mosquitoes also become active. Anti-mosquito sprays, mosquito coils and other products have come in handy. But suppose you can’t stand the smell of the anti-mosquito spray or worry about the chemical components in various anti-mosquito. Mosquito repellent products such as mosquito coils are harmful to humans. In that case, there are many natural ways to help you get rid of mosquitoes.
Coffee grounds
Coffee grounds are an effective natural mosquito repellent. If you have a coffee machine at home, you can get an effective natural mosquito repellent without spending any money. Because mosquitoes don’t like the smell of coffee grounds, the smell of coffee grounds is more potent when they burn, and the mosquitoes will run away. In addition, sprinkling coffee grounds around the outside of the house can also repel mosquitoes. How to make a mosquito repellent using coffee grounds? Place the coffee grounds in a cool place till fully air dry. Pour the dried coffee grounds into a heat-resistant container, such as a bowl or aluminium foil. Ignite the coffee grounds, and the burning smoke can repel mosquitoes.
Homemade natural mosquito coil with grapefruit peel
Grapefruit is delicious and nutritious, but the skin of grapefruit can also be used as a natural mosquito coil after being dried. How to make a grapefruit mosquito coil? Take the peel of half a grapefruit and spirally cut it in a counterclockwise direction into a strip with a width of about one cm. After the cut is finished, it is turned into a mosquito coil. Put the cut grapefruit peel into a microwave oven to dry; use a medium heat microwave for a few minutes each time for several times. Each time you need to open it to see if the grapefruit peel has been wholly dried, or it can be exposed to the sun until it dry; this usually takes a long time. Tie a rope on one end of the dried grapefruit peel and hang it up; then ignite the other end and place it in vents such as doorways and windowsills. The smell can repel mosquitoes.
Plant anti-mosquito plants
Some plants have a particular aroma that can keep mosquitoes away. In summer, you might as well plant some mosquito repellent plants on the courtyard, balcony or window sill. You can not only enjoy the fragrance of flowers and plants but also prevent mosquitoes. Plants with mosquito repellent effects include peppermint, catnip, rosemary, lavender, ageratum, citronella, calamus, tuberose, geranium, etc.
Plant essential oil
Plant essential oils are aromatic substances extracted from the flowers, leaves, peels, seeds, etc., of plants. They have a natural aroma and have many benefits to human health. Some types of essential oils have sound mosquito repellent effects.
These oils include lemon eucalyptus essential oil, lavender essential oil, geranium essential oil, lemongrass essential oil, catnip essential oil, peppermint essential oil, patchouli essential oil, and peppermint essential oil so on.
Except for a few essential oils such as lavender, you cannot apply pure essential lavender oil to the skin. They must be diluted with various vegetable oils before use. Otherwise, they may burn the skin. Olive oil, grape seed oil, almond oil, ordinary cooking soybean oil, corn oil, and rapeseed oil can dilute essential oils. Three ways to use essential oils to prevent mosquitoes: Dilute the essential oils and apply them to the skin. Add a few drops of essential oils when rinsing clothes.
The preparation method is as follows: Materials: a few drops of lemongrass essential oil, a few drops of geranium essential oil, a few drops of lavender essential oil, anhydrous alcohol, distilled water, spray bottle. First, drop the essential oil into the spray bottle, mix, pour the alcohol, and finally add distilled water. Spray on the skin or clothing before going out to achieve the anti-mosquito effect.