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Effortless mosquito and ant repellent using readily available ingredients, quick to make yet provides clear results, safeguarding the health of the entire family.
Humid days followed by sudden sunshine often invite mosquitoes and ants to thrive. The little ones end up with itchy mosquito bites, scratching until their skin is covered in welts. Natural mosquito and ant repellent method I've been using for years is simple, clean, non-toxic for both adults and children, bidding farewell to mosquito repellent sprays and harmful fumes. Ladies, take a look at this.
1. Mosquito Repellent Using Lemongrass Essential Oil
Ingredients for Lemongrass Essential Oil Mosquito Repellent:
- Lemongrass essential oil (available at most essential oil stores in malls and online)
- Several old medicine boxes
- Medical tape
Lemongrass essential oil is the key ingredient for this mosquito repellent method
Steps to Make Lemongrass Essential Oil Mosquito Repellent:
Step 1: Drill or bore a hole in the lid of old medicine boxes
For the lemongrass essential oil mosquito repellent method, you first need to drill a hole in the medicine box lid as shown
Step 2: Cut medical tape into approximately 20cm long pieces and fold them in half
Step 3: Thread through the drilled hole in the medicine box lid like wicks in an oil lamp
The next step in making lemongrass essential oil mosquito repellent is threading the medical tape through the drilled hole on the lid
Step 4: Adjust the height of the wicks to about 0.5 to 1 cm above the lid depending on whether you want the lemongrass oil to diffuse more or less. The higher the wick, the more oil will be diffused and vice versa.
Step 5: Pour lemongrass essential oil into the medicine bottles and screw the bottle caps on
Step 6: Place these bottles containing lemongrass oil in corners of the room in discreet areas to avoid children tampering. Only one bottle per room is sufficient.
Place the oil bottles in room corners to effectively repel mosquitoes with lemongrass essential oil
Note for mosquito repellent:
- The lemongrass essential oil scent doesn't need to be overpowering, just a hint is enough. Sometimes we might not even notice the scent in the room, but mosquitoes are very sensitive to it and will surely detect it.
- Rooms larger than 30m² should always be kept open; even with doors open all day, mosquitoes still manage to enter, so there's no need to close the doors.
- People in Saigon can buy lemongrass essential oil at To Hien Thanh market for 75,000 VND/liter or at Kim Bien market. One liter can make more than ten mosquito repellent bottles, and a bottle lasts for a few months until the lemongrass oil evaporates, so feel free to use it as much as you want.
- People in Hanoi can check out online essential oil shops or visit the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology to inquire about purchasing.
2. Natural Ways to Repel Ants
Method 1: Sprinkle a little black pepper on kitchen shelves to keep ants from crawling into the kitchen
Method 2: Squeeze fresh lemon juice into ant nests or finely chop lemon peels and sprinkle them into the nest; the ants will automatically leave
Method 3: Sprinkle flour along the food shelf to prevent ants from crawling into the kitchen
Wishing all of you success in applying these natural and safe methods to repel mosquitoes and ants, ensuring the health of your entire family.
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