Natural fragrant herbs can effectively prevent mosquito bites. Herbal aromatherapy educator Guo Zijun shared the methods of homemade anti-mosquito incense and first-aid essential oils. (Elizaveta Galitckaia/Shutterstock)
Mosquitoes and ticks can transmit a variety of infectious diseases to humans. In the past two months, the United States has not only seen the first malaria in 20 years, but the cases of Lyme disease transmitted by tick bites are also on the rise in summer. Herbal aromatherapy educator Erica Kuo said in an interview with The Epoch Times’ “Health 1+1” program that fragrant herbs can effectively prevent mosquito bites. She also taught everyone to make homemade anti-mosquito incense and first-aid essential oils.
Two kinds of hydrosols repel mosquitoes and relieve itching
Annoying mosquito bites cause redness, swelling and itching, and even make it difficult to sleep at night, resulting in lack of energy for work during the day. If scratching is not done properly, it is also easy for bacteria to run into the skin, leading to cellulitis. Therefore, Guo Zijun emphasized that after being bitten by mosquitoes, it is necessary to relieve the itching and swelling.
In order to relieve itching, some people will directly smash the left hand incense and apply it on the skin, resulting in severe skin ulceration. Guo Zijun said that some essential oils of Zuo Shouxiang are very strong, and it is not suitable to apply directly on the skin with wounds.
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Guo Zijun said that it is best to use real lavender hydrosol and peppermint hydrosol to relieve itching. They are both disliked by mosquitoes and have the effect of repelling mosquitoes and relieving itching. Pure dew is a volatile matter produced when extracting plant essential oils. The essential oil molecules in it account for about 0.02%. It is mild and non-irritating, and can be sprayed directly on the skin.
Lemon eucalyptus, Eucalyptus essential oil, after purification, is rich in ingredients that can effectively repel mosquitoesPMD。
Guo Zijun suggested that you can buy lemon eucalyptus essential oil and eucalyptus essential oil, use it alone or mix it and drop it on the essential oil patch, and then stick the patch on your clothes to prevent mosquitoes. It can be used repeatedly for a week.
In addition, fragrant herbs with anti-mosquito effects include citronella, peppermint, lemongrass, cedar, clove, neem, patchouli, geranium, etc.
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＊How to use natural mosquito repellent:
Prepare a 20ml or 30ml bottle, add 20ml of real lavender hydrosol, 5ml of neem oil, 2 drops of rosemary essential oil, 3 drops of lavender essential oil, 3 drops of lemon eucalyptus essential oil, 2 drops of peppermint essential oil, and 1 drop of cinnamon essential oil . It is recommended to spray on clothes and replenish every 2 hours.
Guo Zijun reminded that the pure dew should be colorless, and the pure dew made with only essential oil and water is false. When buying cinnamon essential oil, choose Ceylon cinnamon as the variety, and cinnamon stick essential oil is safer than cinnamon leaf essential oil.
How to Prevent Tick Bites
In addition to preventing general mosquitoes, ticks, another insect that is seriously harmful to the human body, can also be prevented by natural plant essential oils.
In June this year, a woman in her 70s in Japan died of Oz virus after being bitten by a tick.
Ticks are small insects that live on animals, often deer and raccoons, and bacteria-carrying ticks can transmit a variety of diseases to humans and pets. Guo Zijun reminded that in the United States, if deer or raccoons come to the yard of the home, be careful that ticks may stay in the garden and bite people.
After being bitten by ticks, different symptoms will appear, but because it is difficult to determine the cause, many cases have been diagnosed as depression, mental illness or heart disease.
The bite of a tick infected with Borrelia burgdorferi is also prone to Lyme disease, which can cause abnormal symptoms of skin tissue, circulatory system, nervous system and musculoskeletal system.
The Johns Hopkins University research team published in the journal Antibiotics in 2018a studyshowed that 10 essential oils of garlic, allspice, cumin, palmarosa, myrrh, herbaceous herbs, acerola, thyme, mountain pepper and lemon eucalyptus, as well as cinnamon, were effective against Borrelia burgdorferi in vitro The quiescent cells are highly active and have the potential to prevent Lyme disease.
Wilderness First Aid Herbs
If you are playing in the wild, Guo Zijun suggested that you can carry tea tree essential oil and lavender essential oil with you as first aid medicine after being bitten. Both of these essential oils have anti-inflammatory properties and are less allergenic even when used undiluted.
Guo Zijun said that real lavender essential oil can also be used for emergency treatment of burns and scalds. Repeatedly flushing the burnt area with water, and then dripping real lavender essential oil and pure dew can help prevent blisters from appearing. Tea tree essential oil is recommended to buy freshly extracted products. Both essential oils are relatively mild, but if you still feel that they are too irritating to the skin, you can also add a carrier oil to reconcile them before using them.
If you don’t have anti-itch medicine when you go out, Guo Zijun said that there is a very common plant in the wild in the United States called Yarrow. After crushing its leaves or flowers, apply it directly on the skin to relieve itching, and there is no irritating. If you have a fever and the wound is swollen after being bitten by a mosquito, you can cut up the leaves of yarrow, soak it in boiled water, drink four cups a day, and the swelling will disappear in about the next day.
Homemade anti-mosquito incense to build anti-mosquito physique
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As for the anti-mosquito method in summer, Guo Zijun recommends homemade anti-mosquito incense.
Anti-mosquito incense formula and usage:
The method is to add 3 drops of lemon eucalyptus essential oil, 2 drops of lavender essential oil, and 1 drop of rose geranium essential oil to the diffuser. In addition to being anti-mosquito, this formula also smells very good, and it also has a sleeping effect for people with premenstrual syndrome or menopause.
Guo Zijun reminded that the continuous use of the diffuser should not exceed 1 hour. The correct way to use it is to turn it off after 1 hour and open the window to increase the air flow. If you want to turn on the diffuser again, you need to add new essential oils.
Guo Zijun was often bitten by mosquitoes in the past. Later, she began to bathe with essential oils, use lotions with essential oils, and often drink fragrant herbal teas. Such living habits made her realize some changes in herself. The first is that sweating does not smell like sweat, and the second is that she is less likely to be bitten by mosquitoes. Guo Zijun said that because the ingredients of the essential oils of fragrant herbs will be integrated into the blood in the body, she has transformed into a body that mosquitoes don’t like. @
Responsible editor: Li Jia
2023-08-28 01:35:47
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