{"id":13977,"date":"2015-02-04T14:04:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T12:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/04\/home-made-mosquito-repellents-05-02-15\/"},"modified":"2015-02-04T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T12:04:47","slug":"home-made-mosquito-repellents-05-02-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/home-made-mosquito-repellents-05-02-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Home made mosquito repellents (05.02.15)"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Listerine Mouthwash Spray<\/span>
The Listerine mouthwash can be used by putting it in a spray bottle and spraying it around to keep the mosquito away. It is an easy to make homemade repellent.<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mixture of Water and Vanilla Extract<\/span>
By mixing equal quantity of water and vanilla and putting it in a spray bottle makes a good mosquito repellent. The use of pure vanilla extract in water makes a smelly mixture which when sprayed keeps the mosquito away.<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Sliced Lime and Clove<\/span>
If a lime is sliced into two pieces and cloves are pressed all around it than by placing it around the area, especially the outside sitting area, it keeps the mosquito away. These can be put in windows or at doors to keep them away from entering the house.<\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Applying Vicks<\/span>
Applying Vicks on the body keeps the mosquito away. It is as good as any other mosquito repellent to keep them away. Its smell makes them run for their life and they never dare to come close again.<\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Applying Lavender<\/span>
Lavender oil and lavender flowers can be very useful if rubbed on the skin and the surroundings in a household. Their application can be very effective to keep the mosquito away from one self and the home. Lavender oil can be very useful if applied on the pulse points on the body.<\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Rubbing Leaves of Mint Family Plants<\/span>
The mint family consisting of (spearmint, catnip, peppermint, citronella, lemongrass and pennyroyal) can be very useful homemade mosquito repellent. By rubbing the dried and fresh leaves of any plant among these mint plants can be very useful to keep the mosquito away.<\/span><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Basil Leaves<\/span>
Basil is a very effective mosquito repellent. By planting the basil plant in the garden and by keeping its leaves in the windows and at the doors keep the mosquito away. It is a very simple to get homemade mosquito repellent.<\/span><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mixture of Neem and Coconut Oil<\/span>
A mixture of neem oil and coconut oil can make a great mosquito repellent. By putting this mixture in a spray bottle and spraying it around or by applying it on the body and surroundings helps in keeping the mosquito away.<\/span><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Using Garlic<\/span>
Using garlic or concentrated oil of garlic as a skin applicant can be very useful to get rid of mosquito and mosquito-borne diseases. By rubbing garlic on the skin keeps mosquito away and this makes it a useful homemade mosquito repellent.<\/span><\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Different Oils<\/span>
A variety of oils which have good qualities of repellent can be very useful to keep away the mosquito. The oils of rosemary, cinnamon, castor, eucalyptus, peppermint and cedar can be very handy in this purpose. These oils can be applied single or in a mixture with each other especially on the pulse points on the human body. They can also be used by adding them in moisturizers and then applying on the skin through rubbing. All these oils have the mosquito repellent qualities which make them very useful homemade mosquito repellents.<\/span>
All the above are very useful homemade mosquito repellent materials which are very cost effective and harmless. By successfully adopting the above homemade mosquito repellent materials, the mosquito and the resultant mosquito-borne diseases can be kept away very easily from the household.<\/span><\/p>\n

Courtesy: http:\/\/humannhealth.com\/homemade-mosquito-repellent-materials\/1395\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Listerine Mouthwash SprayThe Listerine mouthwash can be used by putting it in a spray bottle and spraying it around to keep the mosquito away. It is an easy to make homemade repellent. 2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mixture of Water and Vanilla ExtractBy mixing equal quantity of water and vanilla and putting it in a spray bottle makes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-household"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-3Dr","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 08:44:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}